McGhee in the Gloaming

In a modernist approach reminiscent of James Joyce's Ulysses, McGhee in the Gloaming chronicles the meandering life of the narrator, Fran McGhee. In travels from Alaska to New Orleans, Dublin to Istanbul, he searches for purpose and seeks to exorcise the ghosts from his past, come to terms with his missed potential, and examine the mortal condition itself.

Through a series of pivotal episodes, McGhee constructs "the meaningful day" of his life, stitching together the people and events which have defined his trajectory. Together, these moments detail personal loss, death, spiritual grappling, and an emerging understanding of himself that drives him to realize his need to be a writer. Ultimately these stories transcend specific events and locales to reveal timeless truths we all face.

McGhee delves into the deep existential questions that can eat away at us, showing how chance encounters shape the answers that we find. This expansive and imaginative piece is, above all, an epic tale of the ebb and flow that comprises a personal history and defines what it means to be alive.