Buy PINEVILLE TRACE:

PINEVILLE TRACE, a multi-award-winning novella-in-flash from the University of Indianapolis’ Etchings Press, is available in paperback, audiobook, and e-book. It’s available—or can be ordered—at your local independent bookstore, public library, and all the usual online places.

This novella-in-flash is the winner of the Etchings Press Book Prize and was published by the University of Indianapolis’ Etchings Press in September 2024 It deftly uses short chapters in a unique format to allow for quick, intimate, and gripping flashes into the perspective of the main character, Frank, as he sets off on a quest through North America following a cat named Buffalo.

After Frank escapes from a prison in Kentucky, his journey to find meaning in the absence of his former life as a charismatic traveling preacher leads him all up and down the US and Canada, delving into his own memories and questions of faith, family, self, and stories—and where those stories lead us.


For Book Clubs, Classrooms, & Workshops

Here is a book club kit and a teaching guide with discussion questions, analysis prompts, craft questions, writing prompts, an interview with the author, and the author’s library while writing the book. Feel free to use these in your book club, classroom, or writing workshop.

I’d love to visit your book club, classroom, or workshop, virtually, or perhaps in person—if you’re based in Kentucky. Reach out if you want the author to visit your book club, classroom, or workshop.


For Bookstores & Libraries

Pineville Trace is available with a standard returnable retail discount through Ingram.

ISBN: 9781955521345