Curved Memories

About the Book

In the late night and early morning hours of July 14of 2001, over one hundred people throughout the New York and New Jersey area witnessed a tremendous object moving slowly at a very low altitude. The triangular or diamond-shaped object, as described by several eyewitnesses, bore fifteen to as many as thirty glowing orange balls of light forming somewhat of a V pattern. The object made no sounds of any kind as it hovered in silence over neighboring towns. Some called the event amazing while others called it peaceful and beautiful. It wasn’t a group of planes flying in formation or even the aurora borealis. What was it, then? No one seems to have the answer, but someone out there might It was just another ordinary Saturday night when John was driving home from the shore. Little did he know that it would be a night that he wouldn’t soon forget. Within the first year of the incident, John was periodically being tormented by eerie images and visions. For months and months he lost countless hours of sleep from these disturbing dreams. Some of them would last only for a few moments while others would last for several days. John kept silent, telling no one about these accounts as he jotted them down on paper whenever they occurred. Over the course of a couple of years, John has been trying to piece together one of the greatest mysteries that continues to elude him. As the pages were coming together, he realized that stories started slowly unfolding before his eyes. These mind-boggling events would overwhelm his soul daily the more he wrote and read about them. John relentlessly pursues the issue with the result of either taking one step forward closer to the answer or two steps backwards farther away from the truth. This is the first of the chronicles of mystery, death, trust, intrigue, and deceit. John continues to write about the images and visions as long as they appear to him in hopes of one day solving the mystery of the lights over New Jersey

About the Author

John Predovan was born in Baltimore, Maryland, where he and his family resided for a few years before moving to New Jersey. During his youth, John enjoyed being a kid while having silly adventures with his lifelong friends. In his spare time when they weren’t out gallivanting on one of their quests, John would hide out in his room and create his own.  At a young age, John penned away short stories as well as poems during the late-night hours while his family slept. Although John enjoyed being a kid, he always had a passion for writing and to one day become an author.

Throughout grade school, middle school, and most of high school, John wrote several poems and short stories. He only shared his work with teachers at the time, knowing that he would receive critical and accurate feedback from them. When John decided that he wanted to pursue a career in writing, tragedy struck his family. His beloved grandfather passed away after courageously battling cancer for over two years. This sent John spiraling into an emotional roller coaster for years. John’s passion for writing and becoming an author had been extinguished and was replaced by grief and loneliness.

The years passed and John finally came to terms with the passing of his grandfather. His passion for writing had been slowly rekindled by unique and personal events from his own life. John’s friends and family greatly encouraged him to write again and that’s when he decided to pursue his long-lost dream of becoming an author. While penning away for a few more years, John continued to receive tremendous support from his friends and family. Then, one day, John’s dream became a reality when he found a publisher who would put his writings into print.

Currently, John is working on several projects ranging from animation to screenplays. Most of all, John is very grateful that his long-lost dream of becoming an author has finally come true.