The Place Before Perdition

In 1966, Texan parole board member Ed Joe faces a moral reckoning when an inmate offers him a bribe for release. Seeking guidance from the mothers of both the inmate and the victim, he is forced to confront the tangled realities of justice, redemption, and the darkest avenues of his own mistakes.

SOON TO BE PUBLISHED IN AFTER DINNER CONVERSATION MAGAZINE — AUG. 2025.