Writing Soul-Searching Stories of What it Means to Be Alive
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” John 1:5
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Something Else
Releasing January 15th, 2025!
The long-awaited sequel to SOMETHING I AM NOT. A small town quarterback hopeful sold by his father to an affluent woman who imprisons him on her yacht and uses his eight-year-old brother as leverage for compliance, is now physically free, reunited with his real family, and married to his best friend. But a note from his past sends him spiraling back into the world he fought so hard to escape, and he comes face-to-face with not only the evil that put him there but the ever-present darkness inside of him.
“My heart soared, time and time again. For Billy, for his family, for the people around him. For the realities of a brilliant, transcendent hope and an unconditional love that rescues the broken-hearted from the world and never lets them go. Kudos to Cher Gatto for following up such a powerful original with such a beautiful and original sequel.”
Something I Am Not
2016 Winner of the Genesis Award
2020 Winner of the Christian Indie Award
2020 Finalist for the ACFW Carol Award
2024 Screencraft Cinematic Book Award Finalist
Where does someone run in the face of his deepest shame?
A powerful look at the insidious world of human-trafficking right in our own backyard, and the redemptive story of a young man’s fight to get out.
“Rarely have I seen a gifting so pure in a writer.”
REGENT
2020 Winner of the Fire Award for Best Speculative
What if the cost for finding who you are is losing your own mind? And the only way to hang onto the one thing you need most is to lose everything else?
In the spirit of Turtles All the Way Down (John Green) and Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane) comes a mind-bending, soul-searching novel of what it means to be alive, as an orphan teen’s desperate search for his father brings him to the outer edge of his own sanity.
We Are God’s Handiwork … His poem!
Listen to Cher speak on the crucible of life through the eyes of an artist and how, with every brush stroke of shadow, every moment of darkness and trial, we go deeper into God’s love and the contours of our life shine brighter. (Watch the video below and you’ll have the added blessing of her son, Sam, and his amazing worship!!!). Be encouraged!!!
