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Fiction

 

Novellas

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Sacreya’s Legacy

Private Investigator Ben Mason hasn’t had a lot of cases — mainly because he’s undead. When a new client asks him to find her sister, he accepts and follows the missing girl into the heart of a zombie outbreak. There, he will have to face the legacy of Dr. Sacreya, the scientist who made him what he is.

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Fried Fiction

Novelettes

Short Stories

The Unseen Star

When a mysterious star appears in the sky and Professor Challenger learns of a fanatical group of researchers attempting to contact an ancient threat located deep in the cosmos, he calls upon Edward Malone and Lord John Roxton to help stop them.

“The Unseen Star” is part of a new pulp fiction collection about Professor Challenger, the classic character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

It joins three other stories about Professor Challenger in The Challenger Chronicles Volume One.

Find it at:
Amazon (print)
Amazon (Kindle)
Airship 27 (PDF) (coming soon)
Goodreads (coming soon)

“Radio Rita and the Genesis Machine”

When an agent goes missing while investigating a mysterious organization deep in the mountains, Rita is sent in to investigate.

“Radio Rita and the Genesis Machine” is my take on Radio Rita, an original character created by Airship 27.

In the new pulp fiction collection The Adventures of Radio Rita, you’ll find four stories from four different writers, each with our own version of the character.

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Amazon (print)
Amazon (Kindle)
Airship 27 (PDF)
Goodreads

“The Domino Lady Deceived”

After being duped in an attempted diamond heist, the Domino Lady matches wits with a larcenous art connoisseur.

“The Domino Lady Deceived,” the second story I’ve written about the classic pulp heroine, is part of the new pulp fiction collection Domino Lady Volume Four.

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Amazon (print)
Amazon (Kindle)
Airship 27 (PDF)
Goodreads

“The Lost Quest of Heracles”

After completing his assigned Labors, the great hero Heracles sets out on a new quest in the hopes of reuniting with his family in the underworld, in a new pulp story set in the world of Greek mythology.

“The Lost Quest of Heracles” is part of the new pulp fiction collection based on myths and legends, Pulp Mythology Volume Two.

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Amazon (print)
Amazon (Kindle)
Goodreads

“The Domino Lady Takes the Case”

While attempting to solve a friend’s murder, the Domino Lady uncovers political corruption and a sadistic killer willing to end her crime-fighting career permanently.

“The Domino Lady Takes the Case” is part of a new pulp fiction collection about the classic pulp heroine from the 1930s, Domino Lady Volume 3.

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Amazon (print)
Amazon (Kindle)
Airship 27 (ebook)
Radio Archives (digital audiobook)
Radio Archives (CD set audiobook)
Goodreads

“The Artist”

Ian is the only person who knows the truth about Gregory Ramussen. To the public, Ramussen is a brilliant artist and a fantastic teacher.

But Ian knows what lurks behind the façade–a madman whose strange powers once crippled Ian’s hand. When he threatens an investigation, he finds himself in a dark confrontation with the sinister artist.

“The Artist” is part of the horror anthology Final Masquerade.

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Amazon
Goodreads

“White Lady”

A short ghost story based on a legend. Many people have claimed to see Sarah, the ghost of a girl who died in North Hall Library years ago. This is just one interpretation of Sarah.1

Love-Under-the-Mistletoe“A Special Present”2

Being an elf, Lucy spends her days working on toys in Santa’s workshop. There is more to life than just making toys, however. Lately she has realized just how much her best friend Asher means to her. He is more than just a friend–much more. With Christmas just two weeks away, she decides to make him a special present to show him her feelings.

Unfortunately, as the holiday gets closer, Asher becomes strangely distant. All he seems to care about now is working on toys. For these two elves, is even their friendship just a thing of the past?

“A Special Present” is part of the holiday romance collection Love Under the Mistletoe.

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Kellan Publishing
Amazon
Kobo
Smashwords
Goodreads

Mad-Scientist-Journal“Sand”

When Dr. Algernon P. Lewis goes on vacation to Death Valley, he expects it to be a boring trip. Certainly nothing that can help him with his research into the mysterious Anaian civilization.

The terrible secrets he uncovers, however, change everything he ever believed.

“Sand” is part of The Mad Scientist Journal Autumn 2014.

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Amazon
Barnes and Noble
Kobo
Smashwords
iTunes
Scribd
Inktera
Versent Books
Goodreads

Wicked-Words-Quarterly-Issue-3“Rokurokubi”

A series of mysterious murders terrifies everyone in town, especially little Marie. The killer gets inside the strangest of places and never leaves any fingerprints… only bones stripped of their flesh. 

As time passes with no end to the murders in sight, everyone searches for an answer. Marie’s brother is convinced it’s the work of a curse placed on their crazy Uncle Zachary, but that can’t be true…

Can it?

“Rokurokubi” is part of Wicked Words Quarterly Issue 3.

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Amazon
Goodreads

Other

“The Shape in the Sky”

Strange noises and lights during the night…and the madness that follow. A flash horror story based on a specific prompt from The Word Wood–to include the noun “spots” and the verb “dream” in the story.

Specklit Drabbles

A series of drabbles published by SpeckLit. Each drabble is a story told in exactly 100 words.

Poetry

“Noppera-bō,” a poetry retelling of the legend of the Noppera-bō yokai, found in Darkling’s Beasts and Brews: Poetry with a Drink on the Side.


1 If you’re interested in the legend of Sarah, you can learn more at Sarah’s Page. There also is a 100-word story there that I won a contest with. The prize was a midnight tour of the library, which was fantastic!
2 Found in Love Under the Mistletoe. This is a romance, so it’s not quite like the rest of my work.