BOOKS

THE EXCUSES TRILOGY

(A Mythic Comedy in Three Acts)

One line. Three eras. Infinite excuses (The absurd history of how civilization got in line—literally.) Gods play games. Humans form lines. Nobody reads the instructions. A cosmic comedy about order, absurdity, and the divine origins of bureaucratic nonsense. History’s most ridiculous idea-meisters accidentally organize the world—one satirical disaster at a time. From pyramids to shipyards to machines that build machines—the single-file line has never been so funny.

BACKSTRAP

(A Southern Gothic Crime Thriller)

Silence of the Lambs meets Justified in a courtroom—Rodgers drags you laughing and screaming through the hollers of East Tennessee. When faith curdles into fanaticism, the only antidote is a mother with a mouth like a sawed‑off shotgun and the courage to use it. Livestreamed murder, Southern fried gallows humor, and characters so real you smell the chicory coffee—Backstrap will carve a slice out of your night and serve it bloody. A whip‑smart thriller that skewers media frenzy, extremist theology, and the justice system with equal, razor‑sharp glee.

OH SO SERIAL

(A Psycho Crime Thriller)

Three professionals, one confession—how many bodies before someone talks? In bourbon country, the real proof isn’t 100—it’s what you’ll do to keep a secret. A killer who calls murder ‘art,’ an agent who drinks justice neat, and a town about to sober up. If Se7en got lost on the back roads and found a confessional booth, it would sound like O So Serial. Lock your doors, check your oaths. He’s only getting started.

SHIFTING THE BURDEN

(A Courtroom Challenge to Faith)

A Time to Kill meets God Is Not Great—a legal thriller of ideas that cross‑examines faith with Southern swagger. If you’ve ever wanted a defense attorney to grill the Almighty, Kit Rodgers hands you the subpoena. Scathing, scholarly, and wickedly funny—a must‑read for jurors in the court of public belief. Turns apologetics on its head and demands evidence with the ferocity of cross‑examination. Courtroom drama for the mind. Rodgers shifts the burden—and the ground—under centuries‑old arguments. Prepare to deliberate.