Matthias Valk
Fiction from the bones of history
Fiction & Radio Drama

Matthias Valk

Stories excavated from history's silences — the decisions that didn't make the record, the people who didn't make the monument.

WesternMoral Drama

Dead Man's Warning

Thomas Brennan sits in a jail cell three hours before his execution, watching Apache scouts position themselves for tomorrow's attack on Millfield. His telegraph skills revealed the threat—but also make him the outlaw no one will believe.

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The Meridian Insurance Hour

New Policy

Insurance investigator Sarah Crane arrives in Meridian, Oregon, where her first case - a mill fire claim - introduces her to the delicate art of investigating fraud in a town where everyone knows everyone's secrets.