About

stories inspired by Florida and also By the ancient world.

Emerson Littlefield is a retired English and philosophy educator currently based in Calistoga, CA, who has turned to writing full-time.

He writes suspenseful mysteries set in a fictional pine-and-palmetto forested county of northern Florida known as Wassahatchka, told from the grounded perspective of young Black deputy sheriff Midge Sumpter.

He has also launched a new series consisting of rich retellings of the ancient world, giving voice to figures history often misunderstood or erased. This series blends classical mythology with human insight, exploring love, loss, and moral complexity through intimate, character-driven narratives.