An Anchored Friendship is a beautiful recording collaboration made by author/artist Pat Lambe and composer Jason Bonthron. This neo-noir short story features the Iowa State Police, a displaced bounty hunter, a broken farmer, and his local cop acquaintance caught in a Mexican stand-off in a gasoline-soaked corn field. Excessive drinking and an overzealous rookie armed with a brand-new 55-caliber sniper rifle aren’t helping the situation.

Like all good noir, this is about so much more than the plot itself. This story is about dark and light, ice and fire, strength and frailty. The finely observed details speak to us of friendship, memory, hopes, regrets, duty, and the way life passes at its own incomprehensible pace following its own incomprehensible rules. Jason Bonthron’s perfectly measured score adds a depth of resigned melancholy to the proceedings.

Listen to An Anchored Friendship:

Jason Bonthron is a musician from Lambertville, NJ. He is composer-in-residence for the Materialization electroacoustic chamber ensemble.
An avid student of 19th century Spiritualism, he loves ghosts, Ouija boards, and all things spooky. See/hear more of his work at materialization.io.

Pat Lambe is a writer and artist from the cradle of civilization, New Jersey. This is his first audio project, and Jason did everything besides the writing. He usually writes genre fiction, paints weird semi-abstract creatures, and is currently working on some art globes. Visit his website at patlambe.com Or hisInstagram art site at: patrickjlambe