Fiction

The fiction available here falls into several categories:

The Observer Tales

A dark romantic, Age of Sail world — with a touch of pulp fiction grit — the setting of a series of novels:

Book 1 – The Lemaigne Casebook or The Crow And The Kinnebeck
Book 2 – The Ligan Of The Disomus
Book 3 – The Chief Of Creatures
Book 4 – The Blade And The Purse

On The Head Of A Pin – A supernatural noir novella.

When “Sufi chick” Núr Lucas hires him to locate the angel of despair, private detective C. R. Oliver thinks he’s taking another safe and easy missing-person case, but he soon finds himself swept into the otherworldly schemes of the Seven Sins, the emotional manipulation of his own client, and the temptations of a young fallen angel who clues him in to the secret for cheating Death Herself.

Short Stories
A collection of short fiction of various genres:

“Banter” [multiple short stories] Western
When the bullets have stopped flying, all that’s left to do is talk.

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“Heather Hadrigal” [featured on 22 January 2011] Paranormal
A strange girl, a hunted fugitive, or a predatory chimæra from a dream?

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“Reading Cats” [featured on 29 January 2011] Science fiction
What could possibly go wrong using genetic engineering to bring “cat ladies” and “book guys” together?

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“Tyson’s Corner” [featured on 09 April 2010] Political/Psychological
Seven bombs explode simultaneously in a suburb of Washington, DC, and the 24-hour news cycle reacts.

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“The Wings of Butterflies” [featured on 18 June 2011] Paranormal
A little girl claims an “angel farmer” called the Hoffer Man is teaching her to make a flying cloak from dead butterflies.

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“Preemption” [featured on 05 February 2011] Modern realist
What stands between the “meet-cute” and happily ever after?

“To Every Thing” [featured on 15 January 2011] Southern
To settle a dispute between Big Henry and Little Henry, Chip seeks out the mysterious Old Duck.