Journeys Off the Road

An old man with a lifelong secret seeks out a German priest in "Old Soldiers." A rancher tracks down a wolf ravaging his livestock in "Alpha Lupus." An army radio technician with a history of running away seeks to escape death in wartime Holland in "The Deserter." In keenly observed encounters ranging from the German battlefields of World War II to a quiet communion on a New York City park bench, Alan Hilfiker's "Journeys Off the Road" is a collection of poignant, intimate, and memorable stories about men and women trying to find some measure of grace, or power, in a morally complex world.

Alan Hilfiker’s fiction and poetry have been published in Wilderness House Literary Review and BellaOnline. His first book, Memorial Day, was published in May 2015. He is an alumnus and a trustee of the University of Rochester where he has endowed an undergraduate scholarship fund for minority and first generation college students, a fellowship for graduate students in the English Department, and a professorship in the English Department. Alan Hilfiker is a lawyer. He lives with his wife, Carol, in Naples, Florida.