Stalking the Ya-Te-Veo

The door to the Adventurer’s Club slammed against the wall. The gathered men turned to see who was so uncouth as to make such a racket. Lord Stanley Rockridge stood framed in the doorway, a shadowy silhouette against the dappled sunlight illuminating the front garden of the mansion. His chest heaved as if he had […]

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The Night of the Funeral

“Johnny stop that,” Mister Hodges shouted across the room. Kenneth Hodges, owner of Hodges’ Funeral Parlor, crossed the preparation room at a near jog. Johnny Williams, his assistant, stood over the embalming table with a trocar poised to enter the body of Harold Zigler who lay dead and uncaring on the stainless steel table. “What’s […]

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A Child of Innsmouth

#flashfiction “Mother, I believe the child is going to come today,” Prudence said. She levered herself up from the wooden chair and waddled across the kitchen to her mother. She grasped her mother’s hand and placed it on her distended abdomen. Her mother’s bulging eyes widened as she felt the rapid movements beneath the skin. […]

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The 10 Most Popular Destinations for First Time Time Travelers

#flashfiction Everyone remembers the first time they traveled. Trying and exploring someplace new is always exciting. When that someplace is actually in a different time your adventures become exponentially more exciting. For you, first-time time traveler our intrepid chrononauts have assembled the top 10 destinations to make your first vacation through time one that you’ll […]

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Background story for my Irin Knight novel

This is a story set in the past of the fictional world of my novel The Light Within. It describes the moment the Irin came to be. The Story of Armoni – the first Irin Armoni son of Giled was tired. The visit by the Atlantean trade delegation was more tiring than he expected. All day […]

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The Striped Worm

#flashfiction “Ow, what the hell?” Genevieve jumped up from her chair knocking it to the floor with a sound like the trump of doom. “Phil. Phil!” Her shout finally punched through the sounds of battle in my headphones. I pulled the right earpiece off and looked across the room at her. She was balancing against […]

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