The Prodigal Sons

When the prodigal returns, what happens to the one that stayed?

Three generations of Koopmans live-uneasily-under the same roof of a farm house twenty miles from the center of Holy Cross, Iowa.

Thirty-year-old William Koopman needs to move out. But Dad wanted him on the farm after Grandpa died, so William stayed, married his girl Marcy, and even brought her to the farmhouse to live. The poor girl made it a year before she bolted at the end of a rough winter.

A week after Marcy leaves, William’s shiftless younger brother John returns home. The prodigal son with no money in his wallet, but lots of ideas to make it all back in Holy Cross.

If they all survive this rainy growing season on the farm, it will truly be a miracle.

Michael Jasper is fascinated with exploring the places where the normal meets the strange. In pursuit of this fascination, he has published nine novels, a story collection, and over six dozen short stories, along with a digital comic with artist Niki Smith. For his day job, he works as a technical writer. He lives with his family in North Carolina, and his website is michaeljasper.net.