What starts for Turner, a mall security guard, as a serious endeavor to solve the mystery of his friend’s death is quickly overshadowed by his bewildered love for Carla, a pretzel stand employee. Amidst this turmoil, he experiences the many trials of being a mall guard, as well as pondering the loneliness that pervaded his late friend’s past, that now consumes his occupation—and worse, his relations with the “soft pretzel girl.”
Another Ohio is a contemporary drama commenting on the loneliness that permeates the everyday-American milieu. Further, it is an exploration into the murkiness of nostalgia and the achy yearning found in failed love.
As deafness, illness, and demonic forces close in around him, Ludwig van Beethoven must summon his faith and genius to complete the Missa Solemnis—a sacred masterpiece he believes could bring divine light into a darkening world.
High school student Kevin Borden has a secret and his name is Louis Lannegan. He also has an overbearing mother. A tale of coming out in the shadow of parents and friends. Award winning novella.