Past Present

by Dick Wybrow

Viv Sharp thought she finally understood her Soul Wringer power.
She was so wrong.

With the touch of a personal object—a scarf, a watch, a lock of hair—Viv can reawaken the dead. She hears their voices, knows their thoughts, and can even look as they once did.

A nineteenth-century bear wrestler.
A Roman soldier.
An old-school French maid, real costume and all.

But this time is different.

This time, Viv has brought back someone world-famous.

And they’re carrying a secret no one was ever meant to know—one powerful enough that it was buried with them.

Now that the secret is alive again, those who want it hidden are coming to bury it once more.

Except this time, it’s in Viv.

Kindle Edition

Expected publication June 15, 2026

About the author

Dick Wybrow is a Canadian author. His novels are mainly set in the US, where he grew up. A former stand-up comedian, Wybrow is a humor writer who crafts thrillers that incorporate elements of suspense, horror, mystery, science fiction and fantasy.


At the age of six, Dick was given his first book by his father. It was Wind in the Willows. Naturally, that put Dick off reading for several years.

After discovering Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the love of reading returned. And with it came the compulsion to get lost worlds like Douglas had created.

Dick lives in Auckland, New Zealand with one wife and two cats.