Goodman

by H.L. Sudler

Thom Seymour is a handsome and successful lawyer, married and with a beautiful home. His life is not as it appears. He is unhappy, filled with insecurities born out of horrible secrets from his past. Magnified in his thoughts to the point of insanity by a man named Goodman, who may very well be The Devil on earth meant to drive him mad.

27 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2022

About the author

H.L. SUDLER was born in 1967 and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has served as publisher of Café Magazine, editor of the Rehoboth Beach Gayzette, as well as a contributing writer for numerous anthologies and such publications as Page & Author, Nuance Magazine, Au Courant Magazine, A&U Magazine, and the Lambda Book Report.

He has been published in Spirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay/Lesbian Identity (Redbone Press), Mighty Real: An Anthology of African American Same-Gender Loving Writing (Lulu), Off the Rocks: An Anthology of GLBT Writing, and Darker Than Night: An Anthology of Horror.

His short story The Way of All Flesh was selected for the PATHS Humanitarian Writing Award and he is the author of a collection of essays titled PATRIARCH: My Extraordinary Journey from Man to Gentleman, as well as a thriller novel series titled Summerville, and Return to Summerville. From Man to Gentleman: A Beginner's Guide to Manhood is a coffee table styled book that teaches young men how to become gentlemen, while his fifth book, The Looking Glass: Tales of Light and Dark, is a collection of short stories. His sixth is a recipe book titled CafeLiving's Favorite Cocktails (written with Keith Vient), and his first novella is titled Sandman. He is currently at work on a novel called Mayhem.

Sudler resides in Washington, D.C.