Alexander Salkin

Desperate By Dusk Alexander Salkin

In the small backwater town of Dresden Port, located within the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, three young men in their twenties lead fairly unremarkable lives, simply going through the often unfulfilling motions of their Monday to Friday jobs. However, when the weekend arrives, the trio band together to seek thrills by exploring abandoned locations in an effort to confirm or deny the endemic paranormal sightings and rumors that make up New Jersey's innate strangeness. When a weekend trip of delving into the unknown takes a bizarre twist, the trio find the mysteries, danger, and conspiracies awaiting them are no longer limited to their weekends. Forced to contend with new threats interfering in their day to day lives, what begins is the ultimate journey of the self, leading to never before conceived personal truths and the faintest inkling of what the reality they thought they knew is really about. Of course, maybe there's some time along the way for a hang out at a twenty four diner and a few drinks? This is New Jersey, after all! Meet the boys of Dresden Port, three friends with their own vastly different outlooks and histories, that for all their differences, are practically brothers in arms when it matters. There's Ramone; a smooth macho alpha male type, Simon; a somber existential dreamer, and Jessie; possessed of an acerbic mouth and a sharp mind. Join them on their slice of life exploration into the unknown, coping with the mediocrity of the modern day, and their own personal demons. Sometimes warm, sometimes bittersweet, and often more than a little weird, this is Desperate By Dusk!