Warren MossWarren Moss writes fiction about the places people return to and the places they carry, whether they want to or not. His work is rooted in Mid-American rhythms-practical speech, held-back emotion, the small gestures that stand in for what can't be sad out loud. He is drawn to stories where love is expressed indirectly, where family roles harden into habit, and where the past stays active without explanation.In *The Straightened Road*, three brothers are pulled back to a lake cabin at Horseshoe Bend by a deadline and an aging father whose memory is slipping in real time. The book moves between childhood and adulthood, letting sound, movement, and physical sensation do the work of remembrance. Faith persists as a rhythm in the background, not a speech: Sunday clothes, a bell across water, a practiced prayer under pressure. The lake remains neutral-beautiful, dangerous, indifferent-while the people around it make meaning out of what they can bear to name.The title comes from the novel's final image: a dangerous curve on Bluff Road that the county has since straightened. The road is safer now, but the body still braces for what used to be there. Memory works the same way. Read More Read Less