It has been a year. Five books between April and July, which is more than I have ever put out in one stretch and probably more than is wise. Here they are in the order they came.
Murder Town (April 6)
A struggling novelist named Stu Webber follows his dog into the fog behind a warehouse in Weston and finds one of the most powerful men in town lying dead in the dirt. He does what any writer would do. He starts a podcast. In a town where everybody knows everybody, every episode turns a neighbor into a suspect. Read it on Amazon.
The Signal Beneath the Sand (April 14)
Book one of Relic Wars. A disgraced archaeologist, a black obelisk under the Egyptian desert, and a warning that has been waiting a very long time for somebody to listen. This one is the front door to the series. Read it on Amazon.
The Paper Bag: Stories of Weston (April 22)
A collection. Casseroles on porches, a ledger quietly balanced, flowers out of season, and a man walking at dawn with a paper bag nobody can account for. If you want to know what Weston feels like before you commit to a whole novel, start here. Read it on Amazon.
The Temple of Silent Stars (June 16)
Book two of Relic Wars. Julian Cross is dreaming in a language nobody alive can speak, and the dreams have coordinates. Bigger and stranger than book one, on purpose. Read it on Amazon.
The Book You've Been Carrying (July 8)
Not fiction. Twenty-two chapters for the writer who has been carrying a novel around for years and has not sat down to it yet. There is no pep talk in it, just the path every working novelist has walked, laid out one morning at a time. Read it on Amazon.
That is the year so far. The coffee maker has earned a rest.