The Business

Former professional wrestler Roland McAlister is paralyzed after years of abuse in the wrestling business, both in the ring and out. While living with his third wife, he receives a phone call from the son he fathered while on the road twenty-five years previously. The son, Cory, has entered the wrestling business. The horror begins after Roland refuses Cory's demands of a father and son relationship. Roland can stop the carnage if he has the courage to change into a person he never imagined.

"It's an all-too-rare surprise and delight, in the independent press, to discover writing as strong and evocative as Derek Clendening's. This is a writer whose work I look forward to reading more of, and whose career I look forward to following."

Michael Rowe, author of Enter, Night