Black Wolf Books
In the first novella in the Wilderness Duology, a grown son takes one last trip with his prodigal father, dying from an incurable disease. Their only hope, before it's too late, is to face down their past misgivings and mistakes. As Pete Fromm said, it will leave you wanting more.
The second novella in the Wilderness Duology, this is a man's journey to heal himself after a tragedy of his own making. With his marriage hanging like a spider's thread, what he needs may be unattainable; or else it's too entwined with his wife's secret. In such a world, is redemption possible? Laconic and lyrical, The Water Thief peels away layers of raw emotion to expose the bone below, then drills into it. Aptly described by Merrill Gilfillan: "uncut potions brewed from the most indestructible of elements: water, tendon, starlight, fire, and sunrise."
The first novella in the Noir Tetralogy, this story of love and war turns on a misfit, youthful Ost soldier, impressed into the German army. Everything changes when he meets a French girl, suffering the brutality of war. How they come together in Normandy in the midst of D-Day, and whether they survive, against all odds, makes this an improbable but timeless novella of love and war, and all the ties we cut or bind.
In the depths of World War II, a boy and his mother race to escape the Nazis. With his father murdered, his mother suffers for what she endured to buy their freedom. When he comes of age, he joins the fight for his father's heritage, only to reel in horror at the massacre of Palestinians. As the second novella in the Noir Tetralogy, it presents a tale of exile, tragedy, and survival, with a challenge to divisive authority. Carrie Lewis has described the rebellious and anti-MAGA conclusion as "perfect."
After Smith loses his wife, he finds solace with a woman who brings bad luck. When he loses almost everything he has, he must fall upon primal instincts to escape those who would kill him. Joined by a young girl, escaping the same killers, they struggle to cross both desert and mountains, hoping against hope to reclaim their lives. As the third novella in the Noir Tetralogy, this edgy tale resonates with karma while ironically compelling a man from the First World to wear the shoes of the Third.
Haunted by the first Iraq War and its ghosts, Luke Yenke finds himself spun into a web of murder and drug deals gone bad. Fighting to save his life and soul, he takes matters into his own hands. Dark and foreboding, yet hopeful, this is a tale of middle America bent wrong, and how one man must bust his way out of it, change his identity and location, all while grasping at a remnant trace of love in a tattered life. As the final part of the Noir Tetralogy, the Half-Kilo Kill will keep you turning pages to a satisfying end.
