Into the Wilderness - Helvey, Chris

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Résumé :
Dave Wertz is undergoing a middle-aged crisis. On the back side of fifty with no job and an unhappy marriage, he pulls a Kerouac and goes on the road, and back to his hometown of Frankfort, Kentucky. Dave hopes familiar surroundings and a childhood friend can help him find a sense of safety and belonging. Instead, he stumbles into a state government corruption scandal, meets a cast of strange characters who haunt the streets of Frankfort, and stumbles across Jennifer, a lost, teenage girl who needs help, but won't listen to him. Dave's old friend is not the man he remembered and his hometown has changed. Danger seems to lurk down every alley, and every step he takes seems to lead him deeper into darkness. To find himself and help Jennifer, Dave will have to call on all his skills, and some strange, new friends. ...

Biographie:
Chris Helvey's short stories have appeared in numerous reviews and journals, and he is the author of Claw Hammer, A Gathering of Stories, and two novels: Whose Name I Did Not Know and Snapshot. Chris lives and writes in Kentucky and currently serves as a writing coach and the Editor in Chief of Trajectory Journal.

Sommaire:
Chris Helvey's short stories have been published by numerous reviews and journals since 1997. He is the author of the Wings ePress novel Yard Man, as well as the novels Snapshot and Whose Name I Did Not Know, and the short story collections One More Round and Claw Hammer. He currently serves as editor in chief of Trajectory Journal....