Funeral for a Grifter

By Mickey Bloom

Funeral for a Grifter - Book One of Blood Orange Moonrise (A QuarterCut Panel Prose Serial)

In Mercy Flats, Texas, the truth wears a preacher's suit and carries a switchblade. Ex-conman Arlo Delgado comes home to bury his brother-a DEA agent with too many enemies-and leaves the cemetery in a stolen reverend's Cadillac. Inside the trunk: a preacher's ledger, a burner phone, and a message that reads, You're late. Don't forget the hymn.

Across the desert, former gospel singer turned bounty hunter Cricket Duarte hunts a rumor: her sister Luz might be alive. The trail points to a pop-up revival where faith is performance and sins are tallied like debts. Arlo and Cricket don't trust each other-but the same ghosts keep calling, and the music won't stop.

What you'll find inside

Neo-noir, Southern Gothic pulse-grit, lyric heat, and razor-edged dialogue.Alternating POVs (Arlo & Cricket) with present-tense interludes that hum like a hymn.Cemetery eulogy, the Dead Hallelujah bar, a Cadillac "miracle," and the first breadcrumb on the revival circuit.A tight, bingeable episode ( 20,000 words) ending on a ruthless cliffhanger.

Perfect for fans of True Detective (S1), Elmore Leonard's sharp talk, the Coens' fatalism, Gillian Flynn's tension, and Tarantino-esque pulp swagger.

Content notes: language, violence, criminal activity, religious themes, trauma recovery.

Series order: 1) Funeral for a Grifter - 2) The Gospel According to Luz - 3) Mercy Flats ... through 10) Blood Orange Moonrise.

Start the legend here. The hymn's already begun.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FNW96TF3
• ISBN13: 9798299313345
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"