It is with a lot of joy that I present my first fiction novel, DeReg. This work is still in progress, but is 2/3rds completed and slated to be finished by summer of 2026.

They called it an experiment.

With the homeless population rising in Albuquerque, the deregulation zone was created; a vast stretch of empty desert where the homeless could claim a piece of land and make home, at the cost of spending every day in defense of it.

No taxes. No laws. No safety nets.

What they didn't expect was the artists, the anarchists, the off gridders, the dead-beat dads, the kids crushed by student loan debt. For some, it is a daydream of living life fully on their terms. For others, it is the last hope to make a home, find purpose, and make family wherever they can find it.

Some come to disappear. Some come to be belong.

DeReg is a complex thought experiment that will get graphically violent at times, dealing with subjects like rape, murder, and mental illness in a lawless environment. If you’re looking for a political statement, or a moral absolute, you won’t find it in DeReg. DeReg’s narrative lives in the grey zone where truth often hides, showing complex realities that don’t have easy answers. But, the most human truth of all, is that we all crave connection, and DeReg is about the bonds we form at even our lowest points.