IN EDITING
The First Circuit
A circuit-riding preacher takes the long road through territorial Florida, 1822.
ORDINARY GROUND PUBLISHING · PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
Stories from the Gulf Coast,
told from the ground up.
Novels of the Florida Panhandle — its islands, its weather, and the ordinary people who hold a place together.
Visit Driftwood BayFrom Ordinary Ground Publishing
DRIFTWOOD BAY CHRIS GASKIN
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THE BOOKS
ON SALE OCTOBER 6, 2026
Driftwood Bay
a gulf coast novel
A stranger arrives in Driftwood Bay, and a working coastal town begins to take him in. Among the boats, the meals, and the small kindnesses of an ordinary day, he finds a place to belong.
Set across a Gulf Coast Christmas, Driftwood Bay is a novel about weather, work, and the courage it takes to tell the truth. For readers who love a real place, a slow tide, and a season that means something.
Explore the town & meet the characters
FICTION GULF COAST CHRISTMAS
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COMING NEXT
MARCH 2027
No Name Taken
A novel of Pensacola — the Navy Yard, the forts at the mouth of the bay, a hurricane that rearranged the coast, and a record somebody kept beside the official one and never filed.
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ON THE HORIZON
Further down the road.
IN PROGRESS
Station Twelve
A novella of the world of tomorrow — book one of a four-book series.
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THE MUSIC
Songs for the room.
Chris Gaskin writes worship songs from the same coast the novels come from — honest, congregational, and written for the people in the room rather than for the radio.
OUT OCTOBER 2, 2026
The Table
Written for Culinary Ministries in Pensacola, a gathering where tired people find a seat. You were welcome before you walked in.
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THE PUBLISHER
The writer,
and the ground.
Chris Gaskin writes fiction from Pensacola, on the Florida Gulf Coast, where he leads worship and pays attention to the islands, the weather, and the people who stay through both. His stories are set on this coast because it is the one he knows: sugar-white sand, live oaks, and towns that run on a handful of people doing their jobs well. Driftwood Bay is his first novel.
Ordinary Ground Publishing is the small press he started in 2026 to bring those books into the world with care. His literary fiction appears under his own name; his near-future and speculative work appears as C. W. Gaskin; his music is released as Ordinary Ground.
The name of the press is the whole idea: the extraordinary thing is almost always standing on ordinary ground.
Chris Gaskin
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
Get in touch.
Press, festivals, book clubs, readings, and anyone who wants to talk about the coast.
hello@ordinaryground.comBookstores and libraries
For author events, signed stock, consignment, and ordering information, contact Ordinary Ground Publishing, LLC directly.
Worship leaders and churches
For chord charts, lead sheets, and permission to use these songs in your gatherings, get in touch.