Drought

"Drought is as full of compassion for its characters-and humanity, in general-as it is unexpected in its storytelling. Hess has written a novella that manages to be simultaneously tender, macabre, and transcendent." -Brian Alessandro, author of Performer Non Grata and Julian's Debut

When Parnell, a recluse from Newark, New Jersey, inherits a dilapidated tobacco farm in Kentucky from his estranged Uncle Willy, he moves to the farm hoping to jump start his empty life. Such begins an odyssey ig...