Published Works
When the Snow Melts
Ellis Black will live and die in his family cabin. That is the truth of his life until he returns from a two-day trading trip to find his loved ones slaughtered, their cold bodies sitting at the supper table, and their eyes hollowed out from their skulls. In his rampant search for answers, he finds a note resting under his father’s whiskey that reads: For the rider we missed. We are headed north. With nothing left but an empty home, the boy heads in the direction of his family’s killers, where he faces an even harsher enemy than mankind in the wild terrain and the bitter winter of an unknown land.
When the Snow Melts is a genre-bending, precautionary tale about lust for revenge. In his fourth novel, L.H. masterfully captures the essence of a time when men and women roamed free. When every second spent, was done so pondering one’s survival.
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Being Dave Rittner
Dave Rittner is having a rough go of it.
A life of exceptional normality has worn him down to the point of crumbling. Now he can't help but look around at his world, wondering why he's in it. In his hapless search for meaning, he comes to learn how fragile sanity can be. That losing everything is not a gradual fall. It's an eruption into the abyss.
Being Dave Rittner treads a line between comedy and sorrow, uniquely exploring what it means to be human in a contemporary society. Anyone who has ever broken down in the grocery store or looked at the moon and contemplated their place in an ever-expanding universe will find themselves understanding who Dave is.
They may not like or agree with him. But they will understand.
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His Children
"L. H. Varney launches what I expect will become a lengthy and successful writing career in this Premier novel," His Children. - Amazon review.
"The author’s writing style is smooth, and keeps you on the edge of your seat. I couldn’t read it fast enough, and looking for his next book." - Amazon review.
"What a riveting story, the book was so easy to read I just kept turning the pages and couldn't stop," - Amazon review.
Nestled near the Missouri-Arkansas border, Clyde County is an indistinguishable blip on the map. Nothing ever happens here – at least nothing ever did. When a boy is strung up, crucified on the shoulder of a country road, investigative reporter Leonard Beard finds himself turning over the soil of the Missouri South. It’s not long before he’s tangled in a web of murder and lies, spiraling down a rabbit hole of child abductions dating back nine years. In his debut novel, L.H. Varney examines the darkest corners of the human mind. His Children is a gripping story, exploring the atrocities of a man who has become corrupted by divine assignment.
The Girl Who Dreams
"Even better than the first book, a substantial multi layer plot, that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Varney paints with words, so you truly experience what you’re reading. Excellent character development, thought provoking philosophical thread." - Amazon Review
They were destined to save a dying world.
This lie was all the children had ever known, having feasted on the mad words of their father – Papa – most of their lives. Now they’ve been freed, released from the cold cellar and steel cages, only to find themselves surrounded by a new form of darkness.
The Girl Who Dreams is an intense journey of friendship, survival, and morality. In this thrilling sequel to His Children, Leonard, Janiya, and her cellar-mates are faced with torments they could've never imagined, as their government attempts to decipher why they're so special. In anguish, the children learn, “devastation must occur before the world can change.”
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