Jess Thornton Author

We live in a world where we all aspire to be #1!   The best in our category: our line of work, best looking, most successful, the most wonderful person that ever lived.   Popular and sought after!   That’s what matters! I’m here to tell you that no, that is not a worthy goal.   None of it is, not at all.   We are here to support and provide for our tribe, meaning our family, neighborhood, friends and church.   We, personally, are just a cog, a part of what makes us what and who we are.   Small potatoes… In traditional societies, that is hunter gatherer, paleolithic or early neolithic agricultural tribes and villages, there are only a few things that really matter.   That we are an asset to our communities is the most important, by far.   Think of humans as being like a pack animal, since we really are that- a tribal animal!   We are not ‘solo animals’, in fact very few animals are!   Even sharks hunt in packs, or ‘schools’.   T...

Go to the Player on this site, and listen to Part 1 of My Afterlife. I think you'll like it! If you want the rest, just request it at your library if they don't already have it, or download it from many, many audio vendors.

Here are the books I have narrated so far in audio! All are available at your library for download, where you can listen on your phone- and, of course, also on iTunes, and most other outlets.  Soon, on Audible as well, but I know you want to listen NOW! So there you go.  I will say, narrating is different from writing, but it is quite a fun adventure as well. Go thou, and listen!  Reading not required...

Audiobooks make reading fun. Libraries make listening free! If your library uses Bibliotheca, Odilo, Overdrive, or hoopla you can borrow A Barbarian in Chicago by Jay Bowers and start listening today.  And Jess Thornton is just a pen name of Jay Bowers! I think you will enjoy this audio book, as it is read by the author (me!), and really captures the feeling I was looking for.

 HALF WAY TO HEAVEN A Journey from La Crosse Wisconsin to the Afterlife JESS THORNTON     My Afterlife Afterlife Adventures Book 1 Jess Thornton iii  Copyright © 2018 by Jess Thornton All rights reserved. ISBN: 9781982991494  T o Nel, Marie, Gus, Charlie, and a! of my other dear ones, animal and human- And Ezmerelda!  CHAPTER 1 I DIE  I don’t really remember just when it happened, when I died. I know it wasn’t a long time ago, but it wasn’t recently either. I just knew after awhile that, although I felt pretty much as I always had, better actually, things were subtly different. I mean, it’s not as if I really thought about life being a little odd; I mean we all kind of go about our lives as if on some sort of automatic pilot until something really important and different happens to us. And really, most lives just don’t have that much really different that comes up, at least nothing out of the ordinary. My extraordinary moment came...