Eric Garcia

"This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It's also my love letter to autistic people. For too long, we have been forced to navigate a world where all the road signs are written in another language." With a reporter's eye and an insider's perspective, Eric Garcia shows what it's like to be autistic across America. Garcia began writing about autism because he was frustrated by the media's coverage of it; the myths that the disorder is caused by vaccines, the narrow portrayals of autistic people as white men working in Silicon Valley. His own life as an autistic person didn't look anything like that. He is Latino, a graduate of the University of North Carolina, and works as a journalist covering politics in Washington D.C. Garcia realized he needed to put into writing what so many autistic people have been saying for years; autism is a part of their identity, they don't need to be fixed. In We're Not Broken, Garcia uses his own life as a springboard to discuss the social and policy gaps that exist in supporting those on the spectrum. From education to healthcare, he explores how autistic people wrestle with systems that were not built with them in mind. At the same time, he shares the experiences of all types of autistic people, from those with higher support needs, to autistic people of color, to those in the LGBTQ community. In doing so, Garcia gives his community a platform to articulate their own needs, rather than having others speak for them, which has been the standard for far too long.

Changing the Autism Conversation

We're Not Broken

Vincent Rubio, a down-on-his-luck L.A. private investigator (and dinosaur), is having a hard time keeping his velociraptor tail tucked away in his latex human suit, as he struggles to uncover the mystery of his partner's death and overcome his dangerous basil addiction. Reprint.

A Detective Story

Anonymous Rex

Thanks to the technological miracle of artiforgs, now you can live virtually forever. Nearly indestructible artificial organs, these wonders of metal and plastic are far more reliable and efficient than the cancer-prone lungs and fallible kidneys you were born with—and the Credit Union will be delighted to work out an equitable payment plan. But, of course, if you fall delinquent, one of their dedicated professionals will be dispatched to track you down and take their product back. This is the story of the making—and unmaking—of the best Bio-Repo Man in the extraction business, who finds his soul when he loses his heart . . . and then he has to run.

The Repossession Mambo

Struggling with dysfunctions in her family, friendships, and career, movie studio lawyer Cassandra French tackles the Los Angeles dating scene by chaining three men in her basement and giving them lessons in how to treat a lady. By the author of Anonymous Rex and Matchstick Men. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

A Novel

Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys

The long-time partnership between con artists Roy, a meticulous, obsessive-compulsive, and the adventurous Frankie is threatened when Roy's long-lost teenage daughter turns up, wanting to get to know her father and hoping to join the family business. By the author of Anonymous Rex. 35,000 first printing.

Matchstick Men

Drew Moss

Ben Fischer helped build the world's greatest surveillance system, Golden Shield, which utilizes every camera, cell phone, and computer in San Francisco to battle crime. There is only one problem: Golden Shield can't work without a human mind to operate it, resulting in a controversial melding of man and machine. Writer Eric Garcia delivers an action-packed story that questions the roles of security and technology in our modern society.

The Mind in the Machine

City: the Mind in the Machine Volume 1

He's a P.I. with a tail, a gumshoe with claws. He's the first dinosaur detective-and he just might make all other crime-solvers extinct.

Cassandra French knows what men need: a bit of training... On the surface, Cassandra French is living the typical LA lifestyle. A lawyer at a film studio, she spends her days bored by the tedium of the Business Affairs department, and her evenings either dating a string of useless men or meeting up with her girlfriends to bemoan the uselessness of said men. But luckily none of this matters, because Cassandra French has a vocation. Cassandra is a woman on a mission. And her mission is to reform men. Because how is it that she's got such great girlfriends but never meets a man worthy of them? How is that a man can have no conversation, no manners and no fashion sense... and yet he gets his pick of beautiful women. Something has to be done. And so, in her basement, she's set up her own Finishing School for Boys. There men learn to dress well, to date well, to compliment a woman, to make great dinner conversation, and to leave behind all the arrogance, brutishness and idiocy that society has bred into them. It's all going brilliantly - her students are happy, Cassandra's succeeding at something she believes in passionately - until she enrols Jason Kelly, the studio's biggest star.

The Shadows Share is a collection of short stories addressing what happens when we suppress and hide the dark sides of our psyche/being. Each story deals with the shadow side of people and how it compels them to act and think in ways contrary to their everyday lives. The Shadows Share tackles the issue of whether or not we should embrace the dark side of our psyche/being and learn to acknowledge and express it in a productive manner. It poses the question of if it's even possible to let that hidden side of ourselves thrive in a healthy manner. No matter your opinion on the subject we can all agree that our shadow selves need to be identified, acknowledged and addressed before it forces itself to come alive in a disastrous way. One way or another the Shadow will get its Share of life and light.

Eric Garcia

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