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Writing has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. From entertaining my fourth-grade classmates with fantasy short stories based on my older brothers' Dungeons & Dragons campaign, to penning song lyrics for the Paul Mahern-produced alt rock band Missing Six in my early 20s, to working as an editor and contributor for the international lifestyle magazine En Vie while living abroad in Japan, writing was always a safe space for me when life got chaotic. Writing is about connection, no matter what form it takes. A reader can connect with a piece of writing and the author without ever meeting. A piece of art can save a person's life and the artist may never know it. It's inspiring to think that from within the constant chaos of billions of lives colliding, two minds will meet through art and connect deeply across continents and cultures and languages. This is what moves me and motivates me to write. I've often been told to "write what you know," but where's the fun in that? Imagination should take us beyond what we "know" in order to tell new stories and make new connections. Anatomy of a House is my first foray into long-form fiction and is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble in both print and ebook.

A story about love, loss, and human connection.

Two lives become intertwined as Matthew and Charlie look for answers to a past one can’t remember and the other can’t face.

Matthew meets an unusual young woman at the Art Institute of Chicago with the unique skill of interpreting a person’s last meal by reading their face. After telling Matthew his heart is missing, they embark on a mission to find it. Retracing his past in Japan with the help of some eccentric monks, they find Matthew’s lost love, revealing the trauma he’s been avoiding. He finally finds his heart where he least expected, when his past mistakes catch up with him and threaten to keep him from the people he loves.

Charlie - a name he’s given himself - wakes up in a strange house with no memory. As he explores his new surroundings, looking for answers and a way out, he finds a library filled with books chronicling a single story: a story about a man called Matthew. As Charlie dives deeper into the house and Matthew’s story, his own past begins to reveal itself, including an unexpected connection to this man he’s never met.

But the more Charlie uncovers, the more unstable the house becomes, threatening the library and forcing Charlie to decide both his and Matthew’s fate.

Kindle Price: $7.99

Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense