The BOOKS

John crafts stories for readers who find beauty in the backwoods and truth in the shadows. From the first page of Breakfast at Midway to the twists ahead in Dark & Deep, every book is an evocative exploration of the human spirit, the secrets we keep, and what it truly means to belong to a place.

BIBLIOGRAPHY (With Out of Print)

The Two Dollar (2026)

Collected Stories: 1995-2025 (2026)

Hellbender: Owen Sinclair #2 (2025)

Craven Fork: Owen Sinclair #1 (2024)

Falling Up the Hill (2023)

Getting Back to the Garden (2022)

Such Is Life In Vacationland (2021)

Ocean of Storms (2019) Out of print. Replaced by Collected Stories

Ben and the Art of Lawnmower Maintenance (2018)

The Bug Jar (2016) Out of print. Replaced by Collected Stories

Breakfast at Midway (2008)

Secrets of Neighborhood Marketing (2007) Out of print.

 

FREE NOVELLA - RACAL Red

My first job after graduating from Bowling Green State University was as a department manager at a retail chain called Best Products. While the Toledo location where I worked was a standard “big box” building, several other stores in the chain featured strange architectural flourishes—including one with a literal forest planted on its roof. This three-part novella imagines how such a unique design might serve as a sanctuary during a mysterious apocalyptic event. 

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