Kevin O'Rourke

A small rural town in Maine is shocked as a mysterious animal leaves a local resident brutally ripped apart. Deemed to be a random bear attack by town officials, freelance journalist Max Frome suspects it might be something more.

A struggling laborer who immigrates to America in 1919 falls into a vat of pickles and is brined for 100 years. He emerges in present day Brooklyn and seeks out his family.

An extraterrestrial takes the form of an adult film star and the two must grapple with what it requires to survive in the modern world.