Every author knows the agony of the unwritten story. But what if the story you refuse to write is the only thing keeping you sane?

In Why I Am Not Writing A Book, an unnamed narrator spends his days locked in an agonizing battle with writer’s block.

Desperate to find inspiration, his journey leads him to a retreat where all is not as it seems. Odd encounters, fractured memories, guilt, and trauma lead him to question his very existence.

As he frantically tries to put the pieces together, his world unravels—revealing terrifying truths about his life, his purpose, and his sanity.

Take a breath, jump in and join our narrator on his perilous journey, and discover why he is not writing a book.

Cover of Why I Am Not Writing a Book by Jonas Friel

Midnight Mass in Seeksvill (coming mid-November)

Even in the quietest towns, something is always watching. And sometimes, it’s waiting for you.

When a self-assured Anthropology Professor gets a flat tire near an abandoned donut factory, he expects a quick fix and a swift exit back to his comfortable, predictable life. Instead, he finds Seeksvill: a town where the store signs are too long, the locals speak in infectious parables, and the daily ritual involves holding empty leashes.

He set out to study them with clinical detachment — to be a silent observer. But Seeksvill doesn’t do observers.

Featuring a tire delivery guy who hates everything, a town patriarch who goes fishing on a fishless lake, three quirky brothers and a dog who takes his job far too seriously, Midnight Mass in Seeksvill is a hilarious, heartfelt story about what happens when you stop running from your life… and finally pull over.

The Tarbender Chronicles, Book 1: I’ll Have the Special (coming early 2027)

Behind the bar at Cliff’s Bar, Hops pours drinks, dodges darts, and keeps his secrets buttoned at the cuff. The regulars think he’s just another wise-cracking bartender with a bad knee and a knack for trouble. But when three strangers walk in with a photo of his cook Alice — and another of his own tattooed arm — Hops realizes the past he buried six years ago has come looking for him.

What follows is a week of spilled whiskey, broken glass, and revelations that twist through every shadow of the bar. Old debts resurface, alliances shift, and the line between loyalty and survival blurs faster than a shot poured on a Friday rush. Hops, Alice, and a retired cop with selective hearing find themselves caught between the man who saved them and the man who wants them gone.

Laugh-out-loud funny and razor-sharp, I’ll Have the Special serves up crime, redemption, and the kind of chaos only a bartender could stir. In The Tarbender Chronicles, every pour has a story — and every story comes with a tab.