The Prumont Method

by Trevor Houser

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Pub Date Aug 15 2023 | Archive Date Aug 31 2023

Unsolicited Press

General Fiction (Adult) | Literary Fiction

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Description

THE PRUMONT METHOD is a darkly funny story, capturing the wild last gasp of a family in retrograde against the backdrop of gun violence run amok in America.

Staring down the barrel of a crumbling career and imploding marriage, "math hobbyist" Roger Prumont, unwittingly creates a formula that might predict when and where the next mass shooting occurs. He hits the road (where he's joined by his unimpressed daughter) to test whether the Method could actually save lives.

Except what if mass shootings are so ubiquitous now that his predictions are merely dumb luck? And what if he's risking his own life to find out?

THE PRUMONT METHOD is a darkly funny story, capturing the wild last gasp of a family in retrograde against the backdrop of gun violence run amok in America.

Staring down the barrel of a crumbling...

A Note From the Publisher

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Trevor J. Houser’s first novel, Pacific, came out in 2021 and was a finalist for multiple prizes, including the National Indie Excellence Awards, Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize. He has published stories in dozens of literary journals including Story Quarterly, Zyzzyva and The Columbia Review. A handful of his stories were nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Currently he works in advertising and lives with his family in Seattle.