Breaking Melancholy's Mourning

Suspenseful Short Fiction Examining the Dangers of Living.

Artie Rane stumbles through the mean streets in search of the dream he buried with his father. When his grief leads him to an answer in the form of a vintage guitar, nothing can stop his pursuit… engaging in theft, facing down police, even threat of death itself fail to detour his quest. Is there any force that can set Artie on the right path? Suspense in a coming of age story.

A young man hitches a ride into the Shenandoah Valley carrying his grief in a military duffle. Can he bury his secret in a mountain meadow surrounded by Bluegrass ballads of murder and its consequences? Loss and love bridge the gap of time.

A very short anthology about the mystery of redemption.