05/23/2026
Big news, fish friends! 🐟
On October 20th, my debut novel, THE SHADOW STREAM, is officially hitting the shelves via Enchanted Lion Books!
Unlike my guide book, this is a throwback to the great, family-read-aloud epics we used to devour (think Watership Down meets Holes).
It follows a confused trout with a big heart, an intellectual bullhead, a killer raccoon, a drunken deer and a forgotten boy trapped in institutional purgatory as they try to stop a river from being dammed. It’s a story about how saving nature is, ultimately, how we save ourselves.
And it features beautiful art by .thornton.
Aaaand WE ARE CELEBRATING WITH A LOTTERY! 🎫
Pre-order the book at your local indie bookshop or Bookshop.org, and you could win the Ultimate Sea Forager Bundle:
A hand-signed First Edition of The Shadow Stream
A signed copy of The Sea Forager’s Guide
8 FREE deliveries of Sea Forager Seafood ($240 value, Bay Area pickup only)
👉 HOW TO ENTER: Head to the kirklombard*dot*com to pre-order and enter to win the golden ticket!
And mark your calendars: the official launch party is happening October 30th at Green Apple Books in SF! 🥳
Kirk-out.
P.S. Looking for a little community help! Does anyone happen to have a direct connection to authors Ann Patchett or Emma Straub? I’d love to get a copy into their hands. Drop me a DM! And, if you have other ideas for spreading the gospel of this book, I’d love to hear them.
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