Stories and playbooks from the floors up.
Urban fantasy, hidden corridors, and real-world installer wisdom—told from the kneepads up by T.J. Spracklin.
Arby Riswell is a master flooring installer who works in the places everyone walks through and no one really sees—hotel corridors, casinos, cruise ships, back-of-house hallways. Under the carpet he lays, a secret network of “corridors of power” is slowly being stitched together, carrying favors, debts, and danger between the people who really run things. The Seams of Power series follows Arby, Charlee, Dragon, and the crew as they navigate high-stakes jobs, the 48 Laws of Power, and a hidden world that lives just beneath the pad. Start with Under Every Step and you’ll walk into a universe where blue-collar magic, precision craftsmanship, and real power games all live right under your feet.
Arby’s last tribute to his mentor pulls him into a hidden corridor network that runs beneath the world’s most powerful rooms.
The map expands as Arby, Charlee, and Dragon learn who really wants control of the corridor.
The global anchor sites are under pressure. Some floors want to be saved. Some don’t.
The laws Arby lives by on real jobsites—turned into a playbook for installers and owners.
The Last Seam Cycle
A separate but connected cycle that dives deeper into the carpet underworld, cruise ships, casinos, and the cost of perfection when the seam really is the last line holding everything together.
Perfect for readers who want more of the corridor mythos and high-stakes jobs told from an installer’s point of view.
Laying It Down Right
The Master’s Guide to Carpet Installation
For Flooring Installers, Fitters & Owners
If you work on your knees for a living—or you’re the one paying for the floors—this is the book to start with.
Laying It Down Right is a straight-talking field manual built from real jobs in hotels, offices, corridors, and homes, written by someone who’s actually carried the rolls and stretched the rooms.
Inside you’ll find clear guidance on tools, layout, subfloor prep, seams, stretching, stairs, occupied spaces, problem jobs, pricing, and reputation—plus checklists and “job notes” pulled straight from the field.
It’s designed so helpers, lead installers, and owners can all tighten up their standards and cut down on callbacks.
If you want fewer flooring headaches and better work under every step, this is your first stop.
About T.J. Spracklin
T.J. Spracklin is a master flooring installer and storyteller from the heart of America. For more than thirty years, he’s shaped surfaces in hotels, casinos, offices, and homes—turning the unseen layers beneath our feet into art.
His deep respect for precision and pattern inspired both the Seams of Power saga and The Last Seam cycle, where every seam tells a story and every job carries a cost.