Thunderclouds in the Forecast

". . . leaves the reader thinking about the book long after it’s closed." —Crystal Wilkinson, author of The Birds of Opulence

“In his latest novel, Thunderclouds in the Forecast, Clarence Major offers readers a glimpse into the life of Raymond Jansen. It’s enchanting, even a bit mysterious, to read a story that slaps at fated moments at every turn when the protagonist himself is an abider of coincidence. Ray is a slow burn of a character, which kept me turning the page, and seeing life through Ray’s lens is the truest pleasure of the novel. Major expertly writes a protagonist whose untidy backstory, blackness, and good luck serves as fertile ground for challenging questions of fortune, family, faith, and fate.” —Brenna Womer, author of Honeypot

“What comes of two abandoned boys, one Black and one white, who fall into fast friendship while wards of the state of New York? That's the elusive truth one of them, lottery-winner Ray, needs to know. And that's what readers of Thunderclouds in the Forecast learn bit by bit in carefully wrought, well-observed prose—until realities both startling and seemingly inevitable overwhelm Ray in this poignant, Steinbeckian, timeless novel about the restlessness of the human heart." —Mark Wisniewski, founding editor of Coolest American Stories Anthology