Craig Lancaster Books in Order

Edward Stanton lives by a rigid schedule in Billings, Montana, until a single mother and her son move across the street. New friendship unsettles his routine and pushes him to reckon with long-held anger toward his parents.

This short-story collection follows people separated from certainty, comfort, or one another. A coach, a stranded salesman, an inmate, a runaway, and troubled lovers face private reckonings across Montana towns, farms, and roads.

Mitch Quillen's marriage, career, and sense of direction are falling apart when his estranged father calls. Traveling to Montana forces Mitch to confront the violence, silence, and possible misunderstandings that split them apart.

With his job gone, his therapist retired, and his friends moved away, Edward Stanton is struggling with upheaval. A trip to Boise to help Donna's troubled son becomes an unexpected Colorado road journey for Edward and Kyle.

Hugo Hunter is a broke, aging boxer whose best days seem far behind him. Sportswriter Mark Westerly, long caught between friendship and professional distance, tries to help Hugo while confronting his own stalled life.

During Grandview, Montana's annual Jamboree, Sam Kelvig tries to protect his town from the oil boom and hold his family together. Old resentments, private desires, and change collide over one hot, eventful weekend.

Edward Stanton and his wife, Sheila, return to Montana after their motel venture fails. As they face pregnancy, strained work relationships, and a painful family secret, Edward must learn what marriage and parenthood ask of him.

An expanded edition of Lancaster's short fiction explores lives knocked off balance by love, fear, regret, and isolation. New stories join tales of a coach, a traveler, a prisoner, and a runaway searching for steadier ground.

When Carson McCullough's small-town newspaper is shut down, he loses the work that has defined him. With his yellow Lab, Hector, beside him, Carson takes a road trip through regret, grief, and unfinished relationships.

Gym owner Jo-Jo Middlebury is finished with romance, while builder Linus Travers wants another chance at love. Their paths cross amid business troubles, complicated exes, and the gentle interventions of a 1970s-loving guardian angel.

Max Wendt's job keeps him on the road while his marriage and relationship with his daughter slip away. As trouble mounts on his pipeline crew and an unlikely friendship challenges him, Max must decide whether he can change course.

Four connected timelines trace a family marked by hard living, separation, and unfinished hopes. From 1950s Montana to present-day trips between Texas and Montana, each generation searches for connection and a way forward.

After a divorce, Jane Sperling returns to her Texas hometown with her eleven-year-old daughter, Claire. Trying to rebuild her life while living near her widowed father, Jane must face the past she thought she had left behind.