Red Lory

Dave Newell’s Southern literature debut chronicles love lost, hope taken, and the enduring consequences of selfish devotion. This dark, psychological literary puzzle has been described as “eccentric” and “beautiful” with an effortless plot.

Douglas Howard’s days as a small-town physician ......more

Dave Newell’s Southern literature debut chronicles love lost, hope taken, and the enduring consequences of selfish devotion. This dark, psychological literary puzzle has been described as “eccentric” and “beautiful” with an effortless plot.

Douglas Howard’s days as a small-town physician are numbered. He is in debt, and the only way out he sees is to take up with the lonely, calculating wife of a dying patient who will leave behind a sizable fortune. As they wait, their lives become complicated by the troubles of Dr. Howard’s desperate secretary, Miss Derringer, who has her affections set on the doctor.

What follows is a fatal scandal and an exploration of human expression, desire and manipulation all in the name of love. In the middle of it all is a strange and beautiful parrot, innocent from everything that goes on around her, but thoroughly involved.(less)

If you took black and white movies away from me, I'd slowly die. It's true. I have seizures when Dorothy reaches Oz and technicolor takes over.

My strongest influences come from the noir genre - Dashiel Hammett's

being the cornerstone of that influence. I enjoy exploring the ......more

If you took black and white movies away from me, I'd slowly die. It's true. I have seizures when Dorothy reaches Oz and technicolor takes over.

My strongest influences come from the noir genre - Dashiel Hammett's

being the cornerstone of that influence. I enjoy exploring the darker side of human relationships and contrast it against the honesty of nature.

I've written

, which is due out on November 2, 2012, and my second and third novels are in various stages of undress. I'm working quickly to make them presentable and irresistible. Sometimes they show a little leg.

When I'm not writing I'm watching my notifications for my next friend request.

*watches*

If you took black and white movies away from me, I'd slowly die. It's true. I have seizures when Dorothy reaches Oz and technicolor takes over.

My strongest influences come from the noir genre - Dashiel Hammett's

being the cornerstone of that influence. I enjoy exploring the darker side of human relationships and contrast it against the honesty of nature.

I've written

, which is due out on November 2, 2012, and my second and third novels are in various stages of undress. I'm working quickly to make them presentable and irresistible. Sometimes they show a little leg.

When I'm not writing I'm watching my notifications for my next friend request.

*watches* (less)