Cats of War III (my third Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire collection) has arrived at its release day! Fractured Fragment Friday moves on to the tenth story in the series– “The Cat’s Paw.” (BTW – I’m participating in the 14th Annual Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale! Swordsmaster and all my collections are available at 50% off … Continue reading
Today is the release day for Ups and Downs: Detective Jimmy Delaney Collection #3! The collection contains stories 7 – 9 in the Detective Jimmy Delaney series, and today’s Fractured Fragment Friday visits the 8th story – “Possession.” I thought it would be fun to give Jimmy a fantasy element for one episode. Something supernatural, … Continue reading
This week’s Fractured Fragment is from “Hard Times” – the sixth Detective Jimmy Delaney story. “Hard Times” started by seeing too many commercials with women in blue dresses warning me to see a doctor if it lasts more than four hours (the things you see advertised on television now; why, when I was a kid…) … Continue reading
This week we move on to the fourth Detective Jimmy Delaney tale: “The Scent of the Crime.” Our memories are tied tightly into scents, and I wondered if it might be possible to use the combination of scents from a crime scene to trigger a reaction that would give away the perpetrator – that was … Continue reading
This week we visit “The Right Idea” – Detective Jimmy Delaney story #3. I wrote “In a Flash” as a standalone short story, and thought that was it – but then Jimmy said “Hey, what about this other case, and “Mixed Signals” came to be. But once I let Jimmy in he wouldn’t go away. … Continue reading
This week we visit the second of my Detective Jimmy Delaney stories: “Mixed Signals.” As I’ve said before, I never intended to write a SERIES of Detective Jimmy Delaney stories. I had written “In a Flash” as a standalone short story. I expected it to remain that way, but something about Jimmy just stuck with … Continue reading
Today is the release day for “Getting Personal.” I had two self-made story prompts that I referenced for “Getting Personal” – each entered into my IDEAS file over ten years ago: Personal Injury Specialists – when the injury needs to be personal, and Dangerous Bidding. I know the story that resulted had next to nothing … Continue reading
Our cancel culture seems to be intent on removing words from our dialog (and without words, what’s left?) Sorry, I’m a writer, and part of my thinking revolves around the importance of FREEDOM OF SPEECH and its sister FREEDOM OF THOUGHT. If certain words are outlawed from being spoken, how easy is it to address … Continue reading
“Inheritance” came from a combination of grave-robbers, the artifacts AND servants buried in tombs, and a touch of being careful what you wish for. Wealth isn’t always what you think, and just as one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, it works in reverse, too. Here’s the Blurb When Amun discovers that his family is … Continue reading
on this, the release Day of Weird, But Not TOO Scary Tales That’s right – this is the release day for Weird, But Not TOO Scary Tales, my latest – and first themed – collection, containing 21 short fictions. Within these pages you will find ghosts, undead, demons, assassins, villains, aliens, and the mostly normal … Continue reading
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