Background: A week or two ago I ended up in a discussion with Caroline Furlong on how to create tension in a story. Later I tried to come up with a simple 'example' scenario to illustrate my ideas. I ended up liking it enough that I turned it into a quick short, which I now … Continue reading The Walk Home
Fiction
Batman: The Terror pt 3. The Final Night
The final installment of The Terror is now up at fanfiction.net! Terror lays thick over Gotham. As another night falls, Batman vows that the killings will end before dawn. But who among the dwindling population of supervillains is the murderer? Is it perhaps the Riddler, who claims to know all? Or the Joker, orchestrating events … Continue reading Batman: The Terror pt 3. The Final Night
Batman: The Terror pt. 2: The Second Night
Part Two of The Terror is now up at Fanfiction.net! And just in time for Halloween, too. Night falls again over Gotham and the Terror continues. One by one, the rogues of Gotham fall, each death more brutal than the last, yet each suited to their crimes. Meanwhile, Batman races to try to uncover the … Continue reading Batman: The Terror pt. 2: The Second Night
Batman: The Terror pt. 1: The First Night
Just up at Fanfiction.net: It seemed a night like any other in Gotham City, when word reached Batman of a death: one of the city's rogues found brutally murdered. Then comes word of another. And another. A new terror is stalking Gotham, preying upon the city's supervillains. But who is it? And what do they … Continue reading Batman: The Terror pt. 1: The First Night
The Temple of the Night
“Magnificent!” The young Englishwoman gazed out over the deep, mist-filled gorge. The mountains crowded in on all sides, their grey flanks dyed red in the rising sun, while the valley below was so deep and so narrow that what little could be seen through the breaks in the blanket of mists was lost in shadow. … Continue reading The Temple of the Night
The Key Question: A Malachi Burke Mystery
“Most crimes, Alfred lad,” said my friend and mentor Malachi Burke one evening after supper, “are absurdly obvious once ye take the time to think them through. The trouble is that most folk don’t bother.” He reclined in his great wingback chair, pulling on his pipe. I sat opposite him, enjoying one of his excellent … Continue reading The Key Question: A Malachi Burke Mystery
Escape to Some Fantastic Schools
Want to take your mind off things? Pick up a volume or two of Fantastic Schools (now both available in paperback: a nice, thick volume to decorate your shelf and that can't be digitally taken away from you). Official Blurb:Have you ever wanted to go to magic school? To cast spells and brew potions and … Continue reading Escape to Some Fantastic Schools
Rising of the Sun: Sol Anthology Live!
Tuscany Bay Books' Planetary Anthology: Sol is now live! Featuring thirteen stories centered on the theme of nobility and righteousness, including my own Under the Midnight Sun. Far in the future, the dying sun has swollen and scorched most of the earth. The last known remnants of humanity dwell about the South Pole, where the … Continue reading Rising of the Sun: Sol Anthology Live!
Neptune Anthology
Your humble servant will be having a story appearing in Tuscany Bay's Neptune Anthology. Scheduled to come out December 22nd. Mark your calendars! https://videopress.com/v/r3f9g6WJ Of course, being a long-time MST3k fan, this is what comes to mind when I think of the planet Neptune: "You cannot defeat the Planet Neptune!"
Fantastic Schools vol. 1
The first volume of Fantastic Schools is now live! Have you ever wanted to go to magic school? To cast spells and brew potions and fly on broomsticks and—perhaps—battle threats both common and supernatural? Come with us into worlds of magic, where students become magicians and teachers do everything in their power to ensure the … Continue reading Fantastic Schools vol. 1
Serpent's Den 