Bark On
1st Edition
Published on 28. February 2023
88 pages
978-1-949065-26-8 (ISBN)
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Bark On follows triathlete Ezra Fogerty, who is training under the guidance of recently disgraced Olympic coach Benji Newton. They live on the barrier island of Kure, North Carolina, where a growing coyote population is displacing locals and tourists alike. Benji combats the coyotes and structures Ezra's training with a system of superstitions that Ezra finds dubious. When Benji invites teenaged orphan Casper Swayze to live and train with them, Ezra begins to question Benji's motives as well as his methods: does Benji see Ezra as a potential champion or a couch to crash on until he finds his next prodigy?
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Mason Boyles grew up in southeastern North Carolina, where he trained and raced as a nationally competitive junior triathlete until the tired caught up to him. He studied writing at UNC Chapel Hill, earned his MFA from UC Irvine, and is pursuing his PhD at FSU. His fiction has appeared in publications such as The Masters Review, The Adirondack Review, and Driftwood Press Magazine, and received nominations for the Pushcart Prize. Bark On is his first published novel. He watches informative videos about hammerhead sharks, and enjoys mountain biking, surfing, and Jiu-Jitsu.
