THRILLER SERIES · 6 BOOKS
Meet Eric Swan.
He’s sharp, funny, and a little too aware of how absurd his job is. Start the Eric Swan Thriller Series from the beginning.
Explore the series ↗Good stories
make life
more interesting.
After decades behind a microphone, Dom Testa now spends his time writing books, telling stories, asking better questions—and helping other people do the same.
Writer · SpeakerRelentlessly Curious Human
WRITER ✦ STORYTELLER ✦ SPEAKER ✦ MUSIC NERD ✦ QUESTION ASKER ✦ WRITER ✦ STORYTELLER ✦ SPEAKER ✦
Choose your rabbit hole
Where would youlike to begin?
Dom’s work spans a few shelves, several screens, and more genres than he can comfortably explain at parties.
For Book Lovers
Thrillers, speculative fiction, middle-grade adventures, and a few books that refuse to sit neatly on any shelf.
For Music Lovers
The accidents, arguments, and incredible stories hiding inside the songs you know by heart.
For the Curious
Questions and essays designed to make you think, learn, and occasionally laugh out loud.
On the bookshelf
Pick a world.
Stay awhile.
From spies with personality to young people saving the galaxy, the only rule is that the story has to move.
NONFICTION · FEATURED BOOK
A quieter kind of success.
A gentle, honest reset for anyone exhausted by the relentless pressure to do more, be more, and have more.
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Stories hiding
inside the music.
Beyond the Tracks looks past the familiar hooks to find the accidents, near-misses, and unlikely choices that made a song unforgettable.
A daily curiosity habit
One question.
Every weekday.
Free.
What began as a radio contest became a legendary part of people’s mornings. Today, thousands of readers open the Mindbender Club every weekday.
Join the club ↗No spam. No doomscrolling. Just something interesting.Fresh from the Mindbender Club
Something new to think about.
Every weekday.
Dom publishes a new public essay Monday through Friday—curious stories, surprising ideas, and the occasional attempt to make sense of life.
Elton John Tried To Stop This Song
The surprising studio trick—and one determined radio station—that helped “Bennie and the Jets” become a number-one hit.
Read the essay ↗Sympathy Is a Currency, And I’m Broke
A stranded traveler discovers that everyone has a limited supply of sympathy—and his account is running low.
Read the essay ↗Confessions of a Fast Walker
A brisk look at the pace of life, slow walkers, and why getting somewhere quickly can feel like a personality trait.
Read the essay ↗Browse all free essays ↗ABOUTDOM
Radio was the first chapter.
It wasn’t the whole story.
Dom Testa has written more than two dozen books across more genres than sensible marketing advice would recommend.
For decades, he woke up millions of people as a morning radio host. He was inducted into the inaugural Colorado Authors Hall of Fame in 2019, an honor he accepts on behalf of everyone who told him to get a real job.
He lives in Georgia, thinks about Colorado, reads at a pace his bookshelves can no longer support, and remains professionally incapable of leaving an interesting question alone.