Erica Wright Books in Order

These poems draw on Southern folklore, urban legends, and Greek mythology to create unsettling new myths. Danger, family dysfunction, and hostile weather shape a world in which imaginative transformations offer ways to examine vulnerability and survival.

Private investigator Kathleen Stone relies on disguises learned during her undercover police career. When a cheating spouse she is following dies suspiciously, she fears an old enemy has recognized her and works with former colleagues to solve the case.

An explosion on a Halloween parade float prompts Kathleen Stone to investigate threats against a drag club. A poker dealer's death at another venue suggests a possible connection, complicating her continuing pursuit of a gangster who escaped justice.

These poems transform familiar American life through surreal images and unexpected associations. Ordinary experiences acquire unsettling dimensions, bringing beauty and menace into proximity as the collection explores the strangeness concealed within contemporary places and perceptions.

After retired actress Barbara Lace dies, widower Samson Delaware suspects murder despite his neighbors' doubts about him. The killing of her assistant draws him into a pursuit involving Hollywood figures, local police, and secrets beneath the town's polite surface.

Kat Stone discovers her building's maintenance man dead at a lighthouse, but doubts the police verdict of suicide. Investigating his work finding jobs for immigrants exposes unexpected art-world connections while an old adversary complicates her search for answers.

Erica Wright examines how snakes became powerful symbols in art, religion and popular culture. Moving between fascination and fear, she explores the stigma surrounding these animals and the damage caused when myth overwhelms our understanding of them.

After a deadly fire destroys a serpent-handling church in West Virginia, Essa Montgomery’s brother becomes the prime suspect. His pregnant partner fights to protect him while an ambitious reporter pursues the story, entangling three women in dangerous small-town secrets.