A Pearl Before Swine: A Novel

A Pearl Before Swine is a novel about three compromised people in Los Angeles struggling to accept themselves amidst a world of liars, addicts, and pathological cripples. For some, loneliness and hatred is safer than love and hope.

Sarah McKellen has finally responded to one of many clandestine emails sent over the years. She has been asked to don a mask of herself long-abandoned, and out of monetary desperation, agrees to return to Los Angeles and the adult film industry.

Arri Aurora has been adorned with countless awards for her roles in pornographic films, but meeting her idol will threaten both her prestige and life. Gratitude is a burden, heavier than the weight of the world.

Teddy Pearce is a novelist and speculative fiction writer, unsure of his place as an artist and human being. Struggling with the constitution required for his suicidal tendencies, he finds the alternative no less horrifying.

And haunting the shadows of Arri's past is a man who knows himself well, a man who doesn't abhor his cloven-hoofed nature. To him, the young woman is prey along with her newfound companions.

They are all but pearls before swine.