Published Short Stories:
Sick of a life full of fear and regret, Charlie Thatcher finally decided to quit his job and pursue his dreams of traveling the country and being a writer. Though his dream was short lived. Tragedy struck, and ended his life before he ever had the chance to live it. Shaken by his death, his friends and family find his journal, and decide to take his ashes on the trip he intended, spreading his remains along the way. Through their journey, and through his journal, they discover who he really was, what it is they really want, and the realization that their lives may be just as unfulfilled.
“Lemieux does a nice job of balancing the experiences and struggles of each of these characters... The physical journey provides a solid frame for the movement of the plot, and the novel possesses the enjoyable pacing and humor of a classic road-trip film.””
SANFORD CROW
WINNER OF THE 2022 WATTY AWARD.
What is reality when your whole world is destroyed? Sanford Crow doesn't know, because in his world it's becoming harder to depict what is real and what is not.
We first meet Sanford as a ten-year old boy, living a normal childhood full of comics, junk food, and frivolous laughter--the adolescence every child deserves--until the summer vacation of 1969. Sanford's father, Jonathan Crow was always a little off by being a little too perfect. Something lied beneath, and Sanford felt it. There was a wolf buried in the sheep, and when Sanford dug deep to find it, his whole world got flipped upside down and changed forever.
Twenty-five years later, in 1994, strange things begin to happen around a damaged and middle-aged Sanford Crow. Echoes of his childhood come calling again, and every time it does it comes in blood. Is Sanford steadily losing his mind, or is there a greater force beyond the bloodshed?
Reality is a funny word, when everything real no longer matters...
"Terror is a word that should never belong in the vocabulary of a child, but sometimes it becomes one that defines their lives."
- Sanford Crow