Five Bells
Nov 2 · 5 min read
Chapter One Novel Excerpt from Maelstrom, a WWII novel set in Iceland, Boston and New York.

Johnny was asleep when the busboy lit the match. Unconscious, when flames flickered in the artificial palm tree and flashed across the blue satin ceiling. Ate up the tropical fabric and netting and imitation leather fixtures. Roared up the Melody Lounge stairs. Gave birth to a black wall of toxic smoke that rolled through the swank nightclub.


