F.A. Loomis Books
& Manuscripts
Author's Journey
Storm Peak Press is dedicated to bringing the captivating stories of F.A. Loomis to readers worldwide. His love for the classic styles of fiction writers like Bowles, Balzac, Colette, Lessing, O'Connor, and de Maupassant ensures a commitment to the quality of every story. A unique approach to realist themes blends urban and alpine rural life into stories of existential discovery and faith in humanity. Full of humor, honesty, & surprise.
F.A. Loomis Books
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Frankie Ravan
VOL. 1: Upper Burnt Ruby Creek Trilogy. With a literary structure like an Advent calendar, humor & realism, chronicles rural alpine boyhood in Central Idaho 1950s.
The Attic Thief
The journey of a wandering & tormented spiritual misfit who tries to find a place of rest for his soul. A monk without a home on his way toward peace.
No End in Sight
A family implodes with an accusation of sexual impropriety. Examines the phenomenon of Repressed Memory Syndrome.
Refined
The author's spiritual path to becoming a Catholic deacon. Honest, intimate narrative about God, morality, delusion, history, and truth.
Salmon River Lookout
Poems about the heart of Idaho's Salmon River wildfire country. Alpine beauty & storms, boredom & loony visitors.
Ravan's Winter
VOL. 2: Upper Burnt Ruby Creek Trilogy. With Vietnam as background, Frank discovers first love, death, and the collapse of protections against a raging modern culture.
Blue Duwamish
International bankers in NYC are working to solve the world debt crisis of the 1980s, but their lead negotiator turns up missing. What happened?
The Rose
Short stories set in urban areas of America and beyond. Surprise and humor observing ironies of life, labor, and friendship.
The Adventures of
Beanie & Larry
A humorous novella about an eccentric, lovable couple living next door. Real but hard-to-believe adventures and misadventures.
East West West East
Poems about the tensions between urban and rural life and the beauty that connects them. Inspired by mentors Roethke, Bishop, Pellegrini.
Confluence of Spirit
VOL. 3: Upper Burnt Ruby Creek Trilogy. An urban world of self-centered ambition makes way for the discovery of genuine faith, love, and service to community.
François!
Inspired by the early life of François Payette, the Northwest's French explorer whose name is associated with Central Idaho landmarks.
A Run of Garnets
Guy de Maupassant-style tales of mountain and rural life in Idaho towns, mines, ranches, and wilderness. Counterintuitive yarns.
60 'Minute' Stories
Inspired by Post-It-Notes. Whimsical but classical plots leading to simple everyday morals. Short, easy-to-read, quick tales.
Gold Fork Dreams
Image-rich poems about the Gold Fork River country in central Idaho. Natives, visitors, logging, farming, hunting, forestry, recreation. Nostalgia.
As Long As Life
The Memoirs of a Frontier Woman Doctor 1873-1966.
The autobiography of Mary Canaga Rowland, MD. Edited by great-great nephew F.A. Loomis.
Ladies with Sisu
History of Idaho's Finnish philanthropy: The Finnish Ladies Sewing Circle. A tale of ethnic and universal community devotion.
[Only available directly from publisher or McCall, Idaho area bookstores. May order via email.]