Charles J. Martin is author of In The Town Where All Things Are Possible and We Promised Utopia: The Illustrated Novel along with eight other novels written under the pseudonym Charles Martin & Will Weinke. He's the lead writer for the Glamorella’s Daughter series along with several other comic projects. He saved as a screenwriter for two feature films. A third film entitled To Make the World Quiet is in production after being adapted from his short story No Heaven. In 2010, Martin founded Literati Press Comics & Novels, a boutique book publisher dedicated to representing innovative genre storytelling in Oklahoma and surrounding states. In 2016, Martin opened a retail bookshop in the historic Paseo Arts District in Oklahoma City, then helped found The Writers Co-Op in 2024.
“This could be the cult classic of our generation.” —Jennifer Chancellor, The Tulsa World
By Charles Martin & Will Weinke
Rock icon Jim Jacobs led his fans and followers into the woods east of Norman, Oklahoma. They were never heard from again. Utilizing rotating perspective, the dominant hand assembles stories from those on the periphery of an apocalyptic cult in the midst of its final act.
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By Charles J. Martin (under the pen name Charles Martin & Will Weinke)
“Cormac McCarthy’s The Road meets Zombieland,” Lauren, Goodreads
A mysterious force has swept across the globe, uniting the animal kingdom for a swift liquidation of humanity. The few who live past the bloody first day are herded across the countryside by a menagerie of animals working in a terrifying, incomprehensible harmony. A humorous romp through the fall of mankind told from the perspective of a reluctant survivor just happy to make it to the end of each day without getting eaten.
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By Charles J. Martin (under the pen name Charles Martin & Will Weinke)
Along a coastline, nestled between two protective mountains, there lies a simple, yet extraordinary town whose residents believe that wishes can come true—provided the wish isn’t too big to fit into such a small place.
A weary widower is to the key to the town’s strange magic, and he is left alone to do his mysterious, yet crucial work of holding the town together.
When Alexandra inherits a bookstore in The Town Where All Things Are Possible, she must decide whether she will simply accept the oddities of her new home, or if she will look deeper into the town’s ancient intrigue and the one person who might have the answers to what is actually possible.
The Town Where All Things Are Possible made me want to pack my bags. The pages are filled with mystery, loss, and love all wrapped up in one weird, little town full of strangers I have always known.
This book, this town, is exactly what we need right now, a delightful mystery filled with hope and, of course, possibility.
—Karen Feiner, The Shakespearean Shrew Podcast
Beautifully written fable of love, community, and what dreams might cost. This book is full of humor, warmth, and life and it’s populated with a rich collection of characters (and penguins!) that you will quickly grow to love and want to spend more time with.
—J Hall, The Okie Bookcast
By Charles J. Martin (under the pen name Charles Martin & Will Weinke)
Science fiction, divorce, and fatherhood collide in a collection of short fiction and a novella from the author of Glamorella's Daughter, We Promised Utopia, and Pets.
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By Charles J. Martin (under the pen name Charles Martin & Will Weinke)
Book 2 of 3
After being exiled from God's campground, Edward and the rest of campers must find their place in the Wilderness where factions struggle to control the fate of the Island. The End of the World isn’t the End of the Story. Sixty-three souls plucked from Heaven are thrust into an experimental new universe. Haunted by the dark memories of their past lives on Earth and forced to live in an isolated community, a small group bands together to strike out into the new world and uncover the secrets of the Island. This is the second of three novels about Edward and the rest of the exiles trapped in a beta test conducted by their despondent god.
Book One of Three
By Charles J. Martin (under the pen name Charles Martin & Will Weinke)
The End of the World isn’t the End of the Story. Sixty-three souls plucked from Heaven are thrust into an experimental new universe. Haunted by the dark memories of their past lives on Earth and forced to live in an isolated community, a small group bands together to strike out into the new world and uncover the secrets of the Island. This is the first of three novels about Edward and the rest of the exiles trapped in a beta test conducted by their despondent god.
Book 3 of 3
By Charles J. Martin (under the pen name Charles Martin & Will Weinke)
With the Americans, the Engineers, and God preparing for war, the exiles and Bali try to broker alliances and find a way to establish peace on the Island. The End of the World isn’t the End of the Story. Sixty-three souls plucked from Heaven are thrust into an experimental new universe. Haunted by the dark memories of their past lives on Earth and forced to live in an isolated community, a small group bands together to strike out into the new world and uncover the secrets of the Island. This is the last of three novels about Edward and the rest of the exiles trapped in a beta test conducted by their despondent god.
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By Charles J. Martin (under the pen name Charles Martin & Will Weinke)
Four fictional stories of couples intertwined in a vast network of non-monogyny known as "The Lifestyle" which is discretely tucked beneath the buckle of the American Bible Belt. "Deviants" explores the struggles, scars and yearning of a secret culture thriving in the midst of a hotbed of social conservatism. Charles Martin and Will Weinke are also the authors of the acclaimed dime novel, The Wonderboy Serials and have garnered comparisons to trailblazing writers such as Kurt Vonnegut, Alan Moore, and Chuck Palahniuk.
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Story by Adrian Morales, Robert Holman, Charles J. Martin, and John Eric Osborn
Art by Osborn, Jonathan Koelsch, Chloé Elimam, and Nick Hermes
"A timely, engrossing SF tale with an environmental theme and striking art" that "offers readers just as many reasons to return for the sequel." -Kirkus Reviews A scientist's lifetime mission becomes a global movement to balance environmental needs with technology and the economy. As climate change creates a cascade of disasters, her movement becomes governmental policy in nations around the world. In a far future, that movement has created a utopia where the world is in perfect balance, but corruption is seeping in. Even further into the future, civilisation has collapsed. We Promised Utopia is a story told over thousands connecting clues on how one woman's obsession created a perfect world, why it failed, and how a small band of survivors might just create it again.
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Story by Adrian Morales, Robert Holman, Charles J. Martin, and John Eric Osborn
Art by Osborn, Jonathan Koelsch, Chloé Elimam, and Nick Hermes
We Promised Utopia is a sci-fi epic centered around charismatic idealist Isabel Bari and her development of the Equivalent Carbon Credit (ECC) which ties every element of the global economy to a carbon-based currency. The comic focuses on three separate eras of humanity: the rise of the ECC in present day, a future utopian world, and a distant dystopia.
Saddle-Stiched Comic
Story by Adrian Morales, Robert Holman, Charles J. Martin, and John Eric Osborn
Art by Osborn, Jonathan Koelsch, Chloé Elimam, and Nick Hermes
In the final issue of season one, Isa pleads with world leaders in Norway, the family in the frozen future make an unlikely ally, and Mangus takes his grandkids on a questionable field trip in hopes of finally getting some real answers.
Saddle-Stiched Comic
Story by Adrian Morales, Robert Holman, Charles J. Martin, and John Eric Osborn
Art by Osborn, Jonathan Koelsch, Chloé Elimam, and Nick Hermes
Isa deflects questions about the mysterious Ygdrassil project while an approaching hurricane is threatening the lives of a Save The World contestant and his fellow villagers. Mangus delves deeper into governmental corruption and a family goes to extreme lengths to survive the global ice age.
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Story by Adrian Morales, Robert Holman, Charles J. Martin, and John Eric Osborn
Art by Osborn, Jonathan Koelsch, Chloé Elimam, and Nick Hermes
The era-spanning sci-fi epic returns in present day with fractures in Isabel Bari's poise after the early rollout of the carbon-based currency, the ECC. In the titular utopia, Mangus encounters surprising resistance in his investigation of the cryptic Yggdrasil, while in the far dystopian future, the family struggles to survive the first leg of their journey south.
Saddle-Stiched Comic
Story by Adrian Morales, Robert Holman, Charles J. Martin, and John Eric Osborn
Art by Osborn, Jonathan Koelsch, Chloé Elimam, and Nick Hermes
"A timely, engrossing SF tale with an environmental theme and striking art."--Kirkus Reviews. We Promised Utopia is a sci-fi epic centered around charismatic idealist Isabel Bari and her development of the Equivalent Carbon Credit (ECC) which ties every element of the global economy to a carbon-based currency. The comic focuses on three separate eras of humanity: the rise of the ECC in present day, a future utopian world, and a distant dystopia.
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By Charles Martin & Will Weinke
Along a coastline, nestled between two protective mountains, there lies a simple, yet extraordinary town whose residents believe that wishes can come true—provided the wish isn’t too big to fit into such a small place.
A weary widower is to the key to the town’s strange magic, and he is left alone to do his mysterious, yet crucial work of holding the town together.
When Alexandra inherits a bookstore in The Town Where All Things Are Possible, she must decide whether she will simply accept the oddities of her new home, or if she will look deeper into the town’s ancient intrigue and the one person who might have the answers to what is actually possible.
“The Town Where All Things Are Possible made me want to pack my bags. The pages are filled with mystery, loss, and love all wrapped up in one weird, little town full of strangers I have always known.
“This book, this town, is exactly what we need right now, a delightful mystery filled with hope and, of course, possibility.”—Karen Feiner, The Shakespearean Shrew Podcast
“Beautifully written fable of love, community, and what dreams might cost. This book is full of humor, warmth, and life and it’s populated with a rich collection of characters (and penguins!) that you will quickly grow to love and want to spend more time with.” —J Hall, The Okie Bookcast
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Stories by M. Thorne Poorman, Charles Martin & Will Weinke, jonathan lofferty, and Noah Milligan
Illustrations by Grimsley Sloane
Vile Wonders and Wicked Tales is a whirlwind of polyphonic stories weaved by some of Oklahoma's finest speculative fiction writers operating today. From suburban and small town streets to intergalactic spaceships and infinite hallways of the multiverse, this collection of original novellas thrills the senses and boggles the mind. Martin & Weinke, lofferty, Poorman, and Milligan have created distinct and astounding worlds united by one concordant message: the importance of family, whether by blood or by choice, during your vilest and wickedest of times.
Trade collecting issues 1-4 w new material
by Jerry Bennett & Charles J. Martin, bonus story by Laron Chapman
Art by Jerry Bennett
Comet and the gang return for the second installment of this All Ages comic about the neurodiverse daughter of Earth's greatest defender. Though Comet just wants to be left alone to read, she must endure school and unwanted birthday invitations while helping her father fix an out-of-control portal to find a missing lab tech.
Story by Adrian Morales, Robert Holman, Charles J. Martin, and John Eric Osborn
Art by Osborn, Jonathan Koelsch, Chloe Eliman, and Nick Hermes
"A timely, engrossing SF tale with an environmental theme and striking art" that "offers readers just as many reasons to return for the sequel." -Kirkus Reviews
Story by Charles J. Martin, Adrian Morales, Robert Holman, & John Eric Osborn
Art by John Eric Osborn, Chloe Eliman, Jonathan Koelsch, and Nick Hermes
A scientist's lifetime mission becomes a global movement to balance environmental needs with technology and the economy. As climate change creates a cascade of disasters, her movement becomes governmental policy in nations around the world.
In a far future, that movement has created a utopia where the world is in perfect balance, but corruption is seeping in.
Even further into the future, civilisation has collapsed.
We Promised Utopia is a story told over thousands connecting clues on how one woman's obsession created a perfect world, why it failed, and how a small band of survivors might just create it again.
Story by Adrian Morales, Robert Holman, Charles J. Martin, and John Eric Osborn
Art by Osborn, Jonathan Koelsch, Chloe Eliman, and Nick Hermes
"A timely, engrossing SF tale with an environmental theme and striking art" that "offers readers just as many reasons to return for the sequel." -Kirkus Reviews
Story by Charles J. Martin, Adrian Morales, Robert Holman, & John Eric Osborn
Art by John Eric Osborn, Chloe Eliman, Jonathan Koelsch, and Nick Hermes
A scientist's lifetime mission becomes a global movement to balance environmental needs with technology and the economy. As climate change creates a cascade of disasters, her movement becomes governmental policy in nations around the world.
In a far future, that movement has created a utopia where the world is in perfect balance, but corruption is seeping in.
Even further into the future, civilisation has collapsed.
We Promised Utopia is a story told over thousands connecting clues on how one woman's obsession created a perfect world, why it failed, and how a small band of survivors might just create it again.
Story by Charles J. Martin and Jerry Bennett
Art by Jerry Bennett
Trapped in the throne room, Comet now has a chance to ask her grandfather, the Poet King, everything she's ever wondered about her ancestral lands and why her mother fled all those years ago. Meanwhile Emmet, Isaac, and Betsy, locked away in the castle's dungeon, may have found the help they need to escape and rescue Glamorella and Comet in the process.
Story by Charles J. Martin and Jerry Bennett
Art by Jerry Bennett
What in the world(s) is happening on the other side of that portal? The season two premiere of Glamorella's Daughter takes place entirely in Yielding City, the alternate realm where Glamorella was born. An unlikely team forms in Comet, Isaac, Betsy, and Glamorella as they set out to save Emmett from danger in the hands of his in-law, The King.
Story by Charles J. Martin and Jerry Bennett
Art by Jerry Bennett
When word of another abduction reaches Glamor Manor, Comet decides to take things into her own hands. With the help of Isaac and an unlikely ally, Comet sets out to save the day. Like mother, like daughter. But just wait until Glamorella finds out . . .
Story by Charles J. Martin and Jerry Bennett
Art by Jerry Bennett
How can a super-hero and her daughter get along when they're worlds apart? In this all-ages comic about the neurodiverse daughter of Earth's greatest defender, Comet endures a birthday party, Glamorella grapples with her image-conscious brand manager, and Emmett runs into portal troubles.
Story by Charles J. Martin and Jerry Bennett
Art by Jerry Bennett
Comet and the gang return for the second installment of this All Ages comic about the neurodiverse daughter of Earth's greatest defender. Though Comet just wants to be left alone to read, she must endure school and unwanted birthday invitations while helping her father fix an out-of-control portal to find a missing lab tech.
Story by Charles J. Martin and Jerry Bennett
Art by Jerry Bennett
Comet, the daughter of Earth’s greatest defender, yearns for a quiet existence with towers of books and the occasional game night at her friend’s house. Her mom, Glamorella, savors the thrill of adventure, the heat of battle, and the glitzy soirées that come with superheroics.
Story by Charles J. Martin and Bradley Cooper
Art by Don Rosencrans and Rhyha Shepherd
In the near future, artificial intelligence has replaced all human drivers on the road, leading to safe roadways, but also an underground racing network of rebellious hot rod clubs called Hives.
Sam, Ozone, and their supped-up '66 Mustang named Betsy are the fastest team in the circuit and deftly dodge the oppressive swarms of police drones trying to shut down the racers.
Meanwhile, a mysterious death causes questions for a governor who first pushed through the Safe Roadways Act that eliminated human drivers from the road. As public outcries for loosening restrictions runs counter to record low numbers of traffic accidents and deaths, the governor fights to increase support for her signature bill while street racers run rampant throughout her state.
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By John Eric Osborn & Charles J. Martin
A middle grade graphic novel about a boy and his trusty dog spend their summer days imagining space battles while exploring his ancestral family land. It all ends abruptly when Eric finds out his parents sold off portions to developers who want to build a new neighborhood. Hiro is excited to meet new people, but Eric wants to stop construction once and for all.