Fiction Stories

Did Gutenberg leave a secret? Just months before the famous Bible that bears his name was finished, Johannes Gutenberg was sued by his partner for misappropriating funds to a private enterprise. When Gutenberg refused to share the secret project, the court awarded the entire Bible-printing operation to Johan Fust, leaving Gutenberg with nothing but his secret. Two rare-book librarians are unlikely heroes as the race to find and preserve the legendary book.

A Seattle Noir Cyber Mysteries Story
Cyber-detective Dag Hamar thinks he's investigating credit fraud but discovers a web of intrigue that baffles and terrifies him. Follow as Dag is drawn out from behind the comparable safety of his computer and into the gritty streets of Seattle where an online bully has become a real life predator.

Jim and Aimee have a chance meeting over a jar of peanut butter. In the beginning, he's a married father, she's a college student. That chance meeting in a grocery store, and the coincidence that follows, will change their lives (and others' lives)! I brought this story back to life in late 2025, more than 20 years after I first started writing it.

A Christmas Story
Sometimes for the right people Christmas wishes really do come true. Sort of a sequel to 'Heart Condition' featuring many of the same characters. This is a stand alone story but it will be easier to understand the background if you read 'Heart Condition' first (and maybe 'Concordia')

A researcher finds that his new drug has unexpected side effects, and runs some non-sanctioned drug trials on his own with remarkable results.

The war between the Families and the Colandran Empire did not end at Setosha. There was more fighting, more battles, and the reminder that Corey Andersen wasn't the only Families commander the Empire had to deal with. In a brilliant campaign Adana Korina fought her way across the Empire, splitting it in two. And it all started with the death of a single woman...

A story in the Earth-Xianglume Universe
When courier pilot Neris Vael and her sentient ship are thrown through an impossible dimensional accident, they crash far beyond every world they know. Daniel Mercer, a widowed farmer, makes a choice before he understands what has landed on his property: he treats the strangers at the edge of his woods as neighbours. What follows is not a story of invasion or conquest. It is a story of repairs. Necessity becomes trust. Trust becomes friendship. Friendship becomes a household.

A story in the The Supergirls Universe Universe
Park Soo Yee is eleven years old, has an IQ of 150, and just watched her brilliant sister get rejected from every Ivy League school she applied to. The reason wasn't her grades. It wasn't her record. It was a number — assigned by a stranger who never met her, in a column with no criteria and no appeal. The truth was hiding in a federal court database that anyone could access. Nobody had bothered to look. Soo Yee looked.

A Beach House Story
After "Beach House - A Week with the Musketeers" Michael spends August with Fallon and now September with LuAnn. This chronicles the second full month with one of the Musketeers. An understanding of the characters in those two stories is essential. Additional notes in my blog, Sept with LuAnn will help you enjoy the story. The story is listed as complete, however A Month with Tina will follow.