Short Story Collections

• A ghost trying to solve his own murder…
• An old man in a care home fighting for meaning at the end of his life…
• A holographic husband helping his wife through her grief…
• A couple living their lives knowing exactly how they are going to die…

These stories explore life before and after death. From sci-fi to fantasy to contemporary fiction, this collection from the author of the A Ghost’s Memoir Series brings the same whit, humor, and relatable characters to further explore the ideas of death and what that means to us the living.

Featuring “Detecting Haley,” a new novella in the world of Shuffled Off that follows a new ghost as he tries to solve his own murder (featuring the fan favorite ghost, Banquo, from Shuffled Off, Drawing the Dead, and To Be a Fool).

• A gritty sci-fi / western featuring a genetically modified talking horse
• A karmic sci-fi apocalypse haunted by the "ghosts" of the dead
• A man who erases memories, desperate to remember something important
• An old-fashioned story of survival in space, with a twist

These stories by Robert J. McCarter are different, strange. They are the anomalies, the divergences from his usual storytelling. Darker. Stranger. Weirder.

Genres span the spectrum from a contemporary tale of a cowboy detective in Arizona hiding from his past, to a human judge in an AI controlled far-future sci-fi world, to a fantasy story about a man seeing silent ghosts in the forest who are trying to tell him something.

Featuring Designation Null, a finalist in the Writers of the Future Contest, and twelve other stories, embark on a unique adventure with Anomalous Readings.

Two dragons, a kraken, Cthulhu and a bunch of zombies, lots of monsters here. A couple of unicorns, a naiad, the Grim Reaper, and the Devil, plenty of creatures too.

From the fertile imagination of Robert J. McCarter comes Creatures Featured, a collection of 13 stories that cross genres and take some old stories in exciting new directions. Each tale featuring his unique style of storytelling.

Expect surprises and wonder at the creatures featured here.

What happens when you take the fertile imagination of a science fiction and fantasy writer and apply that to modern, contemporary stories? In these pages, Robert J. McCarter does just that, applying the wit, compassion, and character-oriented approach of his sci-fi work to stories a little closer to home with stunning results.

From what happens after “happily ever after” reaches its inevitable conclusion, to a tender coming of age story (or two), to a mouse-eyed perspective on human-sized problems. This collection runs the gamut from mystery to romance, from light to dark, from familiar to unique.

Buckle up for an extraordinary journey as McCarter masterfully blends sci-fi sensibilities with contemporary narratives, delivering a mesmerizing collection that defies convention.

Time. Limited. Inescapable. Precious beyond measure. But what happens when time doesn’t follow the rules we all know? What are the possibilities? The perils?

In this innovative and thought-provoking collection, Robert J. McCarter, author of Contemporary Musings: Sixteen Contemporary Stories from a Sci-Fi Writer, explores the concepts of time and time travel from many different angles and genres. From fantasy to science fiction, from the wild west to the far future, from casual loops to Einstein’s theory of special relativity, and more.

Find time for an exciting journey into the past and the future through the fabric of time itself with these unforgettable, page-turning stories

The winter holiday season is full of wonders, represented beautifully by this collection of short stories by Robert J. McCarter.

It’s all here: from romance to mystery to time travel to action and adventure; from a musical to a period journey in the hollow earth; from Thanksgiving all the way through Valentine’s Day.

Each story provides a unique look on the wonders of our winter holidays, including:

• Meet Cute: The Musical: A daring prose musical complete with the lyrics of five original songs
• A Hollow Earth Thanksgiving: A rousing adventure in the hollow earth in 1899
• Ghosted: A tender ghostly romance
• The Great Turkey Heist: A nostalgic adventure where stealing a turkey means everything to three kids and their family
• Line Dancing with Vampires: A action-packed crime story featuring Phoenix detective Conner Bright

If you love the winter holidays, curl up with Winter Wonders for a unique and unforgettable experience of the holiday season.