Contemporary Fiction
Peter Allen Weiss · Published April 6, 2016
Newly retired and alone, Murph turns over the life he has had and the people in it he has loved and lost. Among them is Carla, whose own life took directions he never followed. Dark, offbeat, and often funny, this is a novel about memory and the pull of the past.
Murph is newly retired, largely alone, and has more time than he knows what to do with. He spends a good deal of it going back over the life he has had — the work, the people, the ones he loved and the ones he lost track of.
Among them is Carla, a woman from his past whose own life has taken directions of its own. Curiosity about where she ended up is a small thing, and it is also the kind of small thing that can reopen a door.
I See My Light is a contemporary novel with a dark, jaded streak and a dry sense of humor that keeps arriving when it shouldn't. Peter Allen Weiss writes aging without softening it: the loneliness, the stubbornness, the odd comedy of a man with nothing scheduled.
Underneath the wry tone is a serious question about memory, lost connections, and whether a second chance is still a real thing at this stage — or only something to think about.
A Look At The Worlds We Hide
Peter Allen Weiss · September 12, 2017 · Literary Fiction
Rose Friedlander has a story she has carried for a long time, and it begins with a belief she cannot set down: that her father was responsible for the deaths of her twin sisters and her mother. Behind a life of extraordinary wealth lies a far more fragile reality.
A Fiction Outtakes Series
Peter Allen Weiss · June 16, 2019 · Literary Fiction
Life goes on after Ohio State and the plea deal Bill Wynn accepted. Now a capable, confident cook, Bill moves through a world that has narrowed around him — and his connection with broiler cook Robert Moman continues to reshape the direction of both their lives.
A Fiction Outtakes Series
Peter Allen Weiss · June 8, 2018 · Literary Fiction
A hard experience at Ohio State University ends in a plea agreement, and Bill Wynn is left with a police record and a degree he cannot use. Then he meets Robert Moman, a broiler cook, and an unexpected connection begins to change the direction of both their lives.