Available Novels
This rollicking novel follows memorable characters on all sides of a present-day water war between Texas and New Mexico.
coming soon: THE BLUNT OBJECT
The Blunt Object
This novel is a jigsaw puzzle of interlocking stories about a clever yet troubled woman.
We know that she kills a man,
and we know how.
But we don't know who, or why.
The story is told by all the other characters in the mystery. As the pieces click into place, a Cubist portrait of the killer emerges.
And then my next novel:
Sacking Iceland
An American novelist in Iceland finds himself tortured by insomnia and vengeful spirits from Icelandic folklore. Will he finish his book or go mad in the process?
Currently writing:
The Claws of Bast
A murder mystery set in ancient Egypt, where the victims are sacred temple animals.
Who Dares Strike A Living God?
In ancient Egypt, the punishment was death, and it was enforced by animal-loving misanthrope Judge Eeyaw during the reign of the cat-worshipping pharaohs of the 22nd Dynasty, nearly 3000 years ago.
Yet, someone is targeting the sacred animals of Memphis! As the oldest empire on earth crumbles into chaos, thousands of lives, both animal and human, are at risk. Can the irascible Judge Eeyaw protect the innocent, perhaps saving himself as well?
Earlier Work
The Journey Itself Is Home
In this picaresque adventure, the narrator learns that he has gotten a young girl pregnant. He travels around the country trying to find the runaway on a journey which echoes the travelogues of the haiku poet Bashō.
Pirates of Crude
A story about modern-day pirates who prey on drug smugglers in the Caribbean. The modern pirates operate in the same waters using the same tactics as the pirates of olde centuries. Machine guns have replaced cannons, engines have replaced sails, cocaine has replaced doubloons. Little else has changed. The book bulges with sex, drugs, violence, infernal history and black humor.
The Malignant Inferno
A dystopic novel in the spirit of 1984 and Brave New World. In a near-future where convenience is the only ideal, what happens when a member of the privileged class drops through the floor of his society and must make an exodus on foot across the desert with a dog?