In Norman Lock’s splendid historical novel "Tooth of the Covenant", Nathaniel Hawthorne is troubled by his ancestor’s dark legacy as a harsh, heartless judge. In 1851,... Read More

Norman Lock’s dark, carnivalesque "American Follies" mines the seamier side of the 1880s through a woman’s febrile imagination and New York sojourns. Ellen, who was once... Read More

Set in Gilded Age New York, Norman Lock’s "Feast Day of the Cannibals" is the sixth standalone book in the American Novel series. At the cusp of the nineteenth century,... Read More

Lock draws from ex-slave narratives for this evocative novel set within American history. Norman Lock’s American Novels series engages creatively with nineteenth-century... Read More

Third in the American Novels series, "The Port-Wine Stain" delves into the dark and evocative world of Edgar Allan Poe’s life and work, capturing the essence of his stories... Read More