Short Fiction

A strange craving for peanut butter is a symptom of a sickness that runs deep beneath the surface of a house-wife looking to fill a void. A winner of the 4th of July Independent's Day writing contest.

The worst nightmares aren't about monsters. When a motorcycle accident results in the loss of his arms, one man must ask the unthinkable of his family, rather than become a burden on his family. When morning comes, everything has profoundly changed for the better.

In the concluding installment, Vince Raines's empire of fraud has been exposed, his girlfriend has left him, and even his lawyers have abandoned him. The downward spiral couldn't possibly be any worse. Could it? Not everyone that the Spiritspeaker lied to takes the news well, and Vince is about to find out what his knew role in life will be.

In the world of phony psychics, Vince Raines is king. Or was. The once great Spiritspeaker discovers that his ex-lover's warning about bad karma might not be as ridiculous as he assumes. An assault by a teenage girl started a chain of events that'll change everything.

Life without Lacy buries Vince Raines, psychic phenom, under a mountain of work he'd all but forgotten about thanks to her. As he shuffles through the mail, he finds a mysterious letter and soon discovers it's not as bogus as he assumes. The path he's taken in life soon meets a roadblock he won't be able to pass.

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Earth has been destroyed. Can a small band of renegade humans survive a genocide where the human race is the target?

Fugitive Osama Bin Laden may have been hiding in Bisbee, Arizona, a remote town close to the United States/Mexico border, but locals paint a different image of the man the rest of the world knows as a terrorist.

For Chris, sailing is a way of life. His next trip brings him on an adventure of the heart as well as the body as he sets sail with a stunning woman.

Sean is a newsman, a reporter for the network. He can't be going crazy. But how else do you explain what's happening to him?

David is dead. Saam and Malcom are imprisoned. Who will thwart the council's evil scheme?

Some of us are haunted by ghosts, shadows of the past that were once ourselves but have been deliberately left behind, sacrificed so that the living can rest in peace.

Sixty bucks from selling most of their clothes, some ham sandwiches, and a hunting knife is all the girls have to see them safely to Florida. Their first ride calls them stupid little girls, but even at sixteen, sometimes you have to do what you have to do.

The price of defying evil is evil's wrath. Prince Saam has thwarted the Council of Nine, destroying one third of the body that would rule behind his throne. Is the young Prince ready for what his actions will bring?

Nine dark figures manipulate the fate of the world from behind the scenes. The son of the late king holds some surprises of his own, however.

An exerpt from the 2002 NaNo Novel, Dunder Chief.

How we choose to act defines who we are. An old man in need of a drink. A journey that few men survive to stop a war. For Dobbins, helping his fellow man is the only choice.

A son returns to the village of his birth, a backwards people who eschew modern advances, in an effort to make a breakthrough in some important medical studies. His father warns him that Progress is an evil, destructive force. They've never agreed before, but could the events that follow change either party's mind?

Find some good deeds to perform, quick. Mr. Snood learns too late that even if you've never done anything really bad, a selfish life has distinct consequences in this short story about the afterlife.

A lonely grant writer finds everything she is looking for in the company of a restaurant owner and his young daughter. He's looking to move on after the death of his terminally ill wife. The problem? She hasn't died yet. Even with her blessing, it's a troubling situation. Part Two of a two part short story.

A lonely grant writer finds everything she is looking for in the company of a restaurant owner and his young daughter. He's looking to move on after the death of his terminally ill wife. The problem? She hasn't died yet. Even with her blessing, it's a troubling situation. Part One of a two part short story.

From the Memoirs of Edgar McCassar. Uncle Edgar remembers the most exciting Triple Crown of his life, when Secretariat won the hearts of horse lovers everywhere.

Time for a letter home to let the relatives know everyone is still more or less alive.

An Aser story about foreign customs, forebearance, and fabrications.

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is to get up in the morning and face the world.

An excerpt from the novel Victory Highway.

Intrepid girl reporter Tedi braves a seance to bring you the latest from the late psychic Jeane Dixon.

The badger cometh! They do things a little different in D.C.

Another of the Memoirs of Edgar Macassar

Gotta keep movin' when you're on the road...