Mainstream and Literary Novels
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Emotionally Driven Novels

Relationships can be difficult as well as fulfilling. In my mainstream and historical novels, I explore relationships on multiple emotional levels.  

 

Mainstream Fiction

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Petrichor

A riveting tale of transformation, redemption, and the timeless struggle to bridge the chasm between the self and the world—one choice at a time. 
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Water Like Blood​

Intense and visceral! A young man kills his brother accidentally and must live with the respercussions. 

Historical Fiction

science fiction, robots, time machine, thriller
Sweet Song​

In this post Civil War historical novel, a mulatto, wrestling with a divided heritage, puts himself in danger when he chooses to pass for white while traveling through Pennsylvania. 

WINNER

Silver IPPY Award 

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science fiction, robots, time machine, thriller
Deception Creek

After being raised by his mother with help from his paternal grandparents, a young man becomes overwhelmed by emotion when he finds that his past isn't what he thought it was.
science fiction, utopian, dystopian, novel
The Perceived Darkness

In this novel, we find nine people who meet at a party and how quickly their lives begin to intertwine. This is a raw, realistic, and harrowing novel about friendship, betrayal, and madness.
science fiction, robots, time machine, thriller

International Book Award Finalist

Ten Months in Wonderland​

In this Vietnam era novel, a young Airman stationed in Thailand is unprepared for the seamy underbelly of hardcore booze, druges, and sex. 

Magical Realism

There is so much more to this world than we can imaging. Sometimes I like to write about that strangeness and how, once it's exposed, we can't see the world the same way ever again. 

 

science fiction, robots, time machine, thriller
Wolf's Rite​
An advertising executive is led to spiritual awakening by mystical Native Americans, and discovers love and violence at the edges of sanity. 

WINNER

Star of

Washington Award 

science fiction, robots, time machine, thriller
Giver of Gifts​
This short novel tells the story of a school teacher who's mysterious encounter with a deer gives him the key to reopen his heart. 

USA Book News 

Best Books Awards

science fiction, utopian, dystopian, novel
The Witness Tree​
In this magical realism novel, a troubled, brilliant artist explores the connections between creativity and madness.
science fiction, utopian, dystopian, novel
To Our Waking Souls​
In this paranormal love story, a man searching for solitude happens upon an old factory where he goes into a trance and relives a past life with his soon to be ex-wife.
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