It Doesn’t Take Much

“This cold night will turn us all to fools and madmen.”
Detective Roy Winder investigates the murder of a young woman at the Carnival of Souls haunted house.

When Trust Goes Bust

Public trust. Is it engendered or eroded when elites, experts, and egos generate and double down on “dead right” narratives that distort and even deny reality leading to deception, disorder, dysfunction, and even destruction of life and do so for dubious and decidedly power-hungry and vainglorious ends?

The Tomorrow No One Thought Of

At this point, there are at least four lines of inquiry into a dead man with no say in the matter, a mother and a boy who don’t know who the father is, and a tomorrow no one thought of.

Discernment Knows Better

History and current events reveal that anything can be rationalized when politics is everything and power its ultimate goal. The same holds true when empathy is everything and the pursuit of inclusion its ultimate goal – anything can be rationalized.

The Last Wound

Detective Roy Winder goes to college on the Fourth of July to investigate the arson death of a professor of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies.

Transit

I experienced my first water crossing at the age of eight. My father made it happen.

Musical Chairs

Detective Roy Winder investigates a case of musical chairs that benches his brother.

No Country for Old Men Without Borders

In the past six months I’ve come across two pastoral letters imploring Christians to think kindly toward the millions of foreign invaders that crossed our borders illegally.