Category: "fiction"
Live with Happiness
Looks like I did it again! I commited romance, contemporary romance. My story, "Live with Happiness" is out in Romance for All Seasons: Sunkissed Summer. This beach read of a story is about a heart...
2025: The Year in Stories
Looking at the 2024 version of this post and reflecting on 2025, a theme is emerging: life is unpredictable and this has an effect on my ability to get stories out to you all. I'm in the middle of a...
Charly with a Y and Wendi with an I
Spring is almost here! And along with it, Romance for All Seasons: Spring Fling, an anthology of spring romances including my story "Charly with a Y and Wendi with an I." Just like with the last issue...
What it Takes to Make it In Hollywood
Today, a very different kind of holiday anthology came out. A Dark and Stormy Holiday features my story "What it Takes to Make it In Hollywood." Lyn Worthen, the editor of the book, said "What it...
A Major Christmas Eve
I've written a lot of holiday stories over the last five years and this year I've got a bunch of them for you. Not only did my holiday collection, Winter Wonders: Twelve Magical Holiday Stories, get...
Winter Wonders
I love to write short stories, especially for a themed anthology. The restrictions (theme, content, length, and time) all funnel the creative energy in lovely ways. But that's not the best part. The...
I Am Conner Bright
Conner Bright is a fun character to write. He's my version of a classic private detective with the obligatory troubled past and problem with alcohol, he's also another one of my Arizona-based...
The Devil You Know: A Conner Bright Mystery
Today is a big day for my Arizona private detective, Conner Bright! With the release of The Devil You Know, the promise of this crazy character really pays off! Conner is my version of your classic...
Writing Until the End (reprint)
My story, "Writing Until the End," is making its second appearance in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue #39 I sure do love it when a story of mine gets reprinted! Why? Well, when more than one editor...
Haunted by the Past: A Conner Bright Mystery
Today my story "Haunted by the Past" is out! This is one of my Conner Bright stories and the first of three Conner Bright releases this year (or four if you count the collection another story will...
Return Carterville
Since The Blood of Carterville came out in 2020, Return to Carterville is the story I've been waiting to tell. You see, in The Blood of Carterville I exiled the protaganist, Henry Carter, from the...
2024: The Year in Stories
Things happened in 2024, including a death in the family, health issues that needed to be tended to, and a very busy day-job. Because of all this, 2024 wasn't the story year I had planned for, which...
Finding Time
Finding Time: 12 Meticulously Crafted Time Travel Stories is my latest short story collection, one I had so much fun putting together, but because of the vagaries of life it's taken me over a month to...
The Holiday Spectacular 2024!
This is the sixth year WMG Publishing has done the Holiday Spectacular and the third year I've had a story in it. So what is the Holiday Spectacular? It's a program where for 35 days from Thanksgiving...
Faces of Carterville
I've been spending a lot of time in Carterville lately getting two new books ready for this year! The first, Faces of Carterville, is out today! This book is a little different than the other...
Woody and June versus the Apocalypse, Volume 3
Let me tell you a story, about a series of stories that wasn’t meant to be more than a single story. (I’m a writer writing about writing, it’s bound to get a get a bit meta.) When I wrote a little...
Woody and June versus the End
When I sat down and started writing Volume 3 of Woody and June versus the Apocalypse, I had the end in mind, in so much as I wanted to end this phase of their story. These stories are many things:...
2023: The Year in Stories
2023 was an interesting year for short stories. On one hand I wrote a lot of them, on the other hand, not many came out. There are various reasons for this, the biggest one being that Pulphouse...
Woody and June versus the Standoff
Woody and June versus the Standoff is the penultimate episode in Volume 3 and boy do things get crazy!. We are building up to a big ending for the volume and this episode sure ramps things up. Woody...
Woody and June versus the Reunion
It's March and it's Wednesday, so time for the next exciting episode of Woody and June versus the Apocalypse, Woody and June versus the Reunion! This is the 15th episode and the third in Volume 3. In...
A Nice Short Conversation
I am very happy to tell you all that my story, "A Nice Short Conversation," is out now in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine's, Issue #26. It's been over a year since my last story appeared in Pulphouse and...
Woody and June versus the Impossible Choice
Happy Woody and June Wednesday! It's February, so that means it's time for another exciting episode of Woody and June versus the Apocalypse! This time it's Episode 14, Woody and June versus the...
Woody and June versus the Pod
It's a new year (hello, 2024), a new month, and what could be better but to start another Woody and June versus the Apocalypse adventure! Today Episode 13, Woody and June versus the Pod, the exciting...
A Hollow Earth Thanksgiving (part 2)
"A Hollow Earth Thanksgiving" came out in November of 2021. It kicked off the The WMG Holiday Spectacular 2021 on Thanksgiving Day, in fact! Now it's almost Thanksgiving 2023 and this...
Woody and June are (almost) back!
Action, adventure, and romance set in post-apocalyptic Arizona in and around the Grand Canyon... with zombies! That's Woody and June versus the Apocalypse in a sentence. This series is a blast to...
Destroyer of Carterville
It's been a few months since the Kickstarter for Destroyer of Carterville and now it's finally time for it to go out to the rest of the world! I love this series and I really love this book. I think...
The Blood of Carterville, Second Edition
Along with the release of Destroyer of Carterville (see the blog post), today I am releasing the second edition of The Blood of Carterville. (If you don't recall, I wrote these out of order, starting...
Wild and Wise (once again)
"Wild and Wise" my second "Hollow Earth Short Story" is ready to go... well, ready to go for the second time. Back in 2021 it appeared in Explorers: Cutter's Final Cut, Issue Three. Today it gets a...
Time for some reprints!
This happened a few years ago, occasionally WMG Publishing takes their Pulphouse Fiction Magazine stories and collects them into themed anthologies. I never know if mine will be in one of these until...
Pulphouse Fiction Magazine Kickstarter, 2023
After a brief hiatus, Pulphouse Fiction Magazine is back! And it's going monthly! To quote part of my bio, I am "a regular contributor to Pulphouse Fiction Magazine." What that means quantitively is...
Contemporary Musings
Since I started the introduction to Contemporary Musings: Sixteen Contemporary Stories from a Sci-Fi Writer with a confession, I'm going to start this blog post with a different confession. Writing...
Gossamer Ghosts
Following up on last month's release of Gossamer Threads, another story in the series, Gossamer Ghosts, is now out! I'll refer you to the orginal post from when the story first came out in Pulphouse...
Ready for more Carterville?
Not familiar with Carterville? It is a fictional town in Northern Arizona full of mystery and surprises and the location of the Carterville Mysteries. (Lots more over at CartervilleAZ.com where you...
Gossamer Threads
How to describe my Gossamer stories? I've only written two so far, but the concept is fascinating, so I want to do more. Let me try it say it succinctly: The subtitle gives you part of the picture,...
Just Another Pinball Wizard
My story "Just Another Pinball Wizard" was recently released as part of Of Wizards and Wolves: Tales of Transformation This is a special book, and I am very happy to be part of it. It is a memorial...
The Last Flight of the Acurus
This story has been out for a long time (ten years now!) and it's finally getting a stand-alone release today! This is a special story for me for a bunch of reasons It's the first time someone paid me...
Woody and June versus the Apocalypse, Volume 2
Drum roll please... After these many months, the omnibus edition of Woody and June versus the Apocalypse, Volume 2 is finally out! Five new episodes with adventure, romance, and zombies that careens...
2022: The Year in Stories
There are many ways to mark the passage of a year. As a storyteller, it seems appropriate to take a look at the stories of mine that came out in a year. Each one is a victory. It's not easy to land a...
Woody and June versus the Siege
This is it. This is what it has all been leading to. Woody and June versus the Siege is the last episode in Woody and June versus the Apocalypse, Volume 2! Because of the way I write, when I started,...
A Grave Kind of Love (reprint)
Just in time for Christmas, my story, "A Grave Kind of Love," is out in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue #21! This story, which originally came out in 2019 as part of The WMG Holiday Spectacular, is...
Woody and June versus the Infection
Another first Wednesday, another new episode of Woody and June versus the Apocalypse is ready to go!. Episode, #11, Woody and June versus the Infection is out now. This is the penultimate episode of...
Woody and June versus Winslow
It is, once again, Woody and June Wednesday and, it's time for Episode 10, Woody and June versus Winslow! I have to confess, I was chuckling to myself quite often while I wrote this one. It takes...
Woody and June versus Two Guns
Two Guns is a place in Arizona off I-40 east of Flagstaff. An old place full of ruins. A place where it looks like the apocalypse occurred long ago. A very strange place with a dark history. This is...
The Tombstone Barber
"The Tombstone Barber" is just out in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine's, Issue #19 This story has a history. I don't think I'll go into details, but for a while it seemed like this story about a cursed...
Woody and June versus the Chase
Woody and June are back! The Kickstarter is over (which was fun and went well) and now the episodes will be releasing one a month starting with Episode 8, Woody and June versus the Chase, today! If...
The Woody and June Kickstarter is Live!
Creating a Kickstarter campaign comes with a bit of a learning curve. Of all the things that had to be done, shooting the video for it was the hardest for me. This was the part of the process in which...
Writing Until the End
My story, "Writing Until the End," has just been published in Gilded Glass: Twisted Myths and Shattered Fairy Tales. This is an anthology about new myths, different myths, and "Writing Until the End"...
Pulphouse Fiction Magazine Kickstarter
If you've been reading along, you've surely noticed I have a lot of stories coming out in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. I'm at about twelve with more coming, which is the reason my bio now says that I'm...
Woody and June are Back! (Almost)
I've been waiting for this moment for a long time: my fun, post-apocalyptic romp through Northern Arizona is back with Woody and June versus Apocalypse, Volume 2! Why so long, you might ask? Well, the...
Gossamer Ghosts
I'm trying to figure out a simple and clear way to categorize this new story, but it's not easily done. Let me try. "Gossamer Ghosts" is: Set during and after an apocalypseAn alien invasion story (but...
Chupacabra
I've taken a break from publishing my own books, over a year-long break—file it under the COVID-19 pandemic—but that ends today. Chupacabra: A Conner Bright Mystery is out! It's about a year later...
The Root Canal Tango
"The Root Canal Tango" is an interesting story title, isn't it? How in the world do those two things go together? On the one hand you have something universally dreaded and on the other you have a...
2021: The Year in Stories
I don't think any of us had a clue what 2021 was going to be like. I expected to keep my publishing streak from 2020 going and get a couple of novels out. That's not what happened. Pandemic year #2...
Emily Loves Christmas, Emily Loves Murder
Who would like nothing better than to read a Christmas Day murder mystery investigated by two ghost detectives? One that involves something very unexpected under the Christmas Tree? Well, if your like...
A Hollow Earth Thanksgiving
I'm exceedingly late to the party here. I wound this up with a fairly vague post for the Kickstarter but then the story came out and life was a little more than overwhelming and I didn't get this out...
Ten Years of Shuffled Off: A Ghosts Memoir
Shuffled Off was my first novel. Every novel, every story, feels like something of a miracle, but that goes double (or triple, or quadruple or...) so for Shuffled Off. The original cover. Some folks...
The Holiday Spectacular 2021!
I'm going to apologize in advance because I'm going to be a little vague here. There is a good reason, I promise. Every year for the last three years, WMG Publishing has done their innovative Holiday...
Harry the Ghost Pirate
My story "Harry the Ghost Pirate" sets sail again, this time in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue #14! This is a story about some ghosts that are looking for the Lost Dutchman Mine in the Superstition...
Four Books, Four Stories, One Day!
This writing thing can gain momentum on you in surprising ways. A couple of days ago, WMG Publishing dropped five new Stories from Pulphouse anthologies and four of them have stories of mine! If...
Wild and Wise
"Adventure" is one of my favorite words. While my days are spent largely at a computer, I do like to have adventures. Whether it's a hike on a mountain (which I did between starting and finishing this...
Seeing Forever, Hard Cover Edition
This is a bit of an experiment. My paperback books are all released as Print On Demand (POD) which has revolutionized book publishing. It makes it possible for me to release all these books as...
The Pearce Shootout
Okay, I'm really excited about this one! My story, "The Pearce Shootout," is just out in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue #13. I finished this story a few years ago and have just been waiting for it...
Bits, Bites, and Rarities
My new book is out and it's not for sale! It's called Bits, Bites, and Rarities: The Worlds of Robert J. McCarter and is a sampling of my many worlds and series. Maybe "sample" is the wrong word. Most...
Death by Vodka
After last issue's "Death by Cookie", Pulphouse Fiction Magazine is back with another story in the same vein with "Death by Vodka" appearing in issue #12. In case you missed the last one, my "Death...
The Room of Possibilities
Welcome to Cave Creek, Nevada, a small town about an hour from Las Vegas where all kinds of strange things happen. Cave Creek, created by best selling author Dean Wesley Smith is a place "Where the...
My Moment of Weird
Welcome to Cave Creek, Nevada, a small town about an hour from Las Vegas where all kinds of strange things happen. Cave Creek, created by best selling author Dean Wesley Smith is a place "Where the...
Death by Cookie
"Death by Cookie" marks the return of JJ Lynch. If you've read my A Ghost's Memoir series, this is good news. This may only be JJ in a supporting role and it may only be a short story, but it's been a...
The Artist, the Engineer, and the Sleeping Dog
Today my short story "The Artist, the Engineer, and the Sleeping Dog" came out in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue #10. This is my first story to hit in a magazine or anthology for 2021 and is a...
The Rescue of Jules Verne
There's a pattern emerging with my 2021 releases so far. Just like with last month's release, I'm taking a short story that is already out there and giving it a stand-alone release. The reasons are...
The Case of the Purple Unicorn
It's a new year so time for a new release. Well... in this case not a new story but a new stand-alone release for an old story. Under a slightly different title, this short story goes back to 2014...
2020: The Year in Stories
Besides continuing to write new stories, 2020 was about publishing, from start to finish. I did a challenge with Dean Wesley Smith he calls "The Great Publishing Challenge." The challenge was to...
Where the Past Belongs
There's a lot to say about this book. Mostly because it's about something very near and very dear to my heart: the relationship between dogs and people (and cats and people, too). Also because much of...
Out of a Christmas Sky
This is a happy day for me because Carterville is officially a series! Today the first Carterville novel, Out of a Christmas Sky is out. This is a Christmas murder mystery with plenty of suspects and...
Some Holiday Cheer (just a wee bit early)
I don't know if you noticed, but this last week or so the sweet holiday movies started hitting our lists of things to stream. And while late October may seem a little early, that doesn't feel as true...
Unfinished Business
Sometimes a title makes all the difference. It's like this sprinkle of magic that makes a project come together and suddenly it all makes sense. And that is true for Unfinished Business: The Cases of...
The Red Arrow Murders
It's release day! The Red Arrow Murders is out! It's been a long journey with Walter Anchor. The idea for a ghost detective came to me when I was working on To Be a Fool, which came out in 2013. I...
Neutrinoman & Lightningirl: Season 2
With the series I write, I always think of them in terms of the wider story arc, and in the case of Neutrinoman and Lightningirl in terms of Seasons. I call them "Seasons" for a reason. There is a...
A Hollywood Kind of Murder
Okay, Walter Anchor used to be an actor so why not have him solving a murder in a Hollywood? A murder with a particularly Hollywood kind of vibe. He's a ghost after all and moving about is easy. That...
😜 Pausing Stir Crazy Stories 🤪
I am ending the Stir Crazy Story program, for now at least. I am leaving Meteor Attack! up for free for a while seeing how there are six episodes in the series now, but it feels like this program has...
Elemental Factors
Today I am wrapping up Season 2 of Neutrinoman and Lightningirl: A Love Story with Elemental Factors. This season delighted me because in the writing it took so many interesting turns that I didn't...
😜 Stir Crazy Stories: Toxic Asset 🤪
I have no words for what's going on right now in our world (writing this in early June, 2020), at least ones that seem useful. Except be kind. We are all on this planet together and kindness seems...
Death of a Dentist
There's are best practices for writing a series and then there are... what I did with this series. It has been an education on what not to do. My wife once jokingly called this story (in a different...
Breathing in the Stars
Back in 2017 when I was doing my Short Story Marathon, stars kept coming up thematically. Or, more specifically, that feeling I get when I look up at the Milk Way on a cold clear night. Over and over...
😜 Stir Crazy Stories: Shuffled Off 🤪
While things are starting to open up here and there, self quarantining remains in place for many, so time for another Stir Crazy Story. This time it's my first and best reviewed novel, Shuffled Off...
Hard Times
Hey, it's release day! Hard Times: Neutrinoman and Lightningirl: A Love Story, Episode 5 is out. I'll have the blurb below, and yes, it's on sale, but as this release has been approaching I've...
😜 Stir Crazy Stories: Seeing Forever 🤪
We past five weeks of staying home here this week and 2020 is not at all the year any of us thought it would be. I've got a lot to be grateful for. I have plenty of work to do and can get into the...
😜 Stir Crazy Stories: Meteor Attack! 🤪
Coronavirus. Worldwide pandemic. COVID-19. It's everywhere and lots of folks are doing what they can to help out. I'm doing my part. Staying isolated (not that hard for an introvert that works from...
The Blood of Carterville
It's release day! The Blood of Carterville is out today and I am so excited. I know, we are in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and things are crazy out there, but I think of this as me doing my...
A Long Hard Fall
If you haven't heard about this series yet, Walter Anchor is a ghost detective. He's from the same graveyard as JJ Lynch and the ghosts in Shuffled Off and the rest of the books in that series. In...
The Ghost Bride's Gift
2020 is going to have a couple of stars when it comes to my writing. Walter Anchor is one. He's a ghost trying to solve his own murder, his stories based in the same graveyard as the A Ghost's Memoir...
2019: The Year in Stories
2019 was a hell of a year for me as a writer. Books released. Short stories sold. Lots of new stuff written, and lots of things learned. Seems like I should have something awesome and reflective to...
A Fun Way to Start the Year
Pretty exciting stuff to start out 2020 on the short story front. Two of my stories made the Tangent Online 2019 Recommended Reading list!! "The Disappearing Neighborhood" and "Daisy's Heart" both...
With Light Years Between Us
Excuse me for a moment while I go all sci-fi on you. Only for a moment, I promise. If you hop on a space ship and travel fast, I mean really fast, as in approaching light speed, you will experience...
A Grave Kind of Love, Part 2
I am very lucky to be part of WMG's Holiday Spectacular 2019. This is a story-a-day subscription for the holiday season. Romantic stories, suspenseful stories, and stories that celebrate all kinds of...
All the Ghost Books On Sale
Through next Wednesday (11/27/2019), all the ebooks in my ghost world are on sale over at Amazon. This is a great time to pick them up if you haven't already. A Boy, a Girl, and a Ghost is...
October Review-o-Rama
So, October.... boy, there was a lot going on. Some of it planned, and some of it more like "scramble like a maniac to get things done." Lots of good stuff, so I think it all bears a little repeating....
Chupacabra: A Conner Bright Mystery Story
I've got a new story is out. This one is, technically, a short novella at about 80 pages long. I wrote it as part of my Campfire Tales program. It's where you guys fill out surveys to help me write my...
Camp Activities Specialist Bulletin #10
Star Date: October 26, 2019 Hello Campers! I just love the month of October! Mostly it’s because October is our author’s birth month. We always try to take time out to celebrate birthdays in a special...
Woody and June versus the Apocalypse, Volume 1
While I've been releasing the Woody and June stories as episodes, short fun reads that take about an hour, I always intended those episodes to come together to form a larger story. And here it is....
Camp Activities Specialist Bulletin #9
Star Date: September 28, 2019 Happy Fall Campers! The late Summer sunshine has gently given way to cooler temps and a riot of yellow flowers here in Flagstaff. We’re trading in short sleeves for those...
Camp Activities Specialist Bulletin #8
Star Date: August 31, 2019 Hello Readers, On a bit of a serious note, on July 21st a wildfire broke out in Flagstaff that threatened several neighborhoods. Our home was not in immediate danger, but we...
Dog People
My story "Dog People" is out in Snot-Nosed Aliens: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. This is a new story, one I wrote in January when my wife and I were up in the Grand Canyon for her birthday....
Daisy's Heart
I am very happy to report that my short story, "Daisy's Heart" is now available in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #7! This is another one of the stories I wrote in 2017 during my Short Story...
Woody and June versus Phantom Company
For reasons I can't imagine, I haven't been posting here when an new episode of Woody and June comes out and here we are up to episode 6! Ok... well I guess I can imagine. It's been a busy year. In...
Zombies and the Dog Days of Summer
Post-Zombie Apocalypse Reporter, Aleia O here. Greetings Readers, The dog days of Summer are finally here, and as usual dogs are on my mind. We’ll get to Woody and June’s adventures in a sec but...
Camp Activities Specialist Bulletin #7
Star Date: July 27, 2019 Greetings Readers, Summer Camp here in Flagstaff has been busy and it’s finally quite hot. Yes, the dog days of summer are here. Our pups are so hot that they only want short...
For A Horse Named Corwin
Long ago, in another life time (or at least it feels that way), I lived on an 80-acre ranch outside of Globe, Arizona and had a white horse named Snoopy. For years, I rode this horse nearly every day....
The Mystery at Molas Pass
It's release day! A very special one at that. Our first release of a Campfire Tale is "The Mystery at Molas Pass." Aleia did a lovely roundup of were we are with Campfire Tales this morning, but I...
Camp Activities Specialist Bulletin #6
Star Date: June 29, 2019 Hello Readers, It’s finally Summer here in Flagstaff and we are a bunch of happy campers now! It rained and snowed several times during the month of May, so we have an...
Woody and June Update!
Post-Zombie Apocalypse Reporter, Aleia O here. Teddy and Olivia Happy Summer Everyone! Thanks to the long snowy winter in Flagstaff, the wildflowers are blooming in abundance. Olivia has been enjoying...
Detecting Haley
"Detecting Haley" is a new book but an older story. It is the first Walter Anchor case. "The Ghost Bride's Gift" is the second and right now it is exclusive to and free for newsletter subscribers....
Camp Activities Specialist Bulletin #5
Star Date: May 25, 2019 Greetings Readers! Since our last update, camp life has become unbelievably busy. We had been thinking that Olivia needed a four-pawed canine friend to help her feel more...
The Disappearing Neighborhood
I've got it on my list to do a blog post about milestones--there have been a bunch so far this year--but this is a big one and I can't wait. My story, "The Disappearing Neighborhood," is out in...
Self-Rescuing Damsels
I'm really excited to have my story, "Ashna's Heart" as part of Swords, Sorcery, & Self-Rescuing Damsels. This is the story of a fire mage named Kyla who is willing do anything and everything to...
Camp Activities Specialist Bulletin #4
Star Date: April 27, 2019 Greetings Readers! The Spring winds are blowing away the remnants of Winter here in Flagstaff. In early April, Robert and I made a short getaway for a “working vacation” to...
Camp Activities Specialist Bulletin #3
Star Date: March 30, 2019 Greetings Readers! Wow this month has flown by! It started with Robert being at a writer’s conference in Las Vegas. He’s going talk more about that, but I must say how proud...
Vegas, Baby!
In early March, I spent a week in Las Vegas at a workshop all about writing for anthologies and getting to understand how editors choose stories. I was one of 50 writers who wrote a bunch of stories,...
Woody and June Wednesday... Ready. Set. Go!
Post-Zombie Apocalypse Reporter, Aleia O here. Checking in after what I would call the ‘Flagstaff Snowpocalypse of 2019’, I’m happy to report that we have seen a few signs of Spring. The snow is still...
Camp Activities Specialist Bulletin #2
Star Date: February 23, 2019 Greetings Readers! We have been very busy campers this month, mostly shoveling snow and keeping up with our new puppy, Olivia. First though, as the Camp Activities...
Camp Activities Specialist Bulletin #1
Star Date: January 26, 2019 Greetings Readers! I’m here to let you know that Robert has completed the first Campfire Tale, and what a story it is! It’s on the way to market now, and I’ll keep you...
Saturday Stories: Shogun Dreams
[thrive_leads id='3788'] There is nothing remarkable at all about Jeffery Smith. Not his name, not his job, not even the cancer that is threatening his life. But when his disease inspires him to start...
Ten Years of Writing
Ten years ago, right about now, in the lull between Christmas and New Years, something magical happened to me. There were no work deadlines, no personal emergencies and I was reading Ursula Le...
Campfire Tales
Aleia O’Reilly, here. I’m Robert’s wife and recently designated “Camp Activities Specialist,” here to introduce Campfire Tales. This idea has developed over years of Robert offering raffle and silent...
Saturday Stories: The Free Story Roundup
[thrive_leads id='3788'] If you are in the US, this is Thanksgiving weekend and I imagine you are spending time with family and enjoying some tasty leftovers. And even if you are not in the US, I hope...
Saturday Stories: A Postscript for Elizabeth
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Saturday Stories: Memories of the Breakers
[thrive_leads id='3788'] Smith erases memories, he’s one of the best. He can remove your traumatic or dangerous memories and and lighten your spirit. But the Order of Mnemosyne requires that the...
Saturday Stories: Jack Who Works the Beanstalk
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Saturday Stories: Connor Bright and the Case of the Purple Unicorn
[thrive_leads id='3788'] Connor Bright dresses and talks just like Crocodile Dundee, but that’s just his way of hiding from his past. He’s a private detective in Phoenix, Arizona and his next case...
Saturday Stories: A Brief Introduction
I write a lot of short stories (I’ll be hitting 100 finished short stories and novelettes later this year) and I am looking for a way to both get them out and share them with all of you. So I'm going...
Of Things Not Seen Stands Alone
I made a mistake last year when I released Of Things Not Seen: A Ghost's Memoir, Book 3. It's the subtitle and the "Book 3" part that is misleading. Kind of. It is Book 3 in the series and features...
Seeing Forever Extended Sample
Some books are just yours. You know them when you read them. There's something about them that speaks to you. Sometimes it's a time and a place and an age you are and the books just sings to you. When...
"The Stars in Hoshi's Eyes" is Out!
I got the email while I was on a work call. The Saturday Evening Post wanted to buy a story of mine called "The Stars in Hoshi's Eyes". THE SATURDAY EVENING POST! This is the American magazine that...
“The Kraken’s Story” is Out!
The monster lurks right below the surface, huge and cruel, ready to lash out with its tentacles and destroy the ship, crushing it, taking it down into the depths, feeding on the crew. That's the story...
Seeing Forever is Almost Here
My next novel, Seeing Forever, is just over a month away (4/14/2018)! It explores some of the themes of my ghost books (love, loss, what makes a life worth living) but does this using science fiction....
"The Kraken's Story" Available for Presale
My next short story, "The Kraken's Story," is up for presale in Undercurrents: An Anthology of What Lies Beneath. This is another fundraiser for the Don Hodges Memorial Scholarship which helps writers...
Drawing the Dead on Sale (January Writing Update)
It's a brand new year, and I have a lot in the writing pipeline. The last few years have been pretty thin on releases and I am going to remedy that this year. So, to that end, I am planning to do a...
New Release! Of Things Not Seen, A Ghost's Memoir, Book 3
Wow, there is a lot to say about this one, but I'll keep it brief up here an expand down below.: The new ghost book is here! The ebook is on sale for $2.99 until 9/1/2017 for all you early buyers....
Join the Team
The free Meteor Attack! promo is almost over (May 1-5). If you want to get it for free on Amazon, get over there now! If you missed the promo, just sign up for my email newsletter and you can get the...
Adventurous Adventures and Heroic Heroes
[caption id="attachment_1335" align="alignleft" width="300"] Adventurous and Heroic![/caption] This post's title, "Adventurous Adventures and Heroic Heroes" may seem a bit odd. I mean, aren't...
A Year in Stories, 2015 Edition
Last year, I did a roundup of 2014 writing-wise and what stories had come out. I wanted to do another one around the first of they year, but January has just gotten away from me. So, better late than never, here's what stories came out in 2015: December This isn't about a released story, but it is worth noting: I was a finalist in the Writers of the Future contest. Very excited to almost win this contest, something I've been working towards for 5+ years. October Life After: Stories of Life, Death, and the Places in Between came out. This is a collection of short stories that go very well, thematically speaking, with my ghost novels (there is even a brand new ghost story in it). Start Reading Learn More “Laura’s Magic Clock" appeared in A Game of Horns: A Purple Unicorn Anthology. This is the second year in a row I landed in one of these unicorn anthologies, and I do love this story (and proceeds go to a good cause). Go get it! Learn More. July Two of my short stories (“Death by Starlight” and “The Last Flight of the Acurus”) were featured on StarShipSofa podcast, episode #394. These are both stories of survival in space, old fashioned sci-fi with a bit of a twist. Acurus was my first sale and appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #58. Starlight is a piece of flash fiction inspired by Acurus and appeared in Every Day Fiction. The narration is beautifully done by Katerine Inskip. Go take a listen now! January 
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Life After Sale
For the next week (through Thursday, November 12th), the Life After ebook is on sale for $0.99 on Amazon.com! Writing short stories is where I started with this crazy adventure. My first novel was an...
Back to the Graveyard
I love my ghost friends: JJ, Jesus, Banquo, and all the rest--they are so real to me. With three novels down and a fourth in the works, I must. My "A Ghost's Memoir" world (Shuffled Off, Drawing the...
Two Short Stories Available in Audio
Two of my short stories ("Death by Starlight" and "The Last Flight of the Acurus") were recently featured on StarShipSofa podcast, episode #394. These are both stories of survival in space, old...
A Valentine's Gift
Falling in love and saving the world... For the next five days Meteor Attack!, the first episode my Superhero/Love Story series, is free over on Amazon. It's Valentines day after all. What could be...
A Year in Stories
2014 had come and gone in a flash of challenges, business, and unique experiences. Some good, some bad, many a humbling mixture of the two. As this blog is mostly about my writing, I thought I would list out my writing releases as a way to both catch you up on what I have been doing and as a way to reflect on my artistic life. So here goes! December Protocol X. Episode 3 of Neutrinoman and Lightningirl: A Love Story. Start Reading Learn More October 
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The Heart of the Hero
I love myths. I love the grand displays such stories can make. Heroes can be heroic. They can display courage and sacrifice themselves for the greater good. They can face their fear and overwhelming...
A Story for Halloween
Back in 2009 when I first started to get serious about writing, my wife was putting together a lovely little writing group. It was a group of good friends that wanted to write various things. A couple...
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Toxicwasteman: A Villain? A Hero?
Death by Starlight now available!
Every Day Fiction just posted my story Death by Starlight. This is a very short (600 words) experimental piece. In the acceptance email I got, the editor used the phrases “poetic imagery” and “vivid...