Stories
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Back when I was last active, in 2016 it was, I penned this bit of fluff for an anthology of steampunk stories being curated by one Mr. Bryce Raffle, a writer best known at the moment for co-authoring a series of children’s dinosaur stories. Yes, the man has range! Brass & Coal was the tongue…
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I’m pleased to announce that I’ve added the sixth story to the Diner of Dread series. This is a short chilling piece about a middle-aged nobody who stumbles into a prize he hardly dared dream about. There’s a fine line, of course, between dreams and nightmares, and it is so easy to cross… Join me,…
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Good day to all my fans of the spooky and bizarre. Today I’ve got a nasty one for you! I wrote this at least a decade ago, and pulled out all the stops to make the creatures terrifying. I think I succeeded in that if nothing else. You’ll find Membranes at the top of the…
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Good morning, and welcome back. I’m here once again to share a story I wrote some years back. This one is about a tiny desert community populated by colorful characters who don’t believe in living in the mainstream. I was at loose ends about what story to post this week, and was considering rolling some…
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Good day poison ghouls, and welcome back. Today I have opened Part II of Diner of Dread with story I wrote some years back and originally shared at Writing.com, my old home for writing. This was one of the first stories I successfully completed while writing to a prompt. The prompt came in two parts,…
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Last Wednesday I posted about the handful of post-navy years I enjoyed, much of that time spent in and around Ocean Beach, California. Years later I wrote a story based in OB, a town whose name I changed to Sunset Beach. The story, Safe Haven, was supposed to be the beginning of a series. That…
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Good morning, friends and followers, and I hope it finds you well. Today I have chosen to complete the first three-story anthology, Diner of Dread I. The Diner of Dread series will consist of short stories, three course meals, as it were, beginning with some of my older works that have found favorable reception. Everyone…
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Good Sunday morning, friends, and welcome back to ‘story time.’ Have you ever tried to play above your level, “out of your league,” as the saying goes. Most of us have at one time or another, and results can vary. The Coder’s Muse, currently residing at the top of Diner of Dread, Volume I, is…
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Good morning, friends. Today on Favorites, I offer another of what I consider my best stories, Wrong Turn. A quick read at 1900 words, it is a story of storm-chasing gone wrong and a chaser too aggressive for her own good. Drop by for what might best be described as an unsettling good time.
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This feature may become the garden spot of the site, although I would hope my blog would give it a run for its money. But here will appear a collection of my short stories which are largely tales of terror, disaster, and sometimes pure existential dread. The sharp-eyed among you will notice the Roman “One”…
Flights of Fancy 