AFTER 3PM
In After 3PM, former teacher Kurt Michael Brundage offers a brutally honest account of the choices that destroyed his career, his reputation, and his freedom. Arrested, imprisoned, and permanently marked, he refuses to excuse or justify his actions. Instead, he takes readers behind the headlines and into the hidden aftermath — the shame, the prison years, the lifelong stigma — while asking the hard questions schools, communities, and teachers continue to ignore.
The Noir Series is a four-volume memoir of addiction, betrayal, prison, and recovery. From the downfall in Life Noir to the prison years of Letters Noir, from the reflections of Love Noir to the raw honesty of Lust Noir, Kurt Michael Brundage charts a journey through darkness and consequence toward the fragile hope of redemption. Brutal, vulnerable, and unflinchingly candid, this is not a story of excuses — it is a story of survival, accountability, and the possibility of healing.
LIFE NOIR
Book #1 of The Noir Series
What happens when your darkest choices define you — and the only way forward is to face them? In Life Noir, Letters Noir, Love Noir, and Lust Noir, Kurt Michael Brundage pulls no punches in telling the story of addiction, betrayal, prison, and the slow, painful climb toward redemption. With brutal candor and cinematic style, he recounts a life unraveling — and the lessons learned in the wreckage.
LETTERS NOIR
Book #2 of The Noir Series
In Letters Noir, Kurt Michael Brundage opens a three-ring binder of memory — 763 days of handwritten letters sent home during his incarceration. Each one captures the daily grind of prison life, the ache of separation, and the fragile thread of hope tied to the voices of his wife and daughter. What begins in despair slowly evolves into a portrait of endurance, love, and reluctant transformation.
LOVE NOIR
Book #3 of The Noir Series
In Love Noir, Kurt Michael Brundage turns a trip to Phoenix into an odyssey of memory, relationships, and self-examination. Along the way, he reflects on friendships broken and mended, the weight of reputation, and the quiet power of loyalty in a life scarred by betrayal. Blending memoir, cultural commentary, and philosophical reflection, Brundage invites readers to walk with him through an inner landscape shaped as much by regret as by hope.
LUST NOIR
Book #4 of The Noir Series
In Lust Noir, Kurt Michael Brundage confronts the addiction that defined — and nearly destroyed — his life. With brutal honesty, he traces the cycle of seduction, betrayal, and regret that drove him deeper into obsession, while refusing to offer excuses or easy answers. From the trauma of his past to the quiet desperation of relapse, Brundage lays bare the destructive power of sexual compulsion and the toll it takes on families, faith, and the self.