Two Black Eyes and the Unfinished Script

TwoBlackEyes and The Unfinished Script is the story of a young man born into a privileged life in affluent Elbow Park, but with personal goals and ambitions at odds with his family's plans for him. Leaving private school for the public system, Nathan Munro finds unexpected friendships in a film studies class where no subject is taboo. Meet Willie, who applies the dodge and duck tactics of welfare survival to the dangers of rodeo bull fighting; smart-mouthed Stevie, who endures the black and blue reality of family violence; and self-assured Kayden, who proves that getting bucked off a bull isn't as painful as never trying. With the help of their mysterious and unorthodox teacher, Miss Emily Arbutus, the four friends challenge boundaries, face their fears and write their own futures.

Award-winning author Tyler Trafford has deftly layered the unfinished murder and revenge Buck Off script written by the late Brandon Flock into this complex three-act, character-driven novel.

Tyler Trafford's novels include The Story Of Blue Eye (a 2004 Grant MacEwan Literary Award finalist), Alexander's Way and The Métis Girl. This series focuses on the historical relationships between Native, Métis and European cultures in southern Alberta. His most recent book, Almost A Great Escape, A Found Story, won the 2014 Alberta Readers Choice Award, the 2014 Writers Guild of Alberta Wilfrid Eggleston Nonfiction Award, and The City of Calgary's W.O. Mitchell Book Award. The book details Tyler s discovery of his mother s past, including her forbidden Second World War love affair with the Norwegian pilot who escaped from Stalag Luft III. Tyler grew up in Calgary and now lives on the Oldman River north of Pincher Creek, Alberta.