Crime Stories

A Swarm Cycle Story
Set in Thinking Horndog's Swarm Cycle Universe; even with the pending Sa'arm invasion, Earth's elite are bent on achieving their own agenda--reducing the number of humans to a manageable level of 250 million. T. E. Lawrence is tasked with disruption of their depopulation program.

She returned when I least expected it.

For Halloween: Twice yearly in the late 18th century, the choir master of Munich Cathedral, in Bavaria, Otto Strickler, takes a coach up to Castle Ringang in the perpetual shadow of the Alps to collect a large donation from the patron, the forever forty-year-old Baron Derick von Obertstdorf. Each time the baron requires Strickler to bring an unsullied fourteen-year-old boy angel with him for the night. It's handsome, blond, boy treble soloist, and orphan Jan Becker's turn.

Home invasion, confinement, rape, incest, theft

A Story in the Fate Universe
A bit of facts, some myths and some fiction from my imagination. Ever wonder how Friday the 13th became unlucky? There are more than a few religions, cultures, books and TV shows on the subject from, like 1100 until now so pick one yourself. I'm sticking to this story myself.

In the dusty frontier town of Dreadworth, fifteen-year-old orphan Joe survives by shining shoes and carrying bags for strangers. His life changes when he encounters Mrs. Kathleen “The Sapphire Siren” McGowan, a mysterious newcomer with a past as colorful as her ambitions. Kathleen arrives with a plan to take the stage at the notorious Courage Saloon and make herself unforgettable. Drawn into her world of cabaret lights, whispered deals, and unspoken dangers, Joe becomes her trusted helper and..

A man is sent to prison. Surprisingly, he finds his true self.

Times are a changing. With the recent 1978 Equal Opportunities Act in Victoria, there are now even more policewomen attached to Senior Sergeant 'Wild Bill' O'Donoghue's 'Uniform Branch' - Sergeant Tess Gallagher and 'Trainee' Constable Susie Raynor now joining the select cadre of local policewomen. And then, there's 'Charlotte the Harlot' and the girls at the Sunbury 'Halfway House' to deal with too! A follow on from Kelly Maree O'Rourke and Joanna Louise Parrish...

A Conversations Story
Another difficult conversation, although in this case, what turns out to be a different conversation between six people, and which turns out to be pretty one-sided in the end.