(Note – This has the same content as the main fiction page but there are no descriptions for the main stories.)

Although I often portray myself as a man of all arts, when you get right down to it I’m a writer of fiction. My character driven stories often have a bit of the fantastic to them and sometimes can be considered fantasy or science fiction. I’ll let you be the judge on how to classify them. Below are links to the stories I’ve posted here so far.

A New Life
A series of tongue in cheek stories about a poor, misunderstood creature. Most of these stories are all 750 words or less.

Please refer to the  “A New Life – AKA Frank” Page

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Stand Alone
A wide range of stories on many topics.  The are in the order they were originally posted.  Post dates given.

 Laura’s Eyes – 12/16/13

 I’ve Seen Worse –  12/28/13

 A Brief Encounter – 1/9/14

 A Love that Lasts Forever –  2/24/14

 It’s All About Timing – 3/9/14

 With Limited Vision – 3/15/14

 Our Story –  3/16/14

 From the Sounds of Silence to the Wall of Sound – 3/21/14

 A Few of My Favorite Things – 3/28/14

 What the Beach Tells Me – 3/31/14

 Another Red Day – 4/12/14

The Magic Wand –  5/2/2014 (Colorized version)

Will –  5/26/2014

 Chant –  8/8/2014

And the Sky Opened – 8/15/2014

Gwenda –  8/22/2014

Handrake’s Painting – 9/19/2014

The Jungle of My Dreams –  10/3/2014

First Impressions – 10/10/2014

Break the Cycle –  10/24/2014

Enter Through the Sid-Door – 11/7/2014

 For a Slice – 11/14/2014

The Heavenly Pie – 11/14/2014

Now, About My Cousin – 11/21/2014

A Gargantuan Farce –  11/24/2014

Why Haven’t You Called? – 12/5/2014

 The 15 Year Pin –  12/12/2014

Mr. Carvish’s Tears –  4/17/2015

For the Safety of the Planet -5/8/2015

 A New Direction – 5/15/2015

 Mistview Manor – 6/12/2015

 Riders on the Sand – 6/19/2015

 Late for Dinner – 7/10/2015

 Just Like Normal –  7/17/2015

 The Minaturizer –  7/24/2015

 Once in a Blue Moon – 8/3/2015

Of Cads and Cards –   8/17/2015

Devon –  10/23/2015

Wendell –   10/30/2115

Respect –   10/30/2015

Blood Hollow –  10/31/2015

Why are They Here? –  11/6/2015

A Bot by Any Other Name – 11/13/2015

The Return (Who is There?) – 12/4/2015

The Misfits –  12/18/2015

The Meeting –  1/11/2015

The Return –  1/15/2016

 Robert –  1/22/2016

The Time Machine? –  2/2/2016

Evil in the Walls – 2/5/2016

The Gate –  2/12/2016

The Dragon – 3/18/2016

Child of the Light – 3/25/2016

The Spell – 4/1/2016

A Waste of Resources – 4/15/2016

Barbed Wire – 4/22/2016

Visit – 5/6/2016

I Looked into Infinity – 5/13/2016

Just Another Day – 5/20/2016

Forever and a Day – 7/1/2016

The Art of Slaying a Dragon – 7/8/2016

Val – 7/22/2016

Summer Camp – 7/29/2016

Captain Grey – 8/12/2016

Baling Day – 8/19/2016

Five Long Walks – 9/2/2016

Alyssa – 9/9/2016

To Stop the Rain – 9/22/2016 (Adult Content – ask for a password)

Autumn Calling – 9/23/2016

Temptation – 9/30/2016

Songs of Ocean and Moon – 10/13/2016

The Encounter – 10/21/2016

Gus – 10/28/2016

Number Fifty Four – 11/4/2016

The Builder – 11/11/2016

Blocked Ray – 12/2/2016

Memories of Earth – 12/9/2016

Protectors – 12/30/2016

Where are You? – 1/13/2017

The Clock had Different Ideas – 1/27/2017

Ticking Time Bomb – 2/3/2017

Post Game Activity – 2/5/2017

Tryst – 2/16/2017

The Bridge of Our Forefathers – 2/23/2017

Spring – 3/2/2017

Siren’s Song – 3/3/2017

Horizon – 3/9/2017

Deep – 3/16/2017

Empty – 3/23/2017

A Leaf – 3/24/2017

Gold – 3/30/2017

Stones – 4/6/2017

Enigma – 4/13/2017

Shore – 4/20/2017

Child – 4/27/2017

Obelisk – 5/4/2017

Inside Out – 5/17/2017

Derelict – 5/25/2017

Wings – 6/8/2017

Twilight – 6/17/2017

What Goes Down – 7/7/2017

Categorize This! – 7/13/2017

Security Meeting – 7/21/2017

Marv’s Food – 8/4/2017

An Early Morning Paddle – 9/1/2017

Opening – 9/8/2017

The Further Adventures of Author Man – 10/27/2017

The Display – 10/31/2017

Eye – 11/7/2017

Luna – 11/10/2017

Haven – 11/16/2017

Bleak – 11/23/2017

Magic – 11/30/2017

Portal – 12/7/2017

A Ship on a Foggy Morning – 12/8/2017

Mists – 12/14/2017

Blue – 12/28/2017

Window (Take 1) – 1/4/2-18
Window (Take 2) – 1/5/2018

The Beautiful Stars – 1/8/2018

Crow – 1/11/2018

When All is Said and Done – 1/15/2018

Distant – 1/18/2018

Woodland (Part 1) – 1/25/2018
Woodland (Part 2) – 1/26/2018

Shrine – 2/1/2018

Sanctuary (Part 1) – 2/8/2017
Sanctuary (Part 2) – 2/9/2018

Between – 2/15/2018

Dusk – 2/22/2018

Dark – 3/1/2018

Arch – 3/8/2018

Midnight’s Flower – 4/6/2018

Wishes – (7-12-2018)

The Summit – (7-19-2018)

The Stone – (2/27/2018)

Track – (8-2-2018)

Indian Summer– 11/9/2018

Buckle Up, My Dear– (12/7/2018)

Cold War – (1/6/2019)

Honor – (1/10/2019)

Imagination – (1/18/2019)

Snowfall – (1-24-2019)

Fragrant – (1-31-2019)

Blade – (2-7-2019)

Timeless– (2-21-2019)
Timeless (Take 2) – (2-26-2019)

Release Me – (3-6-2019)

Tranquil – (3-7-2019)

The Painting – (3-8-2019)

Sign – (3-14-2019)

Rift – (3-21-2019)

Bright – (3-29-2019)

Threshold – (4-4-2019)

What’s Beyond Beyond – (4-18-2019)

Monochrome – (5-2-2019)

A Whir in My Ears – (5-3-2019)

Rooted – (5-9-2019)

Wicker – (5-16-2019)

Transition – (5-23-2019)

The Yearning – (5-30-2019)

Out of Place (1) – (6-7-2019)
Out of Place (2) – (6-14-2019)
Out of Place (3) – (8-9-2019)

Forgotten – (6-21-2019)

Castle – (7-11-2019)

Clarity (7-18-2019)

Aflame – (7-25-2019)

Destination – (8-1-2019)

Welcome Home – (8-2-2019)

Within – (8-8-2019)

Journey – (8-15-2019)

Mirror – (8-22-2019)

Poised – (9-5-2019)

Reaching – (9-12-2019)

Murmur – (9-19-2019)

Early Man (9-20-2019)

Harbinger – (9-26-2017)

Copper – (10-3-2019)

The Calling – (10-17-2019)

Balefire – (10-24-2019)

Web – (10-31-2019)

The Final Battle – (11-1-2019)

Glow – (11-7-2019)

Glass – (11-14-2019)

Light – (11-22-2019)

Shimmer – (12-5-2019)

The Last Passenger – (12-11-2019)

Chill – (12-12-2019)

Angel – (12-20-2019)

Fume – (1-2-2020)

The Skull– (1-12-2020)

Hopping – (1-14-2020)

Keep – (1-16-2020)

Don’t Ask Alice! – (1-17-2020)

Entrance – (1-23-2020)

Daybreak – (1-30-2020)

Choice (2-7-2020)

Storm (2-14-2020)

Still (2-21-2020)

Memory (2-27-2020)

Good Advice (2-28-2020)

The Plan (3-30-2020)

Together (4-2-2020)

Bells (4-9-2020)

The Eve of Destruction (4-23-2020)

Cascade (4-30-2020)

Causeway (5-7-2020)

Dance (5-14-2020)

Painted (5-21-2020)

The Guardian (5-28-2020)

Fantasy Island (5-29-2020)

Secret (6-11-2020)

Dream (7-2-2020)

Vista (7-9-2020)

Shimmer (7-16-2020)

Memory’s Last Masterpiece (7-22-2020)

Darkness (7-23-2020)

Capturing the Essence (7-24-2020)

Worn (7-30-2020)

Fantasy (8-6-2020)

Human, or… (8-7-2020)

Crescent (8-20-2020)

Token (8-27-2020)

Boys Will Be Boys (8-28-2020)

Serenity (9-3-2020)

Beneath (new) (12-3-2020)

It’s Cold Outside (1-8-2021)

Return (1-22-2021)

Guarded (1-28-2021)

Appointed (2-4-2021)

Deeper (2-11-2021)

Neptune (3-18-2021)

Table (3-25-2021)

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Friday Fictioneer – Stories of 100 words or less.  Some flash fiction.

The Town Meeting 12/10/2015

Dust – 12/17/2015

Simon – 12/23/2015

Jason – 1/8/2016

The Return – 1/13/2016

The Stairway – 1/14/2016

Fickle Fame? – 1/20/2016

Isn’t it Pathétique? – 1/21/2016

Our Sonata – 1/22/2016

It was an Instant, as if We Were… – 1/28/2016

Warm Days, Gentle Nights – 2/3/2016

Speak Easy – 2/4/2016

The Place of Death – 2/11/2016

Portal – 2/18/2016

The Prototype – 3/3/2016

Recharged – 3/4/2016

Momma – 3/24/2016

A Life Lived Positive – 3/30/2016

The Spell – 3/31/2016

The Mill – 4/8/2016

Symbols from Antiquity – 4/14/2016

Amazing Journey – 4/15/2016

Barbed Wire – 4/21/2016

The Buyer – 4/28/2016

Dreaming – 5/12/2016

The Waiting Room – 5/18/2016

When Her Bus Came In – 5/19/2016

Rite of Passage – 6/1/2016

Pillow Fort – 6/10/2016

Theater of the Absurd – 6/16/2016

The Trick – 6/16/2016

Ballet Mècanique – 6/16/2016

A Distant Future – 6/23/2016

Mr. Fergusson – 7/1/2016

And Winter Descended – 7/1/2016

Behavioral Study #431 – 7/7/2016

The Tourist – 7/7/2016

Symbols and Monuments – 7/20/2016

Waterhole – 7/28/2016

18 Hours – 7/28/2016

The Batcatcher – 8/11/2016

Sea Smoothed Stones – 8/17/2016

Heavenly Lights – 9/22/2016

Continuity Plan – 9/28/2016

Not Again… – 11/3/2016

The Builder – 11/10/2016

My Bass – 11/16/2016

The Fugitives – 12/1/2016

Ghosts of the Past – 12/8/2016

Henry – 12/15/2016

Patriots Diner – 12/22/2016

The Old Diner – 12/23/2016

Theater of 2016 – 12/29/2016

Good Help is Hard to Find – 1/4/2017

Rebirth – 1/19/2017

Great Grandfather Irving – 1/26/2017

White – 2/2/2017

Trial of Validation – 2/8/2017

Daredevil – 2/9/2017

Human Too – 2/15/2017

Stars – 2/22/2017

Silver Lining – 3/1/2017

Camp Out – 3/1/2017

Executive Meeting – 3/8/2017

Yesterday? – 3/15/2017

Security – 3/22/2017

Authentic Pirates Cruise! – 3/29/2017

Shadow of the Heart – 4/5/2017

Final Celebration – 4/12/2017

Great Aunt Isabel – 4/19/2017

When the Frost Comes Early – 4/26/2017

Place of Consequence – 5/4/2017

Found – 5/10/2017

Diner – 5/17/2017

What’s for Dinner – 5/24/2017

The Sun Rose at Midnight – 5/31/2017

Treasured Pants – 6/7/2017

Creativity Interrupted – 6/9/2017

Moonlit Palms – 6/14/2017

Last Ferry – 6/21/2017

My Two Cents – 6/21/2017

Efficiency – 7/5/2017

Ancient Magic – 7/12/2017

Autonomous – 7/17/2017

Your Call Cannot Be Completed… – 7/26/2017

Your Cat… – 7/26/2017

Fresh Flowers – 8/2/2017

Research Journal, Last Page – 8/9/2017

Away From It All – 8/23/2017

Ruins – 8/30/2017

Glow of the Evening – 9/6/2017

Desolation – 9/8/2017

I’ll be Right Back – 9/20/2017

A Dare – 9/27/2017

Heading for Warmer Waters – 10/4/2017

Friday the 13th – 10/11/2017

What the Old Oak Knew – 10/18/2017

The Battle of Halloween – 10/25/2017

The Greatest of These – 11/8/2017

The Fire – 11/15/2017

More Than a River in Egypt – 11/22/2017

In Progress – 11/29/2017

But the Weatherman Promised – 12/6/2017

I Chose a Romantic Spot – 12/13/2017

To a Different Time – 12/20/2017

A Temporary Exhibit – 1/3/2018

Letter Home – 1/10/2018

Summer of ’71 – 1/17/2018

New Car – 1/24/2018

Spirit of the Trees – 1/31/2018

Not Ready for Reality – 3/7/2018

Sure Doom – 3/14/2018

Famous Last Words – 3/21/2018

Summer Cottage – 3/28/2018

I’m a Part of Art and Art’s a Part of Me – 4/4/2018

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Lessons in Stories

Sometimes the best way to illustrate a point is by creating a story around it.  That is, a lesson told as a story or story centered around a lesson.

Tone it Down Part I & Tone it Down Part II – A lesson about describing a fictitious future-noire world. 4/18/14

Tom Swiftly Cleanup Your Dialog Tags! – The dialog tags are running amok.  A little advice is thrown in to save the day, but will it save the eggs? 5/7/2014

To Stop the Bloravitz – He holds the key to stop the dread Bloravitz, but will Mark be able to decipher the secret?  A story based on previous posts about Topic Switching. 6/13/2014

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Color Pencil Drawing by Trent P McDonald