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Greetings, earthlings!

We tell stories that are out of this world.

(Literally — we’re talking fantasy, sci-fi, and pretty much any fun genre that transports you to a thrilling new universe.)

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Follow a group of brave children who get lost in a mysterious jungle Kingdom in this award-winning middle-grade fantasy saga for all ages.

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Step back to 1980s Miami in this award-winning, young adult, science fiction series that feels like Miami Vice meets X-Men.

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Written by: Taylor Thomas Smythe

Awards & Accolades

Award laurel badge that reads 2023 Gold Medal Award Winner Independent Publisher Book Awards
Award laurel badge that reads 2022 Silver Medal Award Winner Florida Book Awards
Award laurel badge that reads 2021 Silver Medal Award Winner FAPA President's Book Awards
Award laurel badge that reads 2021 Awards Finalist National Indie Excellence Awards

  • In 2023, the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards) named Taylor Thomas Smythe’s Goldie: A Magic City Wonders Novel the winner of the gold medal in the Southeast - Best Regional Fiction category.

  • In 2023, Goldie: A Magic City Wonders Novel by Taylor Thomas Smythe received a silver medal in the Florida Book Awards.

  • In 2021, the first installment in Taylor Thomas Smythe’s seven-book Kingdom of Florida middle-grade fantasy series—The Golden Alligator—was chosen as the winner of a silver medal in the Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Book Awards.

  • In 2021, the first installment in Taylor Thomas Smythe’s seven-book Kingdom of Florida middle-grade fantasy series—The Golden Alligator—was chosen as a finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards.

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Award-winning author of the Kingdom of Florida & Magic City Wonders series

Latest News & Releases

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Taylor Thomas Smythe interview with Orange Blossom Ordinary

This is your newest book in a series, can you introduce the series to our readers and explain how this book fits into it? And give us an overview of this book? ​Absolutely. Nightmare Array is the third book in the Magic City Wonders series, and it completes a trilogy that began with my novel Goldie and continued in The Dream Team…

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Nightmare Array: A Magic City Wonders Novel available now

WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, October 1, 2024 - Florida author Taylor Thomas Smythe’s latest book, Nightmare Array: A Magic City Wonders Novel, is now available from a variety of retailers. The novel is the third in the science-fiction/fantasy series, wrapping up the story that began in the award-winning series debut Goldie and its sequel The Dream Team. 

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Author Taylor Thomas Smythe featured in Canvas Rebel Magazine

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Taylor Smythe a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Taylor, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?
​Though I find most of my creative endeavors to be significant, as they are each so personal, I would have to say three projects stand out as especially meaningful to me.

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