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Welcome
to L. D. Wenzel's Fiction Website
Wenzel is an American author who
lives in
Norway. He specializes in religious fiction, combining challenging
literary themes of existence along with adventure and romance.
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| A Midspring Night's Dream -a novella-
| Seeing is Believing -a short story-
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(This cover photo is only a working model)
(epigraph)
“From the
days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven
suffers violence." Matthew 11:12
All characters in this novel are fictitious. While historical persons are referred to, they at no time participate in the story.
Comments? Go to wenzel.ld@gmail.com
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A Witch in the Wardrobe
An Evangelical Thriller Belfast,
Northern IrelandA
lone bulb provided dim light in a cramped and dingy attic,
where Shannon Dillon discovers a hidden document. This results in
speculation that beloved author, C. S. Lewis, had once been involved
in the Occult. Gangsters steal the controversial paper after killing two
bystanders. Shannon
vows vengeance, travels to America, and teams up with Simon Magister,
a nerdy literature professor at an evangelical college. The unlikely
couple embark on a deadly mission to track down the 'Belfast
Document' and bring the killer to justice.
Follow
their adventures as they walk through the valley of the shadow of
death. ------- This
is a thriller set in a religious milieu. It's a delicacy of
conspiracy, violence, romance, faith, and a nuanced depiction of the Evangelical experience today.
Go To Sample Chapters HERE
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Purchase Nook (epub) digital version
at Barnes and Noble

My
email address.
wenzel.ld@gmail.com
For European readers
Amazon.UK
Amazon
- EU | Caught in the Winds -a published novel- (2010)
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new student at an evangelical college, comes of age by encountering his
deepest aspirations.
Meet
philosophy major Morrie Schiller, a misfit at Bethlehem College in the Midwest. He
struggles to fit into normal student life at a Christian college. He
tries and fails to win the girl he loves and then gets caught in the
cross-fire as the school's progressives and right-wing factions wage war.
Enter
Jack Joplin, a mysterious "philosophical" stranger who befriends and
mentors Morrie down a
dark path of pseudo-enlightenment. Things get out-of-hand as Morrie is
catapulted into romantic adventures that go beyond his wildest dreams.
A flawed hero, maturity nessitates his passing through the refiner's
fire.
With humor and suspense, this novel seeks to shine a critical light on the religious scene in America today.
Read a more detailed presentation. Here
Purchase the paperback or Kindle version :
REVIEW "Philosophy, theology, mysticism
and the
quirks of evangelical
subculture filter throughout its pages." (The
Writers Edge)
Read more detailed reviews > > > Including
by Dr. Arthur Holmes Wheaton
College
| | |  | Visit L. D. Wenzel''s YouTube Channel
WHAT IS RELIGIOUS FICTION?
In
less than 10 videos,Wenzel discusses his passion for religious fiction.
In a nutshell, religious fiction is a sub genre of literary fiction,
when the author places literary characters in religious settings,
whether to embrace or rebel against the situation, in which they find
themselves.
Authentic religious fiction never seeks to be a sounding board for the authors personal religious views. The religious writer seeks to describe the phenomenon of religious experience as he or she sees it. This often involves existential struggle.
Wenzel also turns a critical eye on so-called "Christian fiction," better
called the "Evangelical publishing industry" which is tightly framed by a sectarian point of view.
Go to: L.D. Wenzel - YouTube
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