Daryl Lopes | Author of STAYED
Debut author and music producer. STAYED — a novella about a father who never left and was never quite there — is available now.
Daniel Mercer never left his son. He was just never there.
Tired, distracted, always meaning to try harder tomorrow, until tomorrow ran out. Now Eli is grown and gone, and Daniel has started seeing a boy at the end of the hallway, watching him the way Eli once did.
STAYED is a novella about a father who mistook survival for presence, and the son who has to decide whether it's too late to let him back in.
What Readers Are Saying
★★★★★ 5.00 average · 6 ratings · 5 reviews on Goodreads
“You’ll never take the ordinary things for granted after this read.”
“A quietly intense, emotionally provocative read.”
“This short story has remarkable depth and encourages meaningful self-reflection for any parent.”
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