Manual Not Included
Christian nonfiction · 30 chapters
Thirty chapters for men on faith, marriage, and showing up — the real, unpolished work of it. No manual required.
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I write about the lines
we hold — and the ones
that unravel.
Two kinds of books that look nothing alike: honest writing on faith and fatherhood, and dark fiction where the lines finally give. Everything I've made lives right here.
About
The hand behind both shelves.
I spent twenty years on the practical side of things — production floors, dispatch boards, and routes that ran a hundred miles across southern Missouri. Writing was what I did in the margins, until it wasn't.
Now I write two kinds of books that come from the same place: honest, unpolished work on faith and fatherhood under Manual Not Included, and dark fiction about the systems we build to hold chaos back — and what happens when they start to give.
I host two podcasts, I'm raising a family in Poplar Bluff, and I've come to believe the most interesting stories start where the manual runs out.
Books
Two shelves, one desk.
A faith side and a fiction side — written by the same hand, meant just as completely.
The Line Holds
The Accords Cycle · Book One
In St. Louis, a "binder" named Elias Ward keeps the paranormal pinned to its margins — for an institution that won't say why the line is starting to give.
Read book one →The Unraveling Coming Soon
The Oathless · Book One
A world bound together by oaths — and the few who tore free of them. The first book is being written now.
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In your ears.
Same conversations, out loud. Listen wherever you already are.
Writing
Between the books.
The Substack
Essays, chapter drafts, and the thinking behind the books — sent straight to your inbox. This is where the work happens before it's a book.
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