PaulClover : Writing

Chapter 1: The Last Day of Summer

Chapter 1: The Last Day of Summer

A Chapter by PaulClover


Naomi Fisher came in at high tide on the last Sunday of August, still wearing the scorched blue dress she’d been murdered in. When the waves s..
Chapter 2: Bernie at the Scarpe

Chapter 2: Bernie at the Scarpe

A Chapter by PaulClover


When the sun had slipped beneath the ocean and the police more-or-less declared martial law on Abraboca Beach, I sat with Lawson at the bar, drownin..
Chapter 3: The Constable

Chapter 3: The Constable

A Chapter by PaulClover


The days that followed were filled with a pitiful imitation of detective work mixed with pathetic attempts at functional sobriety. I had failed Bern..
Chapter 4: A Glimpse of Hell

Chapter 4: A Glimpse of Hell

A Chapter by PaulClover


A light rain drizzled down on us as the Constable led me into the station with my hands cuffed behind me. At some point, she had put her gun away and..
Chapter 5: Naomi

Chapter 5: Naomi

A Chapter by PaulClover


Three days before he burst into flame and fell into the river, I found Bernie Lutz in the barracks with tears in his eyes and red in his cheeks. My ..
Chapter 6: The Last Sermon

Chapter 6: The Last Sermon

A Chapter by PaulClover


The door was ajar. That much gave me pause. For the first time since setting foot in Abraboca, I felt the smallest sliver of humanity run down m..
Chapter 7: The Rains of Abraboca

Chapter 7: The Rains of Abraboca

A Chapter by PaulClover


Once upon a time in France, there was sky that shrieked with fire and whispered with rain. In that sky, sitting in a big, lumbering bird made of met..
Epilogue: 1922

Epilogue: 1922

A Chapter by PaulClover


The headline read: CHURCH OF ABRABOCA GOES DOWN IN FLAMES. As soon as I got to the part about secular arsonists, I almost threw the thing away out o..
The Deathly Men

The Deathly Men

A Book by PaulClover


In 1921, a young girl is found burnt and bloodied on the shore of coastal New Hampshire, igniting a mystery that heralds the return of sinister, primo..