Zen and the Art of Surfing
Zen and the Art of Surfing is primarily a work of fiction. A collection of short stories that was originally a Master’s Thesis at San Diego State University. Excerpts from the collection have been published in The Surfers Journal, Surfer Magazine, Surfing Magazine and Wave Action Magazine. Purchase here.
Mammoth Mountain: A Novel
What happens when a lost man finds Christ, only to lose his soul?
Set in the early 1980’s it follows four years in the life of Drew, a pot smoking, thieving, womanizer who’s coming to terms with his violent upbringing by an alcoholic father, a man who may not be his biological father. Twenty-one years old and new to Mammoth he continually brawls with a powerful Olympic ski racer but has an even more dangerous nemesis inside his head. Purchase here.
The Evening Doorman
In, The Evening Doorman, the protagonist, River, is the philosophical evening doorman at a five star hotel in Newport Beach. At the hotel he observes the eccentric, sordid, and sometimes beautiful behavior of the rich and famous. He spends his free time looking at homeless shelters searching for his heroin addict mother. He had been taken from her at the age of seven by child protective services. In the opening pages River crosses a violent biker and is hunted by him throughout the novel. Early in the book, River meets a young boy named Sol. Upon their first meeting Sol asks River to be his dad… Purchase here.
