Jacob is a young boy who insists his name is Mark and that he used to live in a nearby village in the 1930s. His parents agree to drive him to the village to put his delusions to rest.
When they arrive, they discover that not only is their son...
New York 's Lombardo's Steak House is famous for three reasons-the menu, the clientele, and now, the gruesome murder of an infamous mob lawyer. Effortlessly, the assassin slips through the police's fingers, and his absence sparks a blaze of...
‘Eeny, meeny, miny, moe...’ It is thirty years since FBI special agent Atlee Pine’s twin sister, Mercy, was taken from the room they shared as young children. Notorious serial killer Daniel James Tor, was caught and convicted of other murders,...
‘Somebody!’ I half-sob and then, more quietly, ‘Please.’ The words seem absorbed by the afternoon heat, lost amongst the trees. In their aftermath, the silence descends again. I know then that I’m not going anywhere…
Sean is on the...
Seventeen original stories about the 'city of cats'Set in a world that exists on the same plane as humans, yet is hidden from us, Catopolis introduces readers to an assortment of cats, ranging from a feline Seer who must take destiny into...
The CIA employs contractors recruited from elite military units for bodyguard and security work in high risk environments and for deniable ops. The most skilled and lethal of these operatives are known as scorpions.
One of these scorpions is a...
I love nothing better than surprising the readers of my short stories with a big twist in the end. They think the story is going in one direction and, bang, it ends up some place else. This is true of A Dish Served Cold, a crime short story set...
When Ben Kincaid gets an accused cop-killer off the hook, the police declare a vendetta
It is one of the most gruesome murders Oklahoma has ever seen. A horribly mutilated man is found chained to a statue in the middle of downtown...