The View from Stansberry Lookout–Coming September 1, 2026
New Praise for The View from Stansberry Lookout from multi-genre, multi-award winning Canadian author, Will Ferguson:
“The View from Stansberry Lookout is a tale for our times. A richly imagined satire of quantum doorways and dying republics engulfed in flames—both metaphorical and real—it is timely, funny, and frightening. Dystopia has never been so fun. Fans of Vonnegut, rejoice!
—Will Ferguson, Leacock-winning author of Meanwhile, Back in Nokomis”
NOW AVAILABE FOR PRE-ORDER: The View from Stansberry Lookout: Gaitis, James: 9781778490804: Amazon.com: Books
“an international political eco-dystopian satire, with romantic underpinnings”
Forthcoming, Oct. 31, 2026 from Canadian Independent Publisher, Guernica World Editions
A Stout Cord and a Good Drop–a Novel of the Founding of Montana
A Stout Cord and a Good Drop portrays the lawless era of Montana’s gold rush through the eyes of five young men swept up in the drama and controversy of those lawless days in the early 1860s. While the Civil War raged in the East, a war of a different kind–for control over the population of and government over the new Montana Territory–was played out in the dirt streets of mining towns and empty byways and tree-filled gulches between them. The formation of the Montana Vigilance Committee and their attempts to control the diverse population of the booming region is the backbone of this dramatic tale of intrigue in the Old West.
A tale of injustice in the American West
Amazon.com : James gaitis stout cord and a good drop
The Nation’s Highest Honor
At an unspecified time in the near future, the world has enjoyed decades of peace and prosperity thanks to the worldwide dissemination of an anti-violence vaccine that was invented by a ruthless industrialist named Nolebody. When scientists discover that the vaccine has a half-life—and that this half-life is about to be reached—the administration is not prepared to keep order, since . . . .
“This wise and thoughtful fable entertains as it lampoons governments of every stripe.”
Amazon.com: The Nation’s Highest Honor: A Novel: 9781601641724: Gaitis, James: Books