Kirjahaku

When Josh Spruance receives a phone call informing him he's just inherited his childhood home, the ambivalent Minnesota native is less than thrilled. Arriving back in the house he spent two decades trying to forget, the past greets him in the form of a curious little boy. Caught in a downward spiral, Josh searches for anything pure in an un-pure world. He finds the carefree smile on a perfect stranger the perfect distraction, until her disappearance leaves him questioning her existence, and his sanity. Further complicating matters is the bully from his childhood, whose own path suddenly crosses with Josh's once again. As he desperately works to keep his past and present from colliding, Josh takes comfort in dangerous and self-destructive behavior. But as the walls begin to come down around him, he learns his addictive personality can no longer hold them up. He must confront the guilt that has become his own personal hell if there is any chance for salvation. "I'm going to be haunted for months by the image of a little boy wearing one boxing glove. A beautiful, heartbreaking story of healing, redemption, and coming of age." -Carrie White-Parish, Glass House Press.

Carl's social anxieties, OCD, and headaches are the least of his problems. The biggest issue is denying the voice that has been whispering to him his entire life, which leaves him on the edge of sanity. Rex is a lone wolf, and he prefers it that way. He takes what he wants, but keeps an orderly world-and that includes keeping the many women in his life carefully categorized. The little black book with which he shares his conquests is his only confidant. Denise has written several letters to her estranged father, but there's still an important one she's been building up to. Her life is a lonely one-and she will either face the fear and loneliness ... or succumb to it. During a late-night thunderstorm in a small Midwestern town, amidst a power outage, these three lives will crash into one another ... and the results will drastically alter the fates of each of them. This Side of Zero is a dark psychological thriller set in modern-day Minnesota, told from several opposing viewpoints.