Short Fiction

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...

Judging from the looks of things, Danner really must take a long look at her apprenticeship to the wizard Cloudraft... and whatever else is going on in his castle laboratory.

The Banshee will have her vengeance as part of the mystery is solved and restless spirits are given justice at last.

A planetoid comes on an irrevocable path of collision. Where will you go when the world ends?

A young woman passing through a midieval town finds herself recognized by people she has never seen before. When she experiences a vision through the eyes of a banshee, strange events are set in motion.

A ghost story of the perils of temptation and the evil that waits to prey, based on a traditional family story Great-great-grandmother swore was true.

Moms used to shop while dads played a quick game or two at Bill Harry's grocery store and bowling alley. A little bit of everyone's lives changed the night it burnt down.

Rhyme and verse is used to villify a foe in this fantasy short.

A fire sweeps along the grasslands, bringing destruction. Nature gives and nature takes away.

A science-fiction short story. A symbiotic relationship, an eternal love.

A creation myth for people who hate creation myths.

An Aser short story: a darker tale of dreams and symbolism

Part three

Part 2

Part One