Leo E. Walsh
I am submitting a work of contemporary literary, magical realist fiction set in Cleveland called LIVEWIRE VOODOO (click for sample chapters posted here on GoodReads) to agents.
I am also beginning a new novel (working title REED BASKET ON A BURNING RIVER) about a high-spirited laid-off, newly-separated web designer Jolene. She's got a lot on her mind. While she's making some money freelancing, she's teetering on the edge of going broke. Her Ouija-obsessed daughter seems depressed by Jolene's break-up. And her landlady is dying of cancer while her husband scrambles, trying to earn enough to pay the bills.
To let off some steam, Jo creates a parody conspiracy-theory website that is so wild that she thinks no one will buy it. Problem is, some folks in cyberspace do. Before long she's making a mint on the site, more than she ever has on an honest site. But it gets weird when the Aryan Brotherhood in Christ showing up on their Harley's. And weirder still when the feds -- cleverly "disguised" in their black vans -- arrive.
But when the Toltec shaman from from California shows up, running from an evil spirit that looks like a bear. things become too much. Especially when it turns out that that spirit has claws, and those claws are real.
Jo's got the marks on her arm to prove it...
I am also beginning a new novel (working title REED BASKET ON A BURNING RIVER) about a high-spirited laid-off, newly-separated web designer Jolene. She's got a lot on her mind. While she's making some money freelancing, she's teetering on the edge of going broke. Her Ouija-obsessed daughter seems depressed by Jolene's break-up. And her landlady is dying of cancer while her husband scrambles, trying to earn enough to pay the bills.
To let off some steam, Jo creates a parody conspiracy-theory website that is so wild that she thinks no one will buy it. Problem is, some folks in cyberspace do. Before long she's making a mint on the site, more than she ever has on an honest site. But it gets weird when the Aryan Brotherhood in Christ showing up on their Harley's. And weirder still when the feds -- cleverly "disguised" in their black vans -- arrive.
But when the Toltec shaman from from California shows up, running from an evil spirit that looks like a bear. things become too much. Especially when it turns out that that spirit has claws, and those claws are real.
Jo's got the marks on her arm to prove it...
More Answered Questions
About Goodreads Q&A
Ask and answer questions about books!
You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author.
See Featured Authors Answering Questions
Learn more