Convoking Hell

Back in 2009 Martin Petry and I wrote and released a book called Convoking Hell.  It was probably the most difficult book that I've written because it's a book of truth and confession.  Some of the confessions - okay, MOST - were ugly.

According to librarians that we've spoken with it's rare to see a dual autobiography and that's what Convoking Hell is. It's his story and my story told in parallel segments.  Martin and I grew up in the same town.  We were in the same high school for only a year because he's a few years older than I am, but we were in the same school for a year and even performed in two of the same school plays, yet we never spoke to one another.  More than 25 years later our paths crossed again and about a year after that we got married.  It was my first marriage.  It was his third.

Child abuse
Drug abuse
Alcoholism
Adultery
Failed marriages
Prostitution
Homelessness
Abortion
Broken homes

We were both in our 40's when we met up again and the world had broken us both down pretty badly.  We were battle-scarred and cynical.  Somehow, by the Grace of God we both found the strength to take one last leap of faith in each other and our lives have been changed so completely it's hard for us to even imagine living the way we lived our whole lives.

Convoking Hell leaves off in the fall of 2009.  Conjuring Love picks up the tale from that point and carries through the next year.  One of the projects we're working on still is the follow-up from there.  Our marriage. Our challenges - the struggles we've had in shedding our past selves.  We've put our hearts and souls into these two volumes.

Convoking Hell


Conjuring Love


My Mutt Publications

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