Read Short Fiction Stories
listed below in order of the date they were published, with new stories first.
A near future story. Updated with new chapters. Detective Derek Steele has been hired to find a missing immigrant rights activist in a crumbling American city. What he finds in his search imperils his life and his beliefs.
Small decisions and choices make all the difference in the lives of these characters. Or do they?
A dying young man looks back on his childhood and remembers a special tree.
The wedding of a poor clerk's daughter to a wealthy man's son stirs up lots of gossip and speculation among the ladies of the community.
A young Philippine woman tries to find a way to survive after the death of both her parents.
A wife & mother struggles with lack of fulfillment and the drudgery of her daily routine as she agonizes over what might have been.
A girl climbs her favorite tree in a rainstorm and waxes philosophical with a boy who wonders what she is doing up a tree in a rainstorm.
Twleve jurors are brutally murdered after their "not guilty" verdict sets the defendant free.
Children bake cookies to send to soldier's in Iraq, and get a memorable visit from a veteran soldier.
When Ben saw the small silver thing heading for him, he tried to move out of the way but it hit him in the middle of the forehead and the lights went out.
My story is about a spoiled rich boy that gets a visit from aliens to teach him to be humble.
A young boy's already miserable life takes a terrible turn for the worse.
A young single mother living in Lima, Peru, struggling to survive and care for her two girls, makes a drastic decision she believes will solve all their problems....
An historical English ghost story set in the hot summer of 1955...
A high school romance ends when he joins the Navy and leaves her, but rekindles when he returns.