Split-level

After a horrific accident, Andy Ludlow, a college instructor and single father, hopes for a fresh start by leaving the crimes of the city and purchasing a foreclosed home in northern Michigan. What he does not predict is that a local taxidermist named Jack Stream could hinder every page of this new chapter. Stream, an unemployed mill-worker had contrary dreams of moving from Deer County to the city, but the failing relationship with Deborah Gates, distorts his focus. Determined to stay creative despite conflict, both men work to construct the future of their split-leveled stories - only to discover that they have more in common than anticipated. Split-level takes the reader on a post-modern journey into the psyche of two artists struggling to stay relevant in a time where everyone's a critic.