Washed Up — Marcus Moles

A memoir  ·  Letters and photographs

washed up

letters and photographs

Coming September 2026  ·  Hood River, Oregon

Washed up isn't the end.
It's what the tide leaves behind.

At twenty-one, Marcus Moles watched his father die of brain cancer. At twenty-five, his hockey career ended. At thirty-three, he bought his dream house, started a family, and began connecting the dots.

This is that book.

On grief, fatherhood, and starting over.

Written over a decade, Washed Up is eighteen letters on identity, momentum, marriage, and fatherhood — followed by three entries on grief, and a closing essay on what remains.

His dad is the throughline. Beau is the destination. Kayla is how he got there.

Integrated with original photography. No digital edition.

"I didn't start this book knowing what it was. I started it because I needed to."
— Molesy, Part I
Marcus Moles

Hockey player.
Trader. Writer.
Filmmaker & photographer.

Marcus Moles grew up in Lake Placid and played college hockey at Nazareth and Fredonia. Once a hockey player, always a hockey player.

He trades in the financial markets and runs Cascade Research, a solo market research and portfolio publishing operation focused on digital assets and equities.

In his spare time he makes films and photographs the Pacific Northwest. He lives in Hood River with his wife Kayla and son Beau.

Marcus Moles  ·  #39

Publication

September 2026

Format

Hardcover
Photography throughout

Marcus Moles Hood River, Oregon  ·  2026