The latest short story up on Noble Cobra Magazine is one I originally wrote for the Uranus issue of the Planetary Anthology Series. They passed on it, but I dug it out, did a little editing, and now offer it to you. Enjoy! What profits a man to gain a whole world and lose his … Continue reading The Old Man in the Sky
Fiction
A Meeting with the Crimson Cavalier
Another short story is up over at Noble Cobra Magazine. I'll leave you to discover the rest. Marvin Jennings gazed at the magnificent Spanish-style mansion hidden among two-hundred acres of richly cultivated landscape as the car rolled up the sweeping drive. Just how much money must a guy be swimming in before he felt the … Continue reading A Meeting with the Crimson Cavalier
Lady Emma Worthing in “The Wreck of the Corbeau”
Missed last week, but got another short story up at Noble Cobra Magazine. This one's a quick pulp tale that I've had lying about for a little while, featuring another one of Lady Emma Worthing's adventures (some of you might remember her: that story will probably end up in the magazine as well, once I … Continue reading Lady Emma Worthing in “The Wreck of the Corbeau”
The White Champion
This week's bit of fiction is up over at Noble Cobra Magazine. It's my alternate take on Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Grey Champion (which is highly recommended since, come on, it's Hawthorne), presented from the other side and with an extra two hundred years' perspective: There was once a time when New England roiled and churned … Continue reading The White Champion
The Last Game
My latest piece of fan-fiction, now available at Noble Cobra Magazine: The old red hat still fit. It was a little faded from when he had first worn it, a little stained from years under leaky pipes, but after all these years it sat just as comfortably as ever upon his head. It was what … Continue reading The Last Game
An Announcement With More Fan-Fiction
After some delay and hesitation, I've just launched my Substack page: Noble Cobra Magazine. Copied from the introductory post: Welcome to the start of Noble Cobra magazine, a periodic journal of original fiction and commentary from the potentially-famous Noble Cobra Publishing. My goal is to put out regular helpings of original short fiction (and sometimes … Continue reading An Announcement With More Fan-Fiction
Perseus Corbett Review!
The irreplaceable Caroline Furlong has provided a flattering review for Perseus Corbett and the Forbidden Valley! Go check it out at her blog, then consider picking up the book either for yourself or as a handy Christmas present for any adventure fans in your life. Also, while you're there, consider picking up her excellent sci-fi … Continue reading Perseus Corbett Review!
The Dress Shop Doll: A Malachi Burke Mystery
I had seen her – it – many times, of course. It sat in the corner of the glass cabinet, propped up among the many relics and trophies of my friend and mentor Malachi Burke’s celebrated career as a detective; an ugly little rag-doll in a blue-checked dress, with black curls of yarn and a … Continue reading The Dress Shop Doll: A Malachi Burke Mystery
Review: The Screaming Skull
“It’s only a noise after all, and a noise never hurt anybody yet.” So says the narrator of F. Marion Crawford’s classic ghost story The Screaming Skull regarding the strange screams that sometimes sound in the night around his house on the Cornish coast. Screams that may be the wind, but are not quite that … Continue reading Review: The Screaming Skull
Flash Fiction: Far From Home
It was blazing hot, as it always was here. Marcus’s armour felt heavy, and his mind was slow as he by the line of women doing their washing in the Nile. As he looked over them, his eyes fell a little boy sitting by the river while his mother washed her laundry in the shallows … Continue reading Flash Fiction: Far From Home
Serpent's Den 