projects in the hopper
High Lonesome: a Novel
A young man leaves his deteriorating home life, escalating racial tensions, and Vietnam War draft he faces in South Carolina, joined by a new friend, Conteh, who is fleeing the same. The two hide out with Conteh’s family in rural Louisiana. When the authorities catch up to them, they flee to Montreal.
*** Supported by Canada Council for the Arts
Forthcoming via Penguin Canada, 2028 (I pray)
Mamas: Short Stories
Stories of maternal love, devotion, desire, demise.
Sample story: The Ex-Puritan Magazine - “Signpost”
Cover mockup by Neil Rimmer
I Come up from the Earth: Poems
A collection of poetry rooted in nostalgia and dying for deliverance. Someone, for the love of God, please, publish these poems.
Sample poems: Vallum Magazine vol. 19 no. 2 - “No Photos of Ralph”
tba (Western University) vol. 4 no. 1 PROPHECY: “We May Be So Tucked”
The Liberals: a Novel
This is gonna be a crazy book. Not sure exactly where it’s going to go. I want it to be framed like Don DeLillo’s Libra meets Flannery O’Connor.