Crime Stories

Some people face threats to their lives stoically. Others shut down. A rare few get turned on.

Bill King survived the War in Iraq. Then danger followed him to San Francisco.

Ricky does movies and is booked to fly from L.A. to New York for an audition. At the last minute, the agent can’t make the trip and a guy in an airline uniform agrees to watch out for Ricky until he gets on the plane to New York from a Chicago connection. Chicago is socked in by a blizzard when they land there, though, with Ricky needing and getting more help than had been anticipated.

A young woman struggles with herself at a music festival.

A very disturbing story about a family of four that has their vacation home invaded by a sick and twisted man who forces them to make choices related to incest. The meat is in the middle, beginning and end just provide context to the story.

A man known as “the Hygienist” goes to a luxurious apartment for a peculiar cleaning job, but the situation takes an unexpected and unsettling turn that challenges his idea of professionalism and morality.

It started with the question "What is your fantasy?"

A short story about my favorite 'type' of attorney. He helps his client beat a murder charge with a novel idea.

I had known Kelly Caswell (nee Grayson) since sixth grade, and we had been married for 8 years when the bad events started.