Ethan Wright has always dismissed his vivid déjà vu as coincidence… until a haunting dream leads him to a safe deposit box he’s never seen—and a woman he’s never met.
Suddenly, his life begins to unravel. His marriage is strained, his job is on the line, and strange visions begin bleeding into his waking life. Is he losing his grip on reality—or is something far more dangerous at play?
For anyone who's ever questioned the line between fate and free will, Previews explores the terrifying weight of knowing what’s coming—and the helplessness of not being able to stop it. As Ethan hunts down answers to a mystery rooted in his past, he’s forced to choose between the life he knows and the one that’s calling to him from the shadows.
Perfect for fans of Blake Crouch and The OA, this psychological thriller will keep you questioning what’s real until the very last page.
Van Temple is a Southern-born writer whose stories come soaked in humidity, heartache, and history. Raised in Ruston, Louisiana, and a graduate of Louisiana Tech University, Van spent over four decades working in the guts of community development, nonprofit leadership, and city government. From Texas to Indiana, he witnessed the fragile machinery of public service and the people caught inside it.
After 43 years in the field, Van retired to Southampton, Pennsylvania, to do something riskier than policy reform: write fiction. His work is informed by a life spent fighting for civil rights, affordable housing, and economic justice. He doesn’t write heroes. He writes real people, scrappy, stubborn, and stuck somewhere between good intentions and impossible choices.
A published author of three books and dozens of stories and poems, Van is a member of four writing groups: Bayou Writers' Club, Trois Ecrivains, Writer’s Roundtable, and Sages. His fiction is driven by moral tension and quiet rebellion, wrapped in dark wit and characters who know how to sweat. You’ll find traces of environmental stewardship, grassroots politics, and the South’s haunted past stitched through every sentence.
When not writing, Van stays busy grand-parenting, remodeling homes, and continuing his lifelong commitment to justice, from voter activation to environmental protection. He's still trying to change the world… now he does it one sentence at a time.
If you like stories that ask hard questions, dig up buried truths, and haunt you just a little, Van Temple is your kind of writer.