Temporal by Troy James Weaver [Preorder]

Originally published in 2018 to critical acclaim, and now finally back in print, Temporal is a singular, quiet work of genius by one of the best-kept secrets in American literature.

Samantha, Cody, and Aaron are the freaks wearing dark eye-liner and too-tight clothes stuck in nowheresville, Kansas. But when they start to notice Cody’s dad acting increasingly strange following his recent divorce, the three teenagers find themselves navigating a grim, chaotic summer blurred by drugs, violence, and the heavy thrum of their own ennui. Set to a soundtrack of shoegaze and dreary post-punk, Temporal itself is a hushed murmur buried in an avalanche of noise, a story of quiet suffering and explosive chaos.

This is a preorder. Ships around Halloween, 2026
We recommend using Amazon for international orders.

Fiction / 103 pages / Soft, matte cover
2026 What to Do About Them Editions, a division of Back Patio Press

Praise for Temporal
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“Troy James Weaver can write an irrational divorced drunken noise rock-making bathrobe-clad dad like a motherfucker. And if that isn’t enough to make you buy Temporal right now than there’s little hope left for any of us.”
— Steve Anwyll, author of Welfare

“Troy James Weaver is incredible. Temporal is his best work.”
— Bud Smith, author of Teenager

“[A] rollercoaster of a book... a blinding sun, lots of roadkill, drugs drugs drugs, bright bars, ropes for suicide, sexts, etc., all meshed together.”
— Danielle Chelosky, author of Female Loneliness Epidemic

“Another great piece of work from Troy James Weaver...A tense addictive story of merging and diverging lives. Very cool book.”
— Eamon Sheehy, author of Summer in the City State

“Like a bleak, yet übercool, old school Araki-movie.”
—Nikolaj Tange Lange, author of Romeo & Seahorse

“This book is excellent... Another banger from Weaver.”
— David Simmons, author of Ghosts of East Baltimore

“Weaver’s gift of being able to put his thumb right on the pulse of humanity...is never quite so clear as it is in Temporal.”
— Benjamin Drevlow, BULL

“You absolutely need to read [Temporal.]”
— Calvin Westra, author of Moth Girl
“Troy James Weaver guides us through a charred, hellish land-scape full of dead people and clouds and broken brains. We should salute him for this intense and mysterious novel of devastation. For fans of Denis Johnson, My Bloody Valentine, and NyQuil.”
— Patrick Cottrell, author of Sorry to Disrupt the Peace

“So fucking good. Made my eyes sweat and my heart vomit several times. This book is what they call a staple of the times. Weaver keeps killing it harder and harder with everything he writes”
—Kelby Losack, blue collar mystic hoodrat & author of Heathenish

“Temporal is a novel painted with the blood of damaged, dis-affected teenagers. With each new book Troy James Weaver writes, he’s creating more of an impressive landscape of American gloom and melancholy.”
— Kevin Sampsell, author of Baby in the Night

“Sucked me in immediately and didn’t let go until I turned the last, dismal page...Temporal helped me remember why I love reading.”
—Bryce Van Vleet, author of Tired Pages

“Reading this book is like watching a car crash in slow motion, shocked and/or stoned into submission as all the little pieces come apart.”
— Matt Neil Hill, author of Stories of the Eye

“A heartbreakingly sad look at kids growing up in America. Beautiful writing, and so much pain.”
—Dave Newman, author of Raymond Carver Will Not
Raise Our Children