Inheritance of Silence

Silence has a way of shaping us. It can wound, conceal, and suffocate—but it can also become the spark that ignites transformation.

Inheritance of Silence is not just a novel; it’s an invitation to step into the fragile spaces where grief collides with strength and where loss becomes the unexpected teacher of resilience.

John Erik Dunnam weaves a narrative that is as unflinching as it is luminous, pulling readers into a world where identity is reclaimed piece by piece, and survival is not just about enduring but about awakening.

At its heart, this is a story of confronting the shadows we inherit—whether from family, circumstance, or silence itself—and choosing, against all odds, to carve out light.

For anyone who has carried the weight of unspoken pain, who has struggled to be heard in a world that prefers quiet compliance, this book resonates as both a mirror and a beacon.

Inheritance of Silence promises not only to captivate but also to leave you changed—stirred, challenged, and inspired to find your own voice in the echoes.

Meghan and Martin Break the Rules

This novel, like the earlier one, Meghan and Beth discover, It’s a Men’s World, the underlying theme that women are people. People who often are not allowed to oversee their own sexuality.

Nature has programmed humans’ life force toward reproduction, although that force can be directed toward many goals, good or bad for society.

Gender expectations can even lead to ignoring the presence of women in the street, in meetings, and in organizational plans.

Cultural definitions are often unconscious, may facilitate, but often interfere with relationships between men and women. These unconscious gender prescriptions show up early in the novel as Meghan and Martin return from their honeymoon and set up their apartment. Gender issues show up at work in sexism. Racism intertwines with sexism in the book.

The Prophet of Dust

Arik Delvin never asked to be a prophet. A jaded conman surviving among ruins and superstition in the post-apocalyptic Wastes, he earns his keep by spinning false miracles for desperate souls. But when his lies accidentally come true, the Wastes begin to whisper his name. Now, hunted by zealots, Hollowed wanderers, and a power older than faith itself, Arik must decide whether he’s been chosen… or cursed.

Beside him stands Mira, a silver-eyed survivor of rebellion burdened by guilt and faith; Nyra, a scarred fighter who once tried to burn prophecy out of the world; and Kevin, a goat far cleverer than he has any right to be. Together they cross a dying land where the sky bleeds ash, the dead still trade tea, and every step threatens to unravel what’s left of the Thread, the force holding everything together.

A thrilling blend of grim imagination and quick wit, The Prophet of Dust is a haunting tale of belief, betrayal, and survival in a world that has forgotten what it means to be saved.

One and the Other

It is always about family. The lies, the deceit, the betrayal, and the undying love. How often do we remember that everything we find doing is for our benefit and not that of another? What we are, or may became, is shaped by the hands of those around us.

There is no truth until ‘what is’, is known. And the lie? It is the truth until ‘what is’, is known.

Who is to be blamed, the one who gives or the one who takes? If there is none to give, who will take? And if there is none to take, who will give? This is the balance, the same we plaudit but are anguished by. Who then is to blame, when all play their parts to sustain this balance?

And the mind turns again like a screw. There is only one way, one choice, and one reality. In the end, it is between the one and the other.

Song of the Summer Jazzman

Wilson Patch, a conventional upper-middle-class man from New Jersey, changed in college. He developed an ill-conceived dream of moving to California, living on the beach, and never owning an alarm clock. His dream gradually evaporates as forces he cannot control draw him back to New Jersey and New York City.

Along the way, he meets Lisa, Slade, and Grace, all of whom figure prominently in the novel. Wilson’s life gravitates eventually from fantasy back into reality.

He eventually travels to California, but via airliner on a business trip. This is about the disintegration of Wilson’s dream.

Call Me Karma

There are threads that keep us tethered to this world; there are rules and beliefs that play us all for fools. Call Me Karma follows the journey of learning that fate pulls strings for no one. That Lady Justice sees every rise and fall, and that perhaps we were selfish for assuming she ever served us at all.

Grief, love, denial, reflection—there is balance to nature; for every sin on the scale there sits a virtue on the other side. The roadmap of life rarely follows a steady path; not every success is permanent, and not every failure is damning. There is a strength in accepting these simple human truths and in understanding that some stories call for a bittersweet ending. These poems are yours to embrace or despise, to comfort those they reach, or to patiently wait on the bottom shelf until the right time.

The Complainer's Blood

A flea complains about the quality of the blood she drains. A man believes his saliva sanctifies ice cream. A woman drives past suffering in an air-conditioned SUV while dreaming she is the one who suffers. A predator quotes scripture as his hands do their damage.

These stories don’t ask you to witness horror from a safe distance. They ask what it means that the distance was never safe to begin with—that you’ve been participating all along.

Written from positions of uncomfortable intimacy—parasites on skin, insects behind walls, children beside cooling bodies—The Complainer’s Blood occupies the space between observer and accomplice.

The question isn’t whether you’ll look away. It’s whether you’ll recognize what you’re looking away from.

Paper Roses and Paranormal Romance

He has been hiding for centuries. She has been hiding from herself.

Their worlds are about to collide.

William is no ordinary immortal. A hybrid vampire-djinn, he possesses all the power of both lineages and none of their weaknesses. Hunted, feared, and endlessly reinventing himself, he moves through the world behind carefully crafted illusions. But beneath every facade is the truth he has never dared to share.

Cici has survived the unthinkable: a devastating accident, a shattered engagement, and the abandonment of almost everyone she trusted. After eighteen months tucked away in the safety of a psychiatric institution, she’s terrified to begin again… until a stranger with swagger, charm, and entrancing emerald eyes steps into her life.

Their connection is immediate. Their loneliness, mirrored. Their fate is inevitable.

An intoxicating blend of romance, danger, and supernatural intrigue where nothing is as it seems

… especially the man telling the story.

More Than Adequate

Nature is the true goddess of life,

She is the mother who brings the sun and moon,

The one who decides if the wind blows or stands,

Who brings the hurricanes to shore,

The ground to a freeze,

And the living to an end.

It is by her mercy that we get to feel today, whether we’d wish to or not.

The rainbow doesn’t just come; its colors are created by the destruction of the storm.

House of Windows

Every house remembers what it has seen. Every window holds a secret.

In House of Windows, John Erik Dunnam invites readers into a hauntingly beautiful exploration of memory, grief, and the fragile architecture of the human spirit. This is not merely a story—it is an experience that peers through the glass between past and present, love and loss, reality and illusion. Each page draws you closer to the truth that every reflection carries both light and shadow.

Dunnam’s lyrical prose shimmers with emotion, capturing the quiet ache of nostalgia and the unrelenting pursuit of understanding one’s own story. The house becomes a mirror—its rooms echoing the voices we try to forget, its windows revealing the parts of ourselves we cannot hide.

House of Windows dares readers to look closer, to open the shutters of their own hearts, and to see what has always been waiting on the other side of the glass. A meditation on truth, trauma, and transformation, this work is a testament to the beauty that lingers long after the storm has passed.

Prepare to enter a world where every pane tells a story—and every story leaves a crack in the glass.

Nora's Diary

What began as a family reunion to visit their great-great-grandmother in Nova Scotia, Canada, turned unexpectedly suspenseful when sisters Laura and Holly discovered an old diary concealed in the family barn. Initially unaware of its significance, they soon realized the diary belonged to their great-great-aunt, who had mysteriously vanished as a young teenager. As they read, Laura and Holly decided they could never share its contents with the rest of the family, fearing the rest of the family would not comprehend it.

Laura and Holly are both afraid to continue reading, yet their curiosity compels them to keep reading. As they turn each page, they encounter surreal adventures, unimaginable places traveled through time, and wonderful people met along the way.

Follow along the adventure as Laura and Holly read Nora’s Diary.

An Old Lady’s Haiku with Cat

At this point in my life, I’m committed to my work, driven by a deep desire to communicate and explore the many mysteries around us. In a time when it’s more urgent than ever to care for nature and one another, I create not just to please, but to provoke – to gently pause others in their tracks, inviting them to experience the profound, the playful, and perhaps to leave a little bit changed.

My art and haiku often draw on mythology, religion, nature, and personal memories. In this way, I see myself as a storyteller, hoping to intrigue anyone who takes a moment to stop and look.