Stefan’s writing explores the intricacies of memory and the passage of time, often delving into the subjective nature of experience. His prose is characterized by a lyrical quality and an innovative approach to narrative structure, inviting readers to question the very fabric of reality. Through his distinctive voice, he examines themes of identity, loss, and the human condition, leaving a lasting impression on the literary landscape. His work is celebrated for its depth and its ability to resonate with profound emotional truths.
Just outside Boston, in 1963, Frederick Merrill found himself a patient in the country's premiere mental hospital, a world of structured authority and absolute control - a forced regression to a simpler time even as the pace of the outside world accelerated into modernity.
A school shooting in a Texan border town leaves a family in crisis, a community torn apart, and the boy who holds the secret cocooned in a coma for ten years.