First published 2016
A daughter goes missing one night, and the initial frenzy of search efforts eventually dies down. Television reporters pack up their equipment and move to the next story. What remains is a community trying to navigate the aftermath of an unsolved disappearance. A marriage strains under the weight of uncertainty. A detective continues working the case. A storm rolls through town. A talk show host arrives. Someone roasts a boar. Bodies turn up dead and secrets get buried. Coyotes move through the surrounding woods while a man keeps watch by a fence. The story unfolds in fragments across this landscape where violence lurks just out of sight. Characters exist without clear histories or defined faces, creating an unsettling reality that feels both familiar and strange. The narrative moves with deliberate fragmentation, building tension through what remains unspoken and unseen. This is a story about what happens when the cameras leave but the questions remain.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fragmented-narrative, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Coyote
96 pages · Paperback · No Exit Press
Content warnings: violence