Truckee Literary Crawl

Alex Hoeft shares with readers a passage from her short story, The Arrow, published as part of Dark Matter Ink's Little Red Flags: Stories of Cults, Cons, and Control on Feb. 17, 2026.

Anne Merino shares the opening chapter of Palliser Park published in June, 2025. A glittering estate. A deadly fall. In 1919, Simon and Alice Fairlight uncover dangerous secrets hidden behind Palliser Park's dazzling façade.

Brook L. French Brooke is an author of three best-selling thrillers, The Carolina Variant, Inhuman Acts, and Unnatural Intent. Brook reads from Unnatural Intent, which was published in October of 2024.

Jeffrey Vernon Matucha, a well-established author of the Bay Area’s punk rock scene in the 90’s shares a short story of The Closet.  Celebrated punk singer Gail Burp looks through her closet, trying to decide what to wear to visit her late friend, when all the memories come flooding in.