Save Me, Rip Orion

"Deeply emotional, and infused with humor and extreme plot twists. It was quick, it was fun, it was sad, it was the emotions of the rainbow and I loved it. A truly compelling read...the ending was spectacularly done." 
-Rabid Readers

Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award 2013 - Quarterfinalist
Amazon Bestseller: Fiction-Satire

Book Description:
Cemetery groundskeeper Roscoe Solomon is nobody's idea of a savior. Sincederailing his old high school classmate Damon's football career amid afreak accident, his summers have consisted of weed whacking aroundtombstones and shooing teenage loiters off mausoleum steps.

After an abandoned house is set aflame, Roscoe stumbles upon evidence thatreveals the arsonist's next target. Evoking his childhood comic bookicon, the mighty Rip Orion, he recognizes the opportunity to become thereal life version of the superhero. Aided by his god-fearing andembattled sidekick Mitch, Roscoe vows to apprehend the fearedpyromaniac. A budding relationship with the eccentric atheist Marcy, who bears a striking resemblance to Rip Orion's busty love interest, onlyreinforces his fantastic ambitions.

Roscoe's fantasy rapidlyunravels when he collides with his longtime nemesis Damon, who harborshis own illusions of recapturing his glory days, and realizes Marcy'scryptic alter ego. Moreover, Mitch's mounting woes propel him toward ashowdown with an unrivaled power. Meanwhile, the arsonist runs amok.

All seems doomed until Roscoe understands that to become like Rip Orion and save the world, he must play the role of villain.

Matt's best-selling novel Save Me, Rip Orion was a finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award 2013. His writing has been published in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Sherman Oaks Review of Books, Defenestration Literary Magazine, Neutrons Protons, The Crucible, PGHCOMEDY, and various blogs. He authored the Back Deck Report, among other contributions, on the Fansided site Rum Bunter.

His favorite on-stage accomplishments are winning The Month StorySLAM, and being featured on Risk! Live Show & Podcast!

Matt is cautiously willing to fully embrace you, flaws and all.