Michael D. Young — Fantasy with wit. Stories with heart. Worlds worth wandering.
Family-friendly adventures filled with impossible quests, unlikely heroes, music, magic, and the occasional completely unnecessary footnote.
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Death/Wish
One last wish. One immortal wizard. One family reunion that really should not require a quest.
A dying young man wants to meet the family he never knew. An immortal wizard has a legal duty to help. Two centuries after A Wonderful Week for a Quest, the Beandom is about to discover that some adventures refuse to stay finished.
NEW TO MY BOOKS?
Your first quest starts here.
A Wonderful Day for a Quest: an unlucky bard, an overconfident knight, and a prophecy that might have benefited from clearer instructions.
Begin the complete seven-book comedic fantasy adventure here. No lore homework required.
Explore the Worlds
Every story can stand on its own. Look a little closer, however, and you may discover that some worlds have far more in common than they reasonably should.
The Original Quest
Seven books. One week. A great many questionable heroic decisions.
The Refried Era
Two centuries later, the Beandom has changed. The trouble has not.
The Launch Era
Magic meets personal computers, artificial intelligence, time travel, and outer space. What could possibly go wrong?
The Cantifold
Worlds, characters, histories, artifacts, connections, and an alarming amount of documentation.
Not Every Adventure Needs a Sword
Picture Books
Rhyming read-aloud adventures, brave children, and mythical characters discovering that magic does not necessarily make you employable.
Faith, Music & Poetry
Devotionals, hymn stories, sacred music, poetry, and creative projects centered on faith and the songs that carry it.
Articles & Resources
Reading guides, world lore, music history, teaching materials, writing resources, and other useful rabbit holes.
Meet Michael
Author. Composer. Educator. Tabernacle Choir member. Recovering community-theater ham.
Michael D. Young writes imaginative stories for readers who like their adventures clever, clean, heartfelt, and just a little bit ridiculous.
When he isn’t sending fictional characters on poorly supervised quests, he works in education and instructional design, writes and studies music, performs, teaches, and explores the strange intersections between stories, history, faith, and creativity.
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