LAMENTATION

Featured as a Publishers Weekly "Picks of the Week" for October 6, 2014
Nominated for the Anthony Award 2015 for "Best Novel"

In LAMENTATION, Jay Porter is trying to eke out a living and maintain some semblance of a relationship with his former girlfriend and their two-year-old son. When he receives an urgent call that Chris, his drug-addicted and chronically drunk brother, is being questioned by the sheriff about his missing junkie business partner, Jay feels obliged to come to his rescue. After Jay negotiates his brother's release from the county jail, Chris disappears into the night. As Jay begins to search for him, he is plunged into a cauldron of long-kept secrets that could tear apart his hometown and threaten the lives of Jay and all those he holds dear.

Joe Clifford is the award-winning author of CHOICE CUTS, WAKE THE UNDERTAKER and JUNKIE LOVE. He writes from experience. He spent a decade on the streets before getting back on track to make writing his life. He is currently the acquisitions editor for Gutter Books and managing editor of The Flash Fiction Offensive. He is also the producer of Lip Service West, a gritty, raw reading series in Oakland, California, and has a popular blog, Candy and Cigarettes.