I’’m here to help Large Print Edition

It had all seemed so right at the time, Sharon realized with a shudder. Long ago she had made a collection of tiny and innocent decisions that had precipitated a most profound and unpredictable outcome. Minutes ago her seventeen-year-old daughter, Renita had stumbled upon the subtle inconsistencies of her birth while completing some college applications. Now she waited reproachfully for Sharon to explain the discrepancies. It was clearly the time; Sharon brooded uneasily, when she would have to finally disclose to her daughter both the laudable good deeds and the lamentable oversights that had led them to the current situation. SF Chapman has cleverly crafted I'm here to help as a social commentary in the form of an often poignant literary novella.

A lifelong Northern Californian, S F Chapman traded his construction job for the more docile profession of novelist in 2008 when the US economy faltered. The tireless author has since written eight books. His first, ＂I’m here to help＂ (published by Striped Cat Press in July of 2012), is a literary fiction novella about a teenage daughter looking for answers to some troubling inconsistencies in her birth certificate. ＂The Ripple in Space-Time＂ (published by Striped Cat Press in February of 2013) is Chapman’s second book. It is an exciting science fiction detective adventure set in a moldering and corrupt future controlled by greedy warlords. The author’s third novel ＂On the Back of the Beast＂ is an action-packed Contemporary Fiction tale about a massive earthquake that destroys the San Francisco Bay Area. It is now available from Striped Cat Press. Other completed works awaiting publication are the post-apocalyptic soft science fiction MAC Series consisting of ＂Floyd 5.136,＂ ＂Xea in the Library＂ and ＂Beyond the Habitable Limit;＂ and a recently completed sequel to ＂The Ripple in Space-Time＂ entitled ＂Torn From On High.＂ Chapman is currently writing a rough-and-tumble literary fiction novel about homelessness called ＂The Missive In The Margins.＂ S F’s huge gray male tabby cat keeps him company while he writes and was the inspiration for Striped Cat Press.