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Ramblings of a hopeful madman
Hey! I’m querying my fifth book, “It Always Starts With a Body,” a 75k-word psychological thriller and mystery.
In the declining, sea-lashed industrial city of New Bourdot, Detective John Juno just wants two simple things—to be left alone to do his job and to get rid of the disembodied voice of a dead serial killer that follows him everywhere (simple right?). But when the severed hand of Ilsa Matherson, daughter of billionaire industrialist Sterling Matherson III, shows up in the New Bourdot Municipal Dump, along with a list of demands (go figure…people don’t like billionaires), Juno is saddled with a new idealistic young partner, Rachel Erikson. There is no shortage of suspects in a dark mystery that inevitably crashes into Juno’s personal life, leaving him with a choice—start listening to the voice, face his past, and let others in, or lose what remains of his sanity and let the girl die.
The intrigue of Mick Herron’s Sloughhouse books mixed with the otherworldly aspects of Rachel Emerson’s “Shutter”, and the crass dark humor of Chuck Wendig’s “Book of Accidents.”
I think the story has serious potential. The idea would be that each story has another companion voice that follows the protagonist. The next story is already planned and underway. Part of the fun for the reader is guessing whether Detective John Juno is insane, or whether the voice is something otherworldly.
Fan of Stephen King’s hardboiled stuff? Fan of Disco Elysium? Fan of China Mieville’s “The City and the City? Fan of True Detective? You’ll dig this.
About Me:
I live in Williamsburg, VA, and am a father of three kids (four, counting the dog). I write full-time and have spent over a decade ghostwriting (including bylines for Wired, Forbes, Manufacturing Digital, and Industry Week), and developing content and brand strategy for startups and creative agencies. I’m also an Army veteran, having deployed on multiple overseas duties during wartime. I’m a member of the James Rivers Writers Association, the AWP, and am currently earning an MFA in Creative Writing at Drexel University (graduating in May 26).
Check out Chapter 1
Forty Seven Issue 1.
Giuseppe Jackson is cursed.
He has 10 years to live.
He can take away years to save those in need.
He can add years by taking life himself.
Can he be there for those he loves?
My horror short “Roam Alone” is available on Flash Phantoms! https://www.flashphantoms.net/january-flash-fiction-horror-1
My art entitled “When her words detonate.” as the cover of Tension Literary’s Issue IV: Chaos!!! Tension was voted as one of the most inclusive lit mags by Chill Subs. https://www.tensionliterary.com
Hey! I’m querying my fifth book, “It Always Starts With a Body,” a 75k-word psychological thriller and mystery. In the declining, sea-lashed industrial city of New Bourdot, Detective John Juno just wants two simple things—to be left alone to do […]
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