D.T. Iverson: Stories

I like hardboiled film noir, especially Raymond Chandler. Noir means "dark "and this piece is certainly that. I am exploring why people do self-destructive things. None of the characters are good. But none are bad either; with one glaring exception. I hope you enjoy - DT

Josette is uncannily beautiful. She also does wet work for the Mossad as the Needle. Peter is exceptionally handsome and chivalrous. He is also so deadly that he is known as the Archangel in the shadowy world of espionage. Peter and Josette are far too perfect to experience conventional love until they rediscover each other during the Six-Day War. This completes the story of brave little Josette from "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" and noble Peter from "American Patrol." I hope you enjoy.

Stories about adultery are so emotionally polarizing that it’s hard to have a rational discussion. Hence, I don’t waste my time. But I had no new ideas. So, I thought I’d pick through the nuances of infidelity in a unique instance. This is the “twins” warhorse, which has been ridden so often it's bowlegged. Nevertheless, I tried to keep the interactions real and ensure the responses were logical. I hope you enjoy… DT

They were a team of opposites. She was white-hot, passionate. He was laid back. He was an iconoclast. She was a sultry preppie beauty with an attitude. Yet, they completed each other. This story is different for me. It is a simple character-driven tale about two people who genuinely love each other and how they deal with one partner’s infidelity. I like twists. But his time, I stuck with the simple question of how a couple who belong together can possibly reconcile a betrayal. Read on and see.

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Is there ever a situation when infidelity isn't infidelity? This story explores that question. The evidence is all there. But the circumstances beg for a different interpretation. So, hop on the bus. The journey will take you past the boundaries of reality into a special evening when the spirits of the dead can wreak havoc on the living. I hope you enjoy your trip.

She was a Mage, and he was a Paladin. Okay... They were really just nerds who met at a party and fell in love. But she was also gorgeous. So, the inevitable happened. Sadly, for her seducer, our hero has a particular set of skills, which he applies to resolve the situation. That might've ended it. But before the two of them can talk, fate intervenes. Now he has to get on with his life with a mere hundred million dollars in his pocket and a cat that isn’t quite a cat. Read on and learn how. / (Reviews)

This takes the narrator on a trip from callow youth to mature wisdom. The historical context is the construction of the transcontinental railway. But the plot is focused on the narrator's personal evolution, which in many respects would be the same in any time period. This is a long one. So, you always face the problem of how to post it. Personally, I prefer to get the whole thing in a single package rather than have it dribbled out in installments. I hope you enjoy my little story... DT

As promised. this is the next book in my Hilley series. Once again, voting is disabled until the last installment. Somebody has a rogue atomic bomb and they plan to make a statement. Hilley and Mel are on the case, along with their aristocratic friend Pru. Follow the trail from London, to LA to Washington DC as our intrepid agents track down the bad guys and one very bad girl. Of course there is plenty of "action" as the three women work their way from one challenge after another.

Readers from both sites suggested that I port some of my better received stories over here. And who doesn't love a do-over? Especially if you can clean up a slightly buggy original and incorporate reader feedback? I can't tell you why I got off on my Hemingway kick - probably lack of creativity on my part. But, I can't think of any story that would be harder to adapt than the Old Man and the Sea. So of course I had to try it. I hope you enjoy it - DT

Marriage is a bet that you make at an age when your decisions are rarely informed by common sense. Hence, marriages succeed about half the time. This story is about those other times— the times when love and respect turn into the desire to trade up. Read on, and you will discover an era populated by some of the most interesting characters in American history… and a love that was meant to be—even if it DID involve violating the laws of time and space to make it so.