Six Feet Away

The only son of the famed University of Alabama football legend, Duke Andrews, is poised to surpass his father's football greatness. A career ending injury, alcohol, and an all-consuming anger take over, as his dreams vanish before his eyes. The All-American boy evolves into someone unrecognizable. Thrown together with a depressed professor, with plenty of his own anger, the two begin a journey into unknown territory. A beautiful girl only makes everything more complicated, as the young man tests his every limit.

It's 1983. Alex Andrews is an athletically and intellectually gifted college freshman, who has enjoyed a life of wealth and accolades. He attends The University of Alabama, where his father is a football legend, as well as having been one of Hall of Fame Coach Bear Bryant's favorites. From his earliest memories, Alex has been treated like Bama royalty, the heir apparent to his father's outstanding football legacy. To top it off, a beautiful young woman has fallen madly in love with him. Most young men would kill for his life, yet he may not live to be a sophomore. Discarding his naturally happy and positive personality, he begins a descent into a world of alcohol, pain, casual sex, and unabated anger. Along the way, he is unwillingly paired with a depressed professor, who has many of his own issues. All they seem to share are their many personal losses and mutual disregard for each other. They travel together on a journey of pain, joy, and personal discovery, in hopes of becoming who they used to be.

Raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Dan Richart was exposed to literary greatness throughout his teens and into his young adulthood. Eudora Welty, William Faulkner, Richard Wright, Shelby Foote, Pearl Buck, Tennessee Williams, Barry Hannah, and a host of other gifted, literary Mississippians inspired him to practice the art of storytelling. Life as a teacher, businessman, husband, father, and therapist has exposed him to a wide array of people, places, and experiences that have shaped his writing. He has lived in the Atlanta, Georgia area since 1996.