Slab City Blues

"Slab City Blues" is a gritty, neo-western crime fiction series following the life of Silas “Slate” Harding, a former boxer and bounty hunter eking out a precarious existence in the abandoned Slab City, California. The story blends elements of hard-boiled detective work with the stark realities of desert survival and the eccentric cast of characters inhabiting this forgotten corner of America. Its distinctive tone is characterized by bleak humor, fatalistic prose, and a deep empathy for the marginalized.