THE JONAH

Bayou LaBatre, 1965.

They call him the Jonah.

A man marked by bad luck, shipwrecks, and silent blame. Born in New Orleans. Forged by fire at sea. Exiled from family, drifting from job to job, each ending worse than the last.

But fate doesn’t seem to want him dead. Every time he tries to leave this world, something—or someone—pulls him back. A misfired gun. A busted bus tire. A swallowed bottle and a storm that won’t let him go. Over and over, he survives. Not because he’s blessed. Because he’s needed.

Set against the salt-stained docks and rusted-out shrimp boats of coastal Alabama, The Jonah is a dark, soulful Southern tale of exile, superstition, and unexpected grace. This is not a story about death chasing a man. This is a story about the man death couldn’t catch.

He wasn’t cursed.
He was chosen.

ISBN: 979-8-9897952-8-4, 118 pages (novella)