Stories

Links to free stories are at the end of this page. Enjoy!

Many of these stories are available to cast at Storycasting. If one of my stories were made into a movie, who would YOU cast in various roles?

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THE GIFT OF MURDER

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# Perfect Paperback: 278 pages
# Publisher: Wolfmont Press (October 1, 2009)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 160364010X
# ISBN-13: 978-1603640107

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DYING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND

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# Paperback: 204 pages
# Publisher: Wolfmont Press (September 25, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1603640053
# ISBN-13: 978-1603640053

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SWORD & SORCERESS XXII

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# Paperback: 272 pages
# Publisher: Norilana Books (November 15, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1934169900
# ISBN-13: 978-1934169902

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SWORD & SORCERESS XXIII

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# Paperback: 324 pages
# Publisher: Norilana Books; 1 edition (November 15, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1934648787
# ISBN-13: 978-1934648780

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PANGAIA #33 Autumn 2002

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ONSPEC Spring 2006 #64 vol 18 no 1

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The Southern Indiana Writers Group publishes an annual anthology, which include one or two of my stories and sometimes a poem. Click here to read excerpts from all of them.

MOST WANTED – Crimes and desires

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# Paperback: 112 pages
# Publisher: Southern Indiana Writers (August 31, 2009)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0578016702
# ISBN-13: 978-0578016702

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BEASTLY TALES – Animals in our lives

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# Paperback: 104 pages
# Publisher: Southern Indiana Writers Group (February 23, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 061514005X
# ISBN-13: 978-0615140056

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DRAGON: OUR TALES – Not all dragons are fictitious.

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# Paperback: 100 pages
# Publisher: Southern Indiana Writers (January 13, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0615186106
# ISBN-13: 978-0615186108

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GROUNDS FOR SUSPICION – Crime and coffee houses

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# Paperback: 92 pages
# Publisher: Southern Indiana Writers (August 15, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0615203531
# ISBN-13: 978-0615203539

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GHOSTS: ON THE SQUARE… AND ELSEWHERE…. – Commissioned by Corydon, Indiana for its 200th birthday.

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# Paperback: 120 pages
# Publisher: Southern Indiana Writers (September 26, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0615252028
# ISBN-13: 978-0615252025

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IT’S ALWAYS SOMETHING – Isn’t it, though?

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# Paperback: 104 pages
# Publisher: Southern Indiana Writers (January 13, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0615184952
# ISBN-13: 978-0615184951

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NOVEL INGREDIENTS – A recipe with every story

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# Spiral-bound: 128 pages
# Publisher: Southern Indiana Writers (January 1, 2007)
#Language: English
# ASIN: B002AD11EE
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THERE’S SOMETHING UNDER THE BEDTIME STORIES – Don’t look.

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#Paperback: 132 pages
#Publisher: Southern Indiana Writers’ Group
#Language: English
#ISBN-13: 978-0-578-03570-3


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Click a title to read any of the following free stories.

Helping Hand
How was Shereen supposed to read her daughter’s shopping list with her pupils dilated from an eye exam? And they say love is blind.
Shorts in Season
A year’s worth of flash fiction which appeared on this site in 2004.
Ashes
The dark side of domesticity.
Brown Leather Purse
Florence, Italy.
Library
Checking out the librarian.
Second Story
What could be worse than doing time for burglary?
Goldie
One magical night at the beach….
Holiday
Everybody needs a little fun now and then.
Cage
A little girl comes to terms with a demon.
The Stinky Awful Girl
The comic, short story of Barfola Snotball.
The Cautionary Tale of Silas Rockport
Written in response to Paul Molyneaux’s (editor of Laughter Loaf) remark, “It’s hard to commercialize a holiday based on gratitude and humility.”
Personal Essay – My Mother
Monsters from Greek mythology have families just like everybody else, you know. This story originally appeared in Paul Molyneaux’s Wry Bred! (Loaf 1; Slice 3), October 1996. Wry Bred! was a print humor magazine, now an on-line humor magazine known as Laughter Loaf. (See Links page.)
I Am Bick Pentameter, Private Eye
A hard-boiled detective story written in…well…iambic pentameter.