Drowning

by Steven Cross

Dean suffers from schizoaffective disorder and sees dead people, including his friend who killed himself and his father who allegedly drowned. When his family moves, Dean thinks maybe he will have a new start, but the same old problems beset him. Bullies target him so often that his already weak grasp on reality begins to slip away. When they go after his twin sister and the ghosts of his past rise up to haunt him, Dean finds himself drowning in a fog so thick he doesn't know what's even real. There is a light in the fog, however, that comes from some people who do care for Dean in ways he has never known care before.

321 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 25, 2018

About the author

I'm not quite sure how old I am in dirt years, but it's up there anyway. I am an educator and freelance writer who has been married more years than I was single. I love reading YA fiction because it doesn't get stale. YA authors are not afraid to experiment. I love that. I dabble in screenwriting and playwriting and would love to sell a screenplay or option one of my books for a screenplay and then write the script. I have published some plays, but I don't write many of them anymore. My first love is YA fiction, though I read everything from the classics to King to Koontz. I am a diehard St. Louis Cardinal baseball fan. Currently, my wife and I reside in Poplar Bluff, MO. Our daughter and son-in-law also live in Poplar Bluff, MO. Both of them are also in education. Jean and I do the best we can to spoil our two grandkids.