Dedicated to friends and readers young and old, newly made and never forgotten, he treks through long days and nights, riding the rails of excitement and imagination, intent on producing the boldest Fantasy Thrill Ride known to literature, a six book series to warm hearts, shudder bones, enchant the masses. From obscurity surfaced THE MYRIAD, Book One: Onto Old Earth, unleashed to an unsuspecting world, secretly whispered inside a circle of friends and seekers within fantasy freedom. The first fruits within a wondrous journey leapt like a raging fire, never to cease or burn cold. Adolescent ingenuity encouraged him to hand print comic books, sing songs, write original tales with a Rod Serling twist, a technique he admires in storytelling, a genre unto its own: Shockers!Īfterward, never pushing dreams aside, he left the Island City to manage high-rise properties, which led to a spate of positions as a commercial property facilitator before settling into a permanent occupation of passion: Fantasy Novel Author Extraordinaire! Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe to brighter tales of imagination depicted by Jules Verne and H.G. Tolkien, later intensified by such classic genre movies as Harryhausen's: The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts, and Pal's: The Time Machine and The Lost Continent of Atlantis.Īlways a moderate reader, McFarland diverted from the dark writings of H.P. ![]() Revered by friends, viewed by media, these movies are true time portals to the past, now archived DVD classics, preserved for special presentations.Įndlessly thirsty for escapism, fantasy books and films released him from the rigors of reality, initially spurred on by the penned works of J.R.R. Jimmy's films were creatively shot throughout many Bay Area locales, half of which were projected inside Alameda's Historic Theatre (then rented by Local Rock Bands in the early 80's). Shortly after graduation, unaware of Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's moviemaking desire, he gathered with friends and created five 18 minute Super 8 films, a series of short tales of the macabre, each inspired by Rod Serling, host and scriptwriter from the Twilight Zone. Always active, he played basketball, tennis and street football with the 70's Oakland Raiders, reminiscing with Ray Guy, Kenny Stabler and Dave Casper, the legendary Ghost to the Post, still, within the mind's eye, seen galloping within the alleys, courtyards and memory banks of Bay Farm's Islandia Townhouses. Not long before graduating from Alameda High's centennial class, he was active in sports, acting, songwriting and the quirky hobby of inventing original board games, vigorously played by friends under the shadow of Bay Farm's haunted barns, near the silver waves of San Francisco Bay. I am fire and rescue, an author, publisher, CEO, filmmaker, lyricist and storyteller, a rock n' roller singer. I am a landlord, a lawyer pro per, a facilitator with 28 years experience in Corporate America. Jimmy describes himself thus: "I was raised in a poor family, I've worked hard for everything earned, every day since I was 19 years old. They also made the fun game Kart Wars which features a similar capture the flag game mode.Born with energy and enthusiasm, Jimmy spent his childhood frollicking along the fields and fishing dikes of Bay Farm Island, a sacred realm known as Wind Whistle Isle, an indelible stomping ground buried beneath Harbor Bay Island, a short raft ride away from the Iconic Island of Alameda, hugging the eastern shore of Saint Francis Bay, a special place forever remembered as Huck Finn Funland. They have developed a number of epic 3D games like Tank Off 2, which involves dominating the land in giant tanks.
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