By Frank M. Anderson
I spend a lot of my life writing — sometimes in furious bursts, sometimes in slow burns that smolder until the words feel right. Not everything I write is out in the world yet, but I wanted to pull back the curtain on seven projects currently in progress. These are the books that keep me up late, whisper at me when I should be doing something else, and occasionally slap me with inspiration at inconvenient hours.
Here’s what’s brewing:
1. Black Wind: Money, Guns, and Chaos
A car speeds out of a dying town. A storm of dust and violence looms behind it.
This is a gritty, fast-paced heist story set in a racially segregated town where a group of misfits — Black and white — unite to rob both sides blind. What begins as a chaotic cash grab becomes a tense study of trust, betrayal, and the moral cost of escape. Think No Country for Old Men meets Heat, with a wall of dust roaring behind.
2. The Lying Years
A fictional memoir in headlines and heartbreak.
Told in a collage of articles, confessions, and childhood recollections, this one is a coming-of-age autopsy on growing up in a world of misinformation — both public and personal. It’s about friendship, deception, and the blurry truths we choose to believe about ourselves and others.
3. Firepit: The First Kill
A campfire. A secret. A body in the woods. Years later, the killings begin again.
This slasher screenplay dives into urban legend horror with a killer who wears camp gear like armor and leaves a trail of blood behind. When a journalist arrives to uncover the truth, the past returns — and so does the killer. A twist-heavy, retro-summer screamfest built on real-life local lore and the psychology of vengeance.
4. Wild Dunes
A literary love letter to the low country coast and the stories we bury in sand.
Equal parts atmospheric fiction and introspective travelogue, Wild Dunes explores fractured relationships, nature’s quiet violence, and the thin line between escape and exile. Set in the marshy hush of the Carolinas, this is a novel about place, memory, and the parts of ourselves we only meet at the edge of the continent.
5. Think Stoopid
In a world where being smart is a crime, one boy just failed his test.
A darkly comic dystopian novella where intelligence is outlawed and children are jailed for thinking too hard. Elber, a gifted kid who just blew his cover, is sent to The Dummery — a prison run by the kids themselves. Inside, rebellion brews. Outside, the world gets dumber by the day. This one’s satire with teeth.
6. Nice Guys Finish First
A sharp romantic dramedy about love, lies, and losing at your own game.
A former “nice guy” blogger finds himself back in the dating world — older, less certain, and hopefully wiser — only to realize the persona he sold to his readers may have poisoned his chances at real connection. A witty, heart-tugging look at modern masculinity, accountability, and the struggle to be better when your past self still has followers.
7. Civil War #7
Teen soldiers. Secret powers. A divided nation. And the battle they never taught in school.
Set in a reimagined America still torn by civil war, this YA alt-history fantasy throws kids into the trenches — some with strange abilities, all with impossible choices. Serialized like a comic but written like a novel, this is issue #7 in a saga of divided loyalties, unspoken history, and the cost of growing up in a land at war with itself.
👀 Want to help shape what comes next?
If any of these resonate with you — or if you’re curious which I should finish first — let me know. I may run a poll or open up some behind-the-scenes posts over at Fulcrum & Axis Press. You can also support my work by checking out my published titles like The Cancer Diet or Empire, Nevada.
I write to survive. I write to understand. And sometimes, I write to see if anyone else out there feels the same.
– Frank
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