April 16 Ron’s June 16 Frank Crapo sat at the composing desk at the Pax River Daily Patriot just before midnight and tried to write a weather forecast. June 16. High of seventy-eight. Partly cloudy. Chance of afternoon thunderstorms. He’d pulled the numbers from a ten-year average on a weather website Annie’s friend showed him […]
April 11, 2026 Ron opened his eyes at 2:10 in the afternoon. Annie almost missed it. She’d been sitting in the chair beside his bed for four days, and the rhythm of the machines had become background music she’d stopped hearing. Beep. Drip. Hiss. Beep. Drip. Hiss. She was reading a paperback novel she’d bought […]
The Final 4th of Sergeant Drummond will be released in free chapters online throughout April, culminating in a live event on Independent Bookstore Day at Bonfire Bookstore and Yarnery in Woodstock, Virginia. WOODSTOCK, Va., March 4, 2026 — New York Times bestselling author Jason Wright is launching his newest novel, The Final 4th of Sergeant […]
April 7, 2026 Annie knew something was wrong before she reached the front door. Two paramedics were coming out of Meadow View. One spoke into the radio on his shoulder. The other held the door, looking back inside. Annie ran. The hallway outside Room 14 was chaotic. Three nurses. An aide Annie didn’t recognize. A […]
April 6, 2026 The bell above the door sounded different when you were nervous. Annie had been in Good Yarn exactly once, three days ago, with the Sergeant. That time she’d been focused on him. Watching for the curb, the door frame, the narrow aisle between yarn baskets. She hadn’t really appreciated the place. Now […]