The screenplay, Staggerwing, was adapted from Robert Wells’ entertaining aviation novel of the same name. We are presently looking for a producer, if you happen to know anyone with a spare ten or twenty mil.
10/15/25
Works in Progress Update
Far Hills, NJ
2025 has been a great year here at SIMPSON BOOKS
We published a wide array of material: a screenplay, a novel, some nonfiction.
Next up we published Guy & Jo: A Hollywood Love Story. It’s a fast-paced, highly-charged murder mystery with a love story at its core.
And finally, after years gathering dust in the vault, we finally published Who Says Bogey Ain’t Par?, a light, amusing, and informative guide to the grand old game of golf. Simpson’s good buddy, Buckley, a golf junkie, co-authored.
Find all these books and many other titles from SIMPSON BOOKS at Amazon, Apple, and Barnes & Noble.
We’re now looking ahead to 2026
Wham Bam Stories by Simpson (renamed The Ten Minute Storyteller by iHeart Radio) will be published in early June. The stories have been available on audio but for the first time the entire collection (69 super short stories) will be available in hardcover, softcover, and as an e-book, as well, of course, as an audio book.
In addition to the short story collection SIMPSON BOOKS will publish at least one new and original work by Thomas William Simpson. Quite possibly the second novel in his American Trilogy, Mary’s War, will see the light of day after nearly a decade under construction. This was a massive project several years in the researching and writing. Late 2026 or early 2027 are the likely pub dates.
In addition to Mary’s War, The Capricious Rhythms of Love, and Summer of Love: A Day in the Life of Henry Goodfellow, Poet are nearing completion. Both are just one strong edit away from publication. It’s just a matter of finding the time, energy, and inspiration.
As for works in various stages of development, significant progress has been made on Elizabeth’s War, the first volume of Simpson’s American trilogy, though the last volume to be written. Elizabeth’s War covers the years from 1774-1793. Annie’s War (published in 2011) covers the years from 1830-1920. And Mary’s War covers the years from 1920-2020. Once completed the trilogy will be Simpson’s singular literary achievement.
Also in development: Sixth Son: Journeyman Storyteller. This is slowly developing into a memoir, but knowing Simpson it might veer off into fiction at any time. No plans yet for completion or publication.
But very close to completion is Simpson’s foray into magical realism: The Man Who Had Six Wives. The nuts and bolts have been installed. The narrative just needs to take a look rest before those nuts and bolts are tightened.
A story idea still germinating with maybe 50 pages scribbled concerns events that will transpire on an election day in the not too distant future. Democracy has flown off the rails. No telling if the aging experiment is salvageable. But rest assured the narrative will contain a modern day Messiah and will be awash in Artificial Intelligence, Misinformation, & Donny Trump.
All these novels go through countless drafts. And for reasons not entirely clear it’s tough for Simpson to sign off and toss them into the publishing maelstrom. You might say he’s holding on for dear life.
A Day in the Life of Henry Goodfellow, for instance.
The story of Henry and his family and his crazy in-laws and the big old beach house on Elizabeth Island and Henry’s wild take on the world and his place in it might remain on Simpson’s hard drive until his death. The crazy bastard takes enormous pleasure in digging into that manuscript for a couple months every year and working to make every character pop, every scene memorable, every sentence entertaining. His goal with Henry Goodfellow, and really all his creations, is to make fiction even more real than reality.
If such a thing even exists.