Sun Tapes

by Nick F. Miller

Pennsylvania. Spring. The radio station reports a fire outbreak near the trailer park. Francis' downfall begins when his housemate checks his white knight principle in order to save a divorce-tattered father. Losing a good friend to the state of Ohio is a real chipped tooth feeling, and Francis mends himself by getting to know Salem, a seventeen-year-old transfer student, who somehow manages to defenestrate Francis' ethics and morale. The existential terror snowballs when a farmhouse near Francis' neighbourhood is set on fire, and word spreads of an arsonist in town. A film festival deadline leering over the young cinematographer, Francis deems the local arson his new niche. But hidden behind the veil of "artistic curiosity", his research leaves him several steps ahead of the police, and Francis rapidly comes to conclude his new housemate just isn't who people think he is.

271 pages, Paperback

Published August 4, 2019

Reviews

[Izabela · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's such a nice feeling seeing one of your favourite fan fiction writers publish a book <3

[Jokenomist · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stumbled upon this in a second hand bookstore and bought it impulsively. Imagine? This book? Middle of nowhere in the Baltics?
After reading I can only wonder how hasn’t this gotten even wider attention. What do you mean there’s only 5 reviews on here? And I don’t mean to follow peer pressure of the other reviewers by putting on five stars, because there’s just so much about this work that made me awfully mesmerised.
First off, the narrative voice felt just so true and believable, then there’s the amount of YEARNING that made my own gut hurt while reading. Until now I had actually been looking for such books full of yearning, and in all honesty, I had underestimated how much of such can be poured into a book.