My Friend Blaise
My dearest friend, Blaise van Hecke, passed away early Monday morning. Everybody’s posted the sweetest platitudes about her on social media. That’s what happens when somebody dies. People say the nicest things about them. They’ll say those things about me when I pass away. In my case, just know about half of those platitudes won’t be entirely accurate, or will even omit a few things. The truest platitude for me would be something like, “Oh, he could go out of his way to help you, but sometimes he could be a surly prick.” That’s still being kind. But we don’t say those things about those who’ve left us. As far…
Just Another Week in Suburbia
Title: Just Another Week in Suburbia Publisher: ECG Press Publication Date: 5 December 2025 Category: Suburban Noir Paperback: (234x156mm, 366 pages) ISBN Print: 978-1-7636892-4-4 Ebook: 978-1-7636892-3-7 Just how well can you ever truly know somebody? Casper Gray is a self-effacing thirty-year-old living a comfortable life in the idyll of middle-class suburbia. He and his beautiful wife, Jane, have been married for seven years, and are trying to have a baby. They own a cute little dog, Wallace. Casper’s respected in his job as a high school English teacher. And he’s liked in the neighborhood – well, mostly. But one simple discovery threatens to unravel it all. In a week where everything…
