The Dark Forest

Hitchhiking in Bavaria, Evan is picked up by a womens' soccer club, and is invited to join them for a long weekend of soccer and revelry at a remote chalet in the German forest. Ruth, one of the club's members, draws close to Evan, confiding to him her family's secrets. This psychological and emotional story set in the beauty of the German forest, describes both the intimate romance of youth and the joy of a holiday turned ugly.

Hitchhiking in Bavaria, Evan is picked up by a womens' soccer club, and is invited to join them for a long weekend of soccer and revelry at a remote chalet in the German forest. Ruth, one of the club's members, draws close to Evan, confiding to him her family's secrets. This psychological and emotional story set in the beauty of the German forest, describes both the intimate romance of youth and the joy of a holiday turned ugly.

Coming of age in California, J. Keck attended both West Coast and Texas schools, receiving degrees in journalism and psychology, with areas of emphases in business, anthropoogy and geography. Entering business, writing became a pastime for personal pleasure until the publication of short stories, the novel, "The Big House: Story of a Southern Family," and the novella, "Homeless: The Dollmaker's Web.