Post Marked

POST MARKED is not a work of fiction. POST MARKED is not a work of fact. POST MARKED is a work of friction.

Mark Mallon isn't the man he could have been. He's not living with loss; he's living as less. How will Mark thrive? He'll keep you posted.

Mark Mallon has a lot of friction in his life. He is an abrasive man and an inspired writer. His conscience chafes his pride. His testicles battle his testaments. His diabetes erodes his future. His wallet wrestles his art. He's found a woman who rubs him in all the right ways. He likes that.

Brady Cates is an intelligent woman and a passionate attorney. She craves sex, cigarettes, and Mark Mallon. She's found a man who challenges her in every way. She likes that.

POST MARKED is a contemporary novel restructured into an innovative form. It's a combination of essays: episodic narratives and cultural reflections. Each essay is a velocity wave from a male point of view. The narratives describe Mallon's struggles with his spiritual obligations, his diabetes, his career, his friendships, and his relationships with women. Mallon's reflections provide commentary on society and relationships. Each piece stands alone yet together form a mosaic of a man's life.

POST MARKED unzips the soul and heart of a man. Mallon sees the Synchronicity of Divinity and feels his obligation to Mark each moment. The novel speaks of men and their aches, their heartbreaks, their friendships, their fears, their loneliness, and their longings to belong somewhere and become something. It contains men's secrets, men's thoughts, and men's loves.

POST MARKED is a novel about buddies, beers, bullshit, women, writing, sex, and God.

POST MARKED is formatted so that anyone can open any page and begin to read. Yet there is a completely linear plot thread throughout. It’s a novel; it’s a script. It’s a scripted novel. It’s a novel script. It’s skeletal; it’s readable; it’s unique.

It redefines how we engage.