The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse: Hard Science Fiction Meets Occult Mystery

In a near future America on the verge of civil war, a gay private detective and a tech-savvy witch investigate what might be an occult conspiracy.

In the summer of 2045, Atlanta is a city on the verge of panic. A killer is stalking her people, leaving behind eerily beautiful crime scenes painted with occult symbols. Is he an insane artist, carving his work out of flesh and blood? A satanic sorcerer, hoping to bring about the end of days? Or a political operative, trying to terrify the electorate into voting for his party?

A handful of people have the pieces to the puzzle, but they are scattered through the city’s subcultures: A street-smart gay detective hunting for his kidnapped partner. A black cop, trying to use high tech forensics to solve crimes that seem to be right out of the Middle Ages. A Wiccan journalist who employs search engines and scrying spells with equal skill. A televangelist with an eye on the White House, and the Christian rock star who wants to take him down. A transgendered Cherokee shaman trying to right a wrong from the 1800s.

And Benji, the fourteen year old boy at the center of it all. Who thinks that his biggest problem is what will happen when his strict Baptist parents find out that his new girlfriend is a witch.

Together, they might be able to stop what’s coming. If they can stay alive long enough to find each other.

- Winner of two Spectrum Awards for LGBT-themed science fiction. -

- Picked as one of the “Ten Best Mysteries of the Year” by The Drood Review of Mysteries. -

•Wisecracking gay PI and his Wiccan partner in a near future high tech occult science fiction mystery coming of age social satire with politics and occasional sex. Read at your own risk.•