Halcyon

by Roy Miller

Simon Fields led an idyllic life of Midwest suburban bliss with his wife and daughter, until everything was ripped away from him in a split second. A promising life of wonder and possibility suddenly turned to crushing despair and uncertainty. How does one cope? Halcyon explores the grief process and the very difficult attempt to sort through emotion and move on from tragedy. From desperate sorrow to unyielding happiness, follow Simon as he remembers his family and picks up the pieces through a series of letters to his former nextdoor neighbor.

60 pages, Paperback

Published April 29, 2016

About the author

Roy Miller is the younger of two boys, born to a hard-working mother in Mid-Michigan in the 1980's. He has mostly lived in that same area, with a brief stint in Chicago and a decade on the coast of Maine, and has found that the Midwest is will always be the place he calls home.

Roy attended an alternative high school until the start of grade 12, where he dropped out shy of graduation and passed the adult GED program instead. His time in school was spent learning less about trigonometry and more about how the world works, how interpersonal connections can influence entire lives on a grand scale. He dabbled in university briefly, but as of yet has not obtained a degree.

2012 saw Roy and his family return to the Mid-Michigan area, and four years later, saw the reconnection with an old friend. Roy and Paige tied the knot in 2017 and have been living peacefully in middle-class luxury ever since.