Pious Rebel

After her partner dies suddenly, Lisa Hardrock realizes how little she knows about the life she's been living - and starts exploring her questions in a blog that unexpectedly goes viral.

Following the sudden death of her domineering partner, Lisa Hardrock begins to discover how little she really knows about the life she's been living for the last seven years - and the man she was living it with.

As she confronts the secrets and unpaid debts her partner left behind, Lisa also begins to investigate the mysteries of her own life by beginning to write. Begun as a journal for her daily thoughts, her blog ends up going viral

Along the way, Lisa discovers the truths and lies about those she has considered friends, learns more about Central Valley motorcycle gangs than she ever thought she needed to know, and unexpectedly ends up with a pantry full of sockeye salmon for her cat, Eloise.

Jory Post is an educator, writer, and artist who lives in Santa Cruz, California. He and his wife, Karen Wallace, create handmade books and art together as JoKa Press. Jory is the co-founder and publisher of phren-z, an online literary quarterly. His first book of prose poetry, The Extra Year, was published by Anaphora Literary Press in 2019, and was followed by a second, Of Two Minds, in 2020. His work has been published in Catamaran Literary Reader, Chicago Quarterly Review, Rumble Fish Quarterly, The Sun, and elsewhere. His short stories "Sweet Jesus" and "Hunt and Gather" were nominated for the 2019 Pushcart Prize.