This is a work of short fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in this short story are entirely fictional and are of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or organizations or persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental. This story is dedicated to my friend, John Gregory Herring, aka “Spotflare”…
Category: Short Stories
The Apotheosis of Benny: Short Story
Obscenity warning. This is all catharsis. And fictionalised slapstick. An experiment in creating a backdrop for an unpleasant experience I might have had in TES IV: New England, being the only sober guy in a gang of wignats hanging around an Irish bar. I am not Benny. The Apotheosis of Benny: Short Story — The Sperg…
“Thank You for Your Service”
This is a work of Short Fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in this short story are entirely fictional and are of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or organizations or persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental. The old man stood in front of the full length mirror admiring…
American Requiem
This is a work of Fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in this short story are entirely fictional and are of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or organizations or persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental. “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the…
Forever and a Day
In memory of the 77th Anniversary of D-Day The flak was ungodly and the pilots had no choice. They green lit the stick going way too low and way too fast. When Hank left the plane he was upside down looking up at his deployed canopy as fountains of orange and red tracer…
More Original Short Fiction
Check out my latest modern crime short story (and my homage to Boston Noir) The Last Good Chance under my Original Short Fiction tab. Thanks for Reading!
Original Short Fiction
FYI: I added a tab on the home page titled Original Short Fiction You will be able to find ALL of my short fiction stories here. I will also be adding some older stories once they are edited so please check back regularly. Thanks for Reading and for the Support! Stay Dangerous!
The Last Good Chance
This is a work of short fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in this short story are entirely fictional and are of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or organizations or persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Tuesday Detective First Grade Jimmy Boland took three steps into the…
The Year of the Knife
(Authors Note: As a change of pace, I am going to start publishing a few original short stories now and again for you guys. Some of these stories were written recently and inspired from actual events, while others were begun some time ago. I wrote “The Year of the Knife” while the epidemic of terrorist knife attacks…
Singularity- Future Tense or Tense Future?
A Sci-Fi short story about homeland security at the edge of humanity Singularity Secretary Turing was still half asleep, restlessly tossing in bed, trying to shake the visceral angst she had been building up throughout the night. She was somnolent enough to continue her dream yet awake enough to realize it was rapidly becoming…