Another bit of short fiction is up at Noble Cobra Magazine. This one is a little different; first that it's presented as a myth, and second that it's actually an excerpt from a work in progress. I don't want to say too much about it just yet, except that all the main characters are dragons … Continue reading The Dragon Creation and the Gift of Fire
Short 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
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
Now Available: ‘The Walk Home and Other Tales of Suspense’
I’m pleased to announce that The Walk Home: And Other Tales of Suspense is now officially available for purchase in Kindle or paperback! From the back cover: Seven short tales to tingle the nerves and chill the blood: The Walk Home: Stranded at a roadhouse, independent-minded Kathy decides to try to make her way home … Continue reading Now Available: ‘The Walk Home and Other Tales of Suspense’
The Final Performance
“Ladies and gentleman, I give you...the Great Santini!” Applause as the magician popped onto the stage in a burst of smoke. His tailed coat was of the finest quality, but his face was long, pale, with a foolish chin not quite covered by an attempted Mephistophelian goatee. He wave with an affected air to the … Continue reading The Final Performance
Horror Short for Halloween
Below is short piece I wrote up for the holiday. Enjoy! Room 312 Nothing had happened to Room 312. No grisly murders or occult rituals ever took place there. No workers died during its construction, or were entombed alive in its foundation. Nor was there anything at all unusual about the ground upon which … Continue reading Horror Short for Halloween