David Shaw: Stories

On the eve of the Wimbledon final, champion Maude Oakes’s prized racket is stolen and returned only at a scandalous price. With Holmes abroad, Dr Watson and former Baker Street Irregular Wiggins take the case—only to uncover an elaborate scheme of blackmail, abduction and very improper gamesmanship.

Castle privy-boy Hal owns the kingdom’s greatest treasure: Josephine, the world’s only known dragon. When a disastrous encounter with Morgana le Fay turns him from servant into duke and would-be wizard, Hal is launched into a wildly irreverent quest involving magic, royal ambition and one very unusual dragon.

Retired airline captain Four Johns Johnson earned his nickname with one legendary landing. When four veteran flight attendants wager an outrageous reward on his ability to grease a 727 onto one of America's trickiest runways, turbulence takes on a whole new meaning in this bawdy aviation comedy.

When Confederate cavalry seize a Missouri riverboat loaded with gunpowder, schoolteacher Amanda Shilling realizes the resulting explosion could destroy her village. Her outrageous solution recruits the women of Stony Creek for a daring bargain with the enemy—one scandalous night in exchange for saving their homes.

A femal Washington bureaucrat emails some hot thoughts to the wrong guy and gets investigated as a possible security leak. And if you thought the IRS was intrusive...

A married insurance executive accepts two young technicians’ invitation to see the city from atop her office tower. What begins as an impulsive escape from routine becomes a dangerous game of blackmail, humiliation and increasingly willing submission high above the streets.

The teacher shouldn't have followed the gang into the gymn storeroom. Instead of rescuing a girl from a very embarrassing position she found herself in an even more humiliating one.

Sandra finds herself with a difficult problem. She's way higher than she ever expected to be and coming down for a very rough landing. But if you're in an micro light aircraft and the pilot in back wants you to hold the steering bar while he puts his hands somewhere else, what's a girl to do?