Fiction
Gordie and Meredith (novel excerpt)
The first scene in the novel (at the moment), introducing two of the three main characters.
Read MoreMeredith and Annie (novel excerpt)
An excerpt from early in The Distance featuring Meredith and her party friend Annie, and the first hint of complication in the novel.
Read MoreLee (novel excerpt)
In this early scene from The Distance, we meet Meredith’s dad and Gordie’s grandfather, working alone in his shop, distracted by the thoughts that the onset of fall stir within him.
Read MoreMeredith Tells Annie (novel excerpt)
An early excerpt from The Distance, wherein Meredith confides in Annie, and the action of the novel is set in motion.
Read MoreMeredith and Sharla (novel excerpt)
An unusually cold day in early autumn compounds Meredith’s misery, as she faces one of the more malevolent characters in The Distance.
Read MoreGordie and Meredith scene 2 (novel excerpt)
Meredith tells Gordie her plan.
Read MoreLee and April at Serrano’s (novel excerpt)
An excerpt from early in The Distance, when Lee tells April about the plan and his fears.
Read MoreMeredith and Luis (novel excerpt)
In this excerpt from The Distance, Meredith makes a late night visit to Luis, her neighbor and sometime lover.
Read MoreGordie and Meredith scene 3 (novel excerpt)
Gordie and Meredith drive from Bluff to Mineral and Gordie sees something that sets his curious mind in motion
Read MoreLee and April (novel excerpt)
Lee and April negotiate one of many troubled relationships in the novel.
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