Hello. I am a Musician, Songwriter, Artist, Author from the Meskwaki Tribe of the Sauk & Fox of the Mississippi in Iowa and member of the 3 Affiliated Tribes in N. Dakota. My home is Minneapolis, MN. I'm always working on new projects. Currently, I'm writing and recording an EP under Lonefight, and releasing music from my old band Inhale the Ellipses and a metal project under the name SomnArsonist. Metal music will always be my bedrock of creativity, yet I do branch out to other genres, like my solo work shows.  
Vibe out to the companion Original Soundtrack to LIFE BELONGS TO THE LOUD!

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LIFE BELONGS TO THE LOUD is my first novel. It took me 6 years to finally release it on 7-30-24. After writing and editing for 2 years I e-mailed the manuscript around to many agents in the country & even to a few editors in some of the big 5 publishers and faced rejection for it being "unmarketable". 

Though it may be unmarketable in the traditional sense, its still a damn good story that has been gestating in the creative ether for a few years prior. This coming-of=age story about finding a "tribe" of your own in the Iowa DIY Music Scene has something for everybody. As of this writing the novel has surpassed all my expectations and has quadrupled my projected sales, and I hope it will find many more readers in the years to come. I love all these characters and the music ain't that bad either! -FL 

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THE PIPELAYER is novel #2! I started writing this in 2020 on pocket notepads as I was working in a cardboard box factory. Being surrounded by the din of machine drone and PIT forklifts speeding inches away, I got the rough draft of the first 1/3 of the manuscript done. I would then ride the 80-minute bus ride home to edit "Life Belongs...". 

Working on two novels simultaneously can be daunting. But note, that this was during the Pandemic. The eerie quiet outside provided a good headspace and ultimately kept me sane.

This novel came out in May 1st: International Worker's Day in 2026. It couldn't have worked out any better as this book is an All-American story about the American Worker. It follows my fellow Iowan: Gaston, "The NDN Pipelayer", through a day that he will never forget as he unearths a secret that has kept the Fox tribe at vigil & mourning for 35 years. The book follows two stories in one day separated by those 35 years.

M's story takes place in 1989; the main protagonist in the second story. As Gaston and M's paths intertwine, it shows that just because someone is dead, doesn't mean their story ends. -FL