Featured Authors:
At TrailWalker Books, fiction is where imagination meets craftsmanship we champion stories that walk the line between the intimate and the universal—narratives rooted in place, character, and the quiet revelations of everyday life. From debut voices to seasoned storytellers, our fiction invites readers to slow down, listen closely, and rediscover their sense of wonder.
Each title reflects our belief that literature should linger—like the last light through the trees--a sentence staying with you long after the final page.
AUTHORS
David Kranes
Family Matters is David Kranes' tenth novel, to go with three volumes of short stories and his Selected Plays. His short fiction has appeared in Esquire, Ploughshares, Antioch Review, Atlantic Review, and has won literary prizes, and been anthologized. Over 40 of Kranes’ plays have been produced in New York and across the U.S., and his 2001 novel The National Tree was made into a film by Hallmark. For 14 years, Kranes directed the Playwrights’ Lab at Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute. He lives in Salt Lake City with his wife, Carol, and is at work on a new novel, Think of Me as Water.
$17.95 + s/h
FAMILY MATTERS
by David Kranes
In Family Matters, David Kranes crafts a lyrical and deeply human portrait of Hunt—a painter, father, and husband—caught between art and obligation. His search for meaning leads him from the deserts of Tucson to the museums of Europe, tracing the delicate balance between creation and connection. With prose as precise as brushstrokes, Kranes explores how the heart reconciles family, ambition, and the endless pursuit of beauty.
Shelby Raebeck
Shelby Raebeck grew up in Amagansett on Long Island's East End. After studying and working in a variety of locations around the U.S., including Virginia, Florida, Louisiana, Utah, and California, he returned to the East End to raise his two children, Talia and Sebastian. Prior to Wonderless, he authored the three works of fiction—Amagansett ’84, Louse Point: Stories from the East End, and East Hampton Blue--brought together for the East End Trilogy boxed set, as well as the one-person play, Fremont’s Farewell, and the children’s book, Six Goofy Geese. Next up for Shelby, a memoir: Playbook for Lost Souls.
$14.95 + s/h
WONDERLESS
by Shelby Raebeck
In the shadow of 9/11, a restless generation comes of age in a country that no longer feels like home. Wonderless follows a band of disillusioned high school dropouts on a cross-country odyssey of escape and discovery—searching for meaning, belonging, and the courage to rise through the cracks. Shelby Raebeck’s prose captures the pulse of a nation in transition, where wonder and loss walk side by side.
$43.95 + s/h
EAST END TRILOGY
by Shelby Raebeck
Set against the haunting beauty of Long Island’s East End, Shelby Raebeck’s East End Trilogy gathers three acclaimed works—Louse Point, Amagansett ’84, and East Hampton Blue. Through vivid, working-class lives marked by longing, loss, and quiet resilience, Raebeck paints an unforgettable portrait of families and communities striving to bridge the distance between who they are and who they hope to become.
Plays:
Our unique collection of stage plays echos the honesty and heart of our fiction—intimate portraits of flawed, searching people caught between humor and heartbreak. With language both sharp and compassionate, his work brings ordinary lives to the stage with extraordinary truth.
Spotlight: FREEMONT'S FAREWELL
Fremont’s Farewell is a two-act, one-person play centered on Ronald Fremont, an unconventional English teacher at an elite Long Island private school.
Critical Praise:
- “If you put the teacher-student relationship, the Western literary canon and a descent into madness into a blender … you’d have something close to ‘Fremont’s Farewell’… a two-act play … a blend of contrarianism, philosophical riffing, and madness.”- 27 East
Industry Presentations:
The live taping at LTV Studios in Wainscott on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 6:30 p.m.. The actor Gerard Doyle starred as Fremont, at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs, and at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor.
Children's Books: Adventures for Young Explorers
Inspire the next generation of adventurers with our collection of engaging stories that spark curiosity and respect for nature in young readers. Each book in our children's collection is crafted to entertain while instilling values of kindness, courage, and joyful reading.
Featured:
Six Goofy Geese: A What Or A Who?
Ages 4+ | by Shelby Raebeck
Beautifully Illustrated by Tina Perko