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The Outlying One

A quiet place at the edge of the map.

Welcome. If you’ve found your way here, you’re already travelling the long road — the one that bends, doubles back, disappears into mist, and reappears when you least expect it.

Edges are where the world remembers to be interesting.
Tap gently. The membrane is thin.

Start Here

If you're new to this place, begin with a short orientation — a quiet threshold into the two books and the road that runs between them.

Begin the Journey →

The Road Diptych — Two Literary Autofiction Novels

The Road to Now Here and The Road to Every Where

Two movements of the same journey — one capturing the raw immediacy of youth, the other answering with the quieter resonance of memory. One road ends where the other begins; one story-shape carries what the other could not yet say.

Together they form a single arc across the boundary zone where friendship, consequence, and the impossible meet — where the self that lived and the self that remembers keep leaving each other lights along the road.

The Two Roads

Two movements of the same journey — one rooted in immediacy, the other shaped by memory. Choose a direction.

“An enjoyable, gentle, well‑written mystical story. The writing brings the mysterious coast of Cornwall vividly to life, and the journey of the two friends is warm, absorbing and beautifully told. I read it in one sitting.”

— Reader feedback

Where to Buy

If you'd like to hold the books in your hands, you can find them here.

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About JD Noone

Little is known about JD Noone, and that is intentional.

Noone writes from the quiet margins — the places where memory bends, where roads remember, and where the past still whispers if you stand still long enough.

The author owes a profound debt to Professor Stephen Westaby, whose skill and compassion returned Noone to the road more than once. Professor Westaby's books are warmly recommended to anyone drawn to the art, courage, and humanity of cardiac surgery.

Beyond this, Noone offers no further biography. The road, after all, is the real story.

Contact

To reveal JD Noone's email address, name the three travelling companions who appear in The Road to Now Here and The Road to Every Where.