The Concrete Garden: the one that made it out of Baltimore

Bys: Lancaster, Angelea, Epes, Joe, Epes, Damian Omar, Jr.

Born in the sterile safety of Sinai Hospital on April 21, 1997, Sebastien Epes was a child of promise in a city of shadows. Growing up in Northwest Baltimore, his playground was a landscape of "Hollow Men" and blue-capped vials, where the soundtrack of his youth was the rhythmic pop of gunfire and the wail of sirens.

For years, Sebastien and his best friend Terrence were each other's anchors, two poets navigating a world that tried to erase them before they could even begin. They had a plan: survive long enough to cross the city line. But when a dark sedan and a split second of violence take Terrence's life just weeks before graduation, Sebastien is left to carry the weight of a legacy he never asked for.

The Concrete Garden is a sincere, heart-wrenching journey through grief, survival, and the slow, agonizing process of healing. It follows Sebastien from the blood-stained sidewalks of West Baltimore to the quiet, unfamiliar peace of the county. It is a story about the nightmares that haunt the silence, the woman who finally teaches him how to breathe again, and the beautiful, bittersweet realization that you never truly leave the ones you lose-you just find a quieter place for them to rest.

the one to make it."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GV3X2K73
• ISBN13: 9798253726730
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.0"