Historical Fiction

Breath of
the Adamastor

. . . is a genre-blending novel about a marine biologist's tour of duty as an Allied spy in Portugal. Under the cover of turtle research, Ardis Lowney’s mission takes her to Lisbon’s sophisticated salons, rustic villages, and sunny beach towns. Just when her cover no longer holds water, she makes an extraordinary discovery at sea, yet comes face-to-face with her would-be lover, staring down the barrel of his luger. The narrative soars with sublime moments that clash with the absurd facades of Fatima, war, and romance. (Second Edition, Cavalarico Books, January 2026)

Poetry

The Tale
of Indigo

In the tradition of Ovid's Metamorphoses, The Tale of Indigo is a love poem that commemorates humanity's deepest and most enduring myth, and confronts the greatest issues of our time: greed, COVID, and climate change. (Cavalarico Books, November 2022)

Cavalarico Books

Are available available in softcover print at
books.by/Timothy-Paleczny

and in e-book formats via a range of outlets through Draft2Digital as well as on Amazon

A Theatre Play

A Bill to Pay

Harking back to a time of simpler values, A Bill to Pay shows a young man and his grandfather grappling with the changes each faces. One is coming of age and deals with issues of relationship, agency, and purpose. The other wants to retire and invokes matters of succession, closure, and, ironically, romance. Both the past they’ve shared and their future confound them; their present needs are a humorous source of conflict. They are family, after all.

A Bill to Pay finds fun in showing audiences the price of life's little decisions. Set in 1988 to 1990 in Waterloo, Ontario, this comedy fixates on a big concern for all—the new U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA), calling to mind what was lost and the price Canadians continue to pay. #theatreplay