Michael Potts's Fiction and Poetry Books
"Jeffrey battles with his pubescent self, with a mind full of doubts, while dealing with his high-functioning autism (Asperger Syndrome) and his ongoing war with the demon. This makes the novel a great insight into the struggles an autistic boy faces. There is a 'Catcher-in-the-Rye' feel to this novel by Potts. I would love to read more of his work."--Andrew Andrews, Publisher and Editor, True Review Online
"In this time of so much drivel being the stuff that occupies the space between the covers of most books, it is refreshing to come across a truly profound work. End of Summer, by Michael Potts (WordCrafts Press, 2011) is the coming-of-age story of a young boy in rural Tennessee. Potts helps the reader relive experiences we have forgotten in the busy-ness of our daily lives - one's first skirmish with death and the subsequent first need to grapple with the ontological questions - the meaning of life, the existence of God, the role of family, the question of personhood. End of Summer is the human experience in the form of a small boy who confronts love, hate fear, hope, forgiveness, death, and grief. It is set in a small rural community in a simpler time, when people meant more to each other. You will fall in love with this lad, your heart will break for him, and you will be so proud of him. He is ourselves - a human growing into maturity by taking on the universe." - Katherine Kerestman, author of Creepy Kitty's Macabre Travels
"A breathtaking thriller! This is one of the most compelling thrillers I've ever read." --C. Charles, Amazon Reviewer
Winner, 2006 Mary Belle Campbell Poetry Book Award, North Carolina Writers' Network
"Mortality haunts these poems of love, family, friendship, and betrayal. Well-crafted but with a casual but elegant formality, they set the scalpel to our conflicted humanity, asking the big questions that don't always have comforting answers." --Jim Clark, Professor/Writer-in-Residence in the English Department at Barton College in Wilson, North Carolina
"Potts can vivify the most evanescent aspects of human life." - S. T. Joshi in Spectral Realms
."...explicitly horrific" - S. T. Joshi in Spectral Realms