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September 2026
A Narrower Light
Two pumps, one repair bay, and a system designed to replace them.
Hank and Ruth Carter have kept Carter's Gas & Service alive for forty years. When a glossy QuickFill opens down the road, shrinking sales become a steady squeeze of inspections, insurance demands, and fleets drifting away. An acquisition representative offers a way out. As Hank's body fails and a regular is hurt on their cracked driveway, the Carters must decide what to save before the system makes the decision for them.
Planned for publication as an eBook and paperback.
PublicationForthcoming September 2026
FormatseBook & paperback planned
LanguageEnglish
GenreLiterary dystopia
CatalogueUTP House fiction
PublisherUTP House
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Two pumps, one repair bay, and a system designed to replace them.
Hank and Ruth Carter have kept Carter's Gas & Service alive for forty years. When a glossy QuickFill opens down the road, shrinking sales become a steady squeeze of inspections, insurance demands, and fleets drifting away. An acquisition representative offers a way out. As Hank's body fails and a regular is hurt on their cracked driveway, the Carters must decide what to save before the system makes the decision for them.
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