Small-town handyman Tobe Mohr suffers a near-fatal electrocution that leaves him scarred and totally deaf. Many believe he's also developed a pseudo-clairvoyant gift for reading people as a result. During his convalescence living in a vacant church rectory, Tobe forms an intense relationship with the enchanting Sera and her daughter. After their sudden disappearance – and too many dead-end leads – he must rely on his same distorted senses that have helped so many others as he navigates a depraved world to find them, and to become once again the man he thought died long ago.

This literary thriller is a work-in-progress, expected to be completed December 2010.

Your roommate says you should date more, that all those spandex nights on stage paying tribute to hair metal and banging faceless groupies only amplify your Jekyll/Hyde syndrome. That this quicksand town of floozies, fiends, and filmmakers will survive without your commercial jingles. And your narcotics. That you should turn in your daytime security-guard badge and settle down.

He's got the perfect girl, a cinnamon-scented innocent who will bring that elusive substance to your life despite the familial forces that conspire against your union.

Always lurking in the periphery, the roommate remains buried in his Master's thesis, the parasitic puppeteer behind your reinvention, the search for your birth parents, and your all-too-brief film scoring career. A supporting cast of lecherous directors, deluded bandmates, federal agents, and nostalgic exes enable and obstruct your path to closure and ironic revenge as you wash the blood from your hands to complete the thesis yourself – this revisionist character study that is Major Inversions.

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Fans of Chuck Palahniuk's subversive social satire and Nick Hornby's male insight should find an enjoyable companion in Major Inversions. The first-person tale takes advantage of a journalistic style, with simple language that intensifies as the conflict escalates. I drew heavily from my own experiences as a musician, filmmaker, and guard to breathe life into the details.

Gordon Highland has been directing, producing, and editing videos professionally for 15 years, has written dozens of commercially-produced scripts, and reams of ad and print copy. Gordon lives in Overland Park, KS, where he also enjoys writing, recording, and performing music, photography, and filmmaking.