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First Boy: Descent
Ten-year-old Ryan Hammerschmidt is miserably on vacation with Norman and Nancy, his dad and stepmom. His dad thought that a driving tour of national parks would be a good fit for the family. As with most things, however, Norman was wrong, and none of them have enjoyed themselves much so far. At Monumental Cave in Kentucky, Ryan runs into a young girl that seems interesting, if not more than a little odd. Soon, though, the weather turns bad, and in no short order everything else follows. Ryan is forced to run, trying to survive rising floodwaters, the cave, and a monstrous fate that pursues him though the dark.
122 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 5, 2025
About the author
Dennis Sharpe
23 books149 followersBorn and raised on the edge of the American Midwest and the South, Dennis Sharpe has been a writer as long as he can remember. His mother has told many people about the fantasy and science fiction stories he'd write on scraps of paper, and staple together as his 'books', before he'd attended his first day of formal education.
He has spent many late nights at diners and dives, drinking coffee with a tattered notebook to put a voice to his feelings of himself and the world around him, and other worlds that can exist only in fiction. The voices in his head don't ever stop talking to him, and so sooner or later he has to get out onto a page all that they've filled him up with.
Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut, Frank Miller, William Shakespeare, Chrissie Pappas, Charles Bukowski, Stephen King, Douglas Adams, Issac Asimov, and countless classic literary influences, Dennis continues with the ability to write what at a glance might seem absurd, but quickly begins to resonate with our own thoughts and emotions. He writes people we know, love we've known and lost (and found again), and places we've been in our lives and in our heads. Even his fictional characters and worlds carry enough of the grey areas we experience in day-to-day life, to let us find the truth in his words, no matter how fantastic.
These days he can be found still writing at all odd hours, drinking coffee with friends, or spending time with his children (the true joys of his life - when they have the time and inclination to visit), in Western Kentucky.
He has spent many late nights at diners and dives, drinking coffee with a tattered notebook to put a voice to his feelings of himself and the world around him, and other worlds that can exist only in fiction. The voices in his head don't ever stop talking to him, and so sooner or later he has to get out onto a page all that they've filled him up with.
Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut, Frank Miller, William Shakespeare, Chrissie Pappas, Charles Bukowski, Stephen King, Douglas Adams, Issac Asimov, and countless classic literary influences, Dennis continues with the ability to write what at a glance might seem absurd, but quickly begins to resonate with our own thoughts and emotions. He writes people we know, love we've known and lost (and found again), and places we've been in our lives and in our heads. Even his fictional characters and worlds carry enough of the grey areas we experience in day-to-day life, to let us find the truth in his words, no matter how fantastic.
These days he can be found still writing at all odd hours, drinking coffee with friends, or spending time with his children (the true joys of his life - when they have the time and inclination to visit), in Western Kentucky.
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