Pittsburgh filmmaker Josh Hideaway feels he's lost his mind at thirty-five. After his psychiatrist recommends a summer off at his family's cabin for some heavy duty rest and relaxation, Josh leaves the city and heads north.<br><br>Following a warning from park ranger Zeth Mandell, his muscular and attractive neighbor by the lake, Josh learns that a pack of dangerous coyotes is causing random havoc in the area. The coyotes fail to stop Josh from his goal, though: clearing his mind and finding a mental balance.<br><br>Unfortunately, Ranger Zeth needs to heed his own advice when an emergency transpires at the lake. A helpful Josh comes to the hurt hero's rescue. Will something more than friendship blossom between the elusive Mr. Hideaway and the ranger? Sometimes hiding out is the only way to fall in love.

Mr. Hideaway

Although Josh felt that he was resting well—reading, playing video games on his cellphone, and taking long walks along the lake and in Penichowaba State Forest—his mind screamed insanity. Any judge and jury would have decimated him on the stand, sending him to Cane Hospital for the next thirty years, agreeing that solitary confinement would have worked just fine.


He’d forgotten all about Hatch Films and his job. No more did he think about the 180-degree rule, above the line, montages, medium shots, pipelines, an eyeline match, gaffers, locked-down shots, into-frame shots, undercranking, and cheater cuts. The surreal genre, romantic comedies, and dark fantasies had lifted out of his thoughts, vanishing from his world for the time being.


Truth told, Dr. Shamir Ahmed had given him the best advice of Josh’s life: Find some sanity. Relax up there. Read a few good books. Take some pictures with a camera. Learn how to paint if you want to. Forget about the city life and your job.


Chapter 9