Pick Up The Pieces
For ten years, they’ve been voices through headphones—friends who’ve never met. Now their Dungeon Master is dying, and three strangers are crossing states for one final session. Some stories are too important to leave unfinished.
Ric Perrott has spent his life telling stories—first as excuses to his mother, then in lines of code, and now with words on the page. A lifelong gamer, musician, and voracious reader, he finally decided it was time to let the dice roll and share the tales that have been questing through his imagination for decades. His short story Pick Up the Pieces is available now, and his debut novel The Family will be published by Mirelune Press on December 9, 2025.
When he’s not writing, Ric can usually be found strumming a guitar, holding a controller, or losing track of time in a fantastic book. He lives in Florida with his family, a Goldendoodle named Milo, and more unfinished ideas than he’ll ever honestly admit to.
For ten years, they’ve been voices through headphones—friends who’ve never met. Now their Dungeon Master is dying, and three strangers are crossing states for one final session. Some stories are too important to leave unfinished.
When book-smart and broke Esther Holland is recruited into the Family—a secret sorority where beautiful women master the art of deception. She is christened “Star,” and plunged into a world of glamour and luxury, but when an assignment goes wrong, she uncovers the organization’s dark secrets. Armed with only a notebook and her talent for noticing what she shouldn’t, Star learns that in the Family, asking the wrong questions can be deadly.