The Northern Line

A young man returns to his hometown to mourn the reasons he left. An abused spouse copes with a lifetime of bullying in identifying with the lead character from an independent film. A political prisoner is snatched from a firing squad to find himself exiled in an obscure land. A family flees the Dust Bowl of the 1930s using magic as a tool to survive. The Northern Line is a collection of stories about dreamers of what was mislaid lost souls seeking redemption sudden opportunities and missed chances. The stories are of people grappling with a world of unexpected changes striving for stability in uncertain and often surreal times.