John Weyrr

Raymond Chance expatriates himself to Mexico after his marriage fails, he does eighteen months for Assault and Battery, and he's run over by a car in a Safeway parking lot. Ten years later he returns at the news of his ex-wife's death, hoping to rekindle something of a relationship with his one and only child, daughter Jen, now grown and living in Eugene, Oregon. But Jen, poisoned with hatred by her mother, she blows him off in no uncertain terms....

Glendo Penny is man on the edge... of oblivion. A string of bad luck has culminated in the deaths of his wife and unborn child, this in a truck accident with Penny at the wheel. Consigning himself to damnation, he takes the express lane of alcoholism and social isolation. But fate has other plans for him. Reeled back into the human fold by a collection of locals sharing the common bond of loss, he finds new purpose in life and a shot at redemption.Meanwhile,...

What is the plot of this novel? Some might ask this question, but then where are the plot lines of life? Ed Ford, an American expat living in Berlin, Germany, is busy with the quotidian chores of survival and the more colorful episodes of his ragged life. The narrative chronicles a chain of seemingly unrelated events, and an impatient reader may ask: Where is all this going? Fair enough, but an unseen logic governs Ford's progress. Driven through...

Cam Moody, a junior at Florida State in Tallahassee, is on his way to Austin on summer break to visit his brother and work a summer job. His project muscle car breaks down in a small Louisiana town, however, and the verdict is bad. The car needs repairs which he can't afford. A kindly older gentleman, Len Baxter, takes pity on the young Floridian, offering him work and digs at his filling station/convenience store. With overtime and minimal expenses...

Del Flynn is an uninspired slacker living in Central Montana. Searching for both mystery and meaning in life, he is the classic desperado waiting on a train. Meanwhile, down in West Texas, a drug deal gone wrong kicks this chase novel into gear, sending a colorful and dangerous cast of characters northbound, Montana bound. Following the money, they stop at nothing in their single-minded pursuit of wealth. When they land on Flynn's doorstep, he catches...