Works In Progress

After a lifetime on the road, jazz singer Magda Lena Blue finally found a place to call home and settle down — in an abandoned train depot in the high desert town of River Cross. 

Over the next decade, hammer by hammer, friend by friend, the abandoned 1920’s era train depot had been reimagined into “Maggy Blues, a vintage-style jazz cafe in the middle of nowhere,” as described in the local newspaper.

The Club as her home, the staff and guests her surrogate family, Maggy finally had some of the peace of mind she'd longed for — that is until her friends are accused of murder during the Club's anniversary event on a cold winter's night.

Hat Tricks In Hangar Six is the first in a series of novels, novellas, and short stories centered around Maggy Blues Jazz Cafe and the colorful characters drawn to it.

I drafted Hat Tricks In Hangar Six during NaNoWriMo 2021. (I am still in rewrites, which is taking longer because now that I'm back in school, I have a lot more writing to do ahead of it! But, I'll get there.) I'm also grappling with the idea of the series as a possible TV or streaming series so might rewrite it as a screenplay. Still pondering! We'll see!