Garlic With An S

In the fall, after the accident, he planted the garlic to form a giant letter. In spring he can't remember why.
(7700 words)

Waiting for Margot

While Dave waits for his mysterious midnight date, his friend Stanley tries to explain why she's never going to show up.
(A three-character play. 3700 words)

Alec in Otherland

Alec and Laura fall down through a sink hole and land in Otherland. To get home they must climb a mountain and fall up.
(6600 words)

Closet Space

The walk-in closet in Beverly's new apartment is deep. Very deep.
(7300 words)

Cold Christmas

A different kind of Christmas celebration.
(6500 words)

Land Line

She would always call on the land-line phone to tell him she was safely back in harbour. Not this time though.
(3700 words)

Sea Change

An attempt to end all her troubles becomes an opportunity for rebirth.
(3000 words)

Fast Fiction Files

A quartet of short stories, some sad, some strange, but each <1500 words.
(5000 words)

Gone Fishing

Emma and Ryan skip school to go fishing -- and maybe hook a murderer.
(2400 words)

The Wuss and the Witch

Some war wounds are more obvious than others.
(5000 words)

The Executioners

When does execution itself become murder?
(3450 words)

Jack on Ice

In early March the ice should still be safe. Is it?
(3100 words)

A Box Full of Wishes

It's a box full of wishes. That's what the old man said.
(2000 words)

Star-Map to Murder

Private investigator Magnus Forth is called in when a valuable artifact -- the Aytorna Astrolabe -- is stolen from the History Department of the local university. He soon finds himself pressed to solve a murder in academia.

Just for fun. (16000 words)

Part I: A Simple Theft

Part II: Astronomy For Beginners

Part III: A History Lesson