CANOPY – The Rumination Compilation

Most of my writing starts with something real.

A policy. A system. A technology. A way of talking about “progress” that sounds reasonable on the surface until you sit with it for a while. My blog has been where I work through those things in nonfiction.

But there’s a limit to that approach.

Nonfiction has to stay tethered to what can be verified. Fiction doesn’t. Fiction lets you follow a line of thinking to where it might lead without stopping to prove every step along the way. That difference is why this book exists, from watching the world closely and wanting a format that allowed me to ask: where could this lead?

CANOPY is a short collection of four interconnected speculative stories set in a near future that isn’t dramatic or apocalyptic, just recognizable. Systems function, decisions are made, and people adjust, consciously or not.

If you’ve read my nonfiction, you’ll recognize the concerns. Fiction simply gave me room to push them further.

I’ll be donating copies to local libraries and sharing a few with people who’ve influenced my thinking over the years.

CANOPY is now available for preorder through independent bookstores including Powell’s and Magers & Quinn, and through other retailers nationwide.

Official release: March 15th.

ISBN: 9798218933623

[Powell’s Books]

[Magers & Quinn]