projects in the hopper
High Lonesome: a Novel
A young man leaves his deteriorating home life, the 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 the two, they plan to flee to Montreal.
*** Supported by Canada Council for the Arts
Forthcoming via Penguin Canada, 2028
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.
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.