The Hereafter Wulff

by Carder Jones

Overview

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No one in the pack remembers when they first arrived at the lodge. No one questions why the doors are locked at night. And no one dares to ask why the bridge keeps calling their names.
But Surr is different.
Surr, the dog who never stops moving.
Surr, the fool who believes the cycle can be broken.
Somewhere between a fable and a fever dream, The Hereafter Wulff is a dark, winding meditation on fate, free will, and the weight of knowing too much.
Told through the eyes of creatures who are more than animals but less than gods, it follows a pack of misfits trapped at the edges of something vast and unnameable.
As the snow deepens and the days stretch thin, they must decide: stay in the comfort of their illusions, or follow a stray dog into the unknown.
The river is rising. The bridge is waiting.
And the wolves are watching.
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798992768305
Publisher:	Valkwich
Publication date:	05/05/2025
Pages:	460
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.02(d)

About the Author

Carder Jones is a writer, thinker, and artistic architect whose work bends the boundaries between the surreal and the tangible, the philosophical and the absurd.
A creator of worlds both visual and literary, he weaves narratives that challenge perception, distort familiarity, and pulls the reader into the spaces between meaning.

With a background spanning multimedia artwork, clinical genomics, bioinformatics, drug delivery systems, music production and audio engineering, his work is not just storytelling—it’s an exploration of identity, structure, and the nature of truth itself.
Carder Jones graduated with a Bachelor of Science in genetics from Clemson University, and later from Brown University with a Masters in Biotechnology.
His research in graduate school led to a journal publication and a patent provision for microspheric drug delivery systems; through the development of an in vitro model which helped reduce animal testing within this space.
The same journal he was published in – Small [DOI: 10.1002/smll.202107559] – features an inside cover he designed for this work.
One of his multimedia art pieces was accepted into the arts and sciences journal at Brown: Catalyst.
The painting features the amino acid sequence DISC1 and its misfolded “structure” as a castle which is the believed protein misconfiguration that leads to schizophrenia.
This DISC1 amino acid sequence was used as tablature for a score titled “New Rind New Soul” on the rock album Sanctity Through Madness by Carousailor.

It sounds as chaotic as you’d expect.

When not constructing intricate literary landscapes, Carder Jones can be found producing rock operas, leading and developing investigative tools for rare pediatric genetic disorders, and working on various artistic projects spanning sciences and humanities.
The Hereafter Wulff is his latest endeavor—a work that defies classification, much like its creator.