Short Stories

Spellbound

The veiled woman came to him seeking relief from her unusual phobia; what he uncovered in her mind was beyond anything in this world.

The Venetian Quarterly

A meeting of hijacking survivors at a remote mansion. A perfect murder and a house full of suspects.

The Boundless Realm

Their world was threatened by a cosmic cataclysm. Only one young boy's grandfather could foresee the devastation and plan a way for their history to survive in the coming darkness.


Crimson

A social worker takes a frightening call.

Prometheus Found

A Frankenstein sequel/zombie-apocalypse mash-up, featured in the anthology WHEN THE VILLAIN COMES HOME.

For Sale

A real estate sales pitch for the ultimate creepy haunted house, complete with footnotes and fun, in the humor-tinted BLOOD LITE 3: AFTERTASTE.


The Shiva Objective

A prequel to THE PHAROS OBJECTIVE, featuring assassin-psychic Nina Osseni trapped in a 'most dangerous game', hunted by the world's best killers against the backdrop of the mysterious Taj Mahal.

The Smithsonian Objective

A free standalone digital short, a teaser involving one of the members of the Morpheus Initiative, taking place after THE PHAROS OBJECTIVE. A desperate search for something hidden in the Grand Canyon leads to a descent into the secret archives under the Smithsonian.

Roadside Assistance

Debuting May 1st, 2010 in Horrorworld. After a gruesome car accident, a diabolical GPS device torments a man trapped in the wreckage.


Blackout Man

Appearing in Talebones #38. At the NSA a very special man works at protecting the nation's darkest secrets. (Honorable Mention - Best Horror of the Year, 2009).

Plastromancer

Published in issue #12 of Paradox. In ancient China, a diviner uses tortoise shells to foretell the doom of an empire.

Internal Affairs

Published in issue #1.3 of Withersin. A GI in Iraq is a modern-day entrailist who uses his prophetic talents to keep himself and his team alive - at a terrible cost.


Combers

A mystery, following five people searching a field for a missing boy. One of them is the murderer.

Stowaway

Shortlisted in Albedo One's 2nd Annual Aeon Contest, about a prophetic stowaway who predicts galactic apocalypse.

The Red Envelope

A naive American in Taiwan finds himself bound by their customs to be the groom in a 'ghost marriage' to a deceased girl. He remains faithful until one day he falls in love with another woman... and his wife does not approve.


Chain Letter

An electronic crimes detective must hunt down a vicious serial killer bent on murdering every recipient of an email chain letter. Published in Futures Mystery, Sep-Oct 2005.

Past Tense

A radical view of alternate history, told from the standpoint of a desperate man who is alone in his ability to perceive quantum reality shifts occurring constantly and always re-writing history. Published in Would That It Were, Jan. 2003.

Guardians

About a team of galactic rescue workers, called upon to aid planets undergoing cataclysmic upheavals. What happens when those they're helping refuse to leave?


Chain Letter

An electronic crimes detective must hunt down a vicious serial killer bent on murdering every recipient of an email chain letter. Published in Futures Mystery, Sep-Oct 2005.

Past Tense

A radical view of alternate history, told from the standpoint of a desperate man who is alone in his ability to perceive quantum reality shifts occurring constantly and always re-writing history. Published in Would That It Were, Jan. 2003.

Guardians

About a team of galactic rescue workers, called upon to aid planets undergoing cataclysmic upheavals. What happens when those they're helping refuse to leave?


Rescue Shelter

Published in Frightnet and The Reaper. An old woman is forced to leave her home in Louisiana in advance of Hurricane Hugo. She has never left it in 40 years, ever since magically protecting her house against the intrusion of a patient and vengeful spirit...

Double or Nothing

Published in Plot Magazine (Spring, 1996), an updated Deal-with-the-Devil tale, played out in the casinos of Las Vegas for the highest stakes.

Tour Guide

Published in the 1st (and only) issue of Manifest Destiny (in 1993). The last days of the Earth are chronicled by an ageless robot, nostalgically trying to recall his early days and the history of the race that had long since departed.


Checkmate

Two brothers wage an enchanted game of Chess for the highest stakes while the Gods patiently await the outcome. Gothic Light, 1993.

Hotline

A social worker takes a frightening call. Crimson, Jan. 1999.

The One Below

A helicopter pilot disrupts a human sacrifice, unwittingly allowing a monstrous deity back from the depths in this H.P. Lovecraft inspired tale. Mythos Collector, 2002.


Seeker

A tortured scientist's noble creation, the ultimate criminal deterrent, goes horribly wrong. Black Moon, 1997.

Under Hypnosis

The veiled woman came to him seeking relief from her unusual phobia; what he uncovered in her mind was beyond anything in this world. Spellbound, 1995.

Vestige

Their world was threatened by a cosmic cataclysm. Only one young boy's grandfather could foresee the devastation and plan a way for their history to survive in the coming darkness. The Boundless Realm, 2001.


The Reunion

A meeting of hijacking survivors at a remote mansion. A perfect murder and a house full of suspects. The Venetian Quarterly, 1993.

X-Files: The Truth Is Out There

Mulder and Scully track a NASA informant claiming to have proof of extraterrestrial evidence discovered by a satellite on a nearby comet. But of course with these cases nothing is as it seems.