Mystery Stories

While clearing out his late mother’s attic, a retired medical researcher discovers a surgical chest once owned by his ancestor—a respected nineteenth-century surgeon known for his skill and discipline. But the chest tells another story. Inside are clues—subtle, then unmistakable—that suggest the man wasn’t just a healer. He may have been something far more sinister. It was a secret the family buried over a century ago. Until now.

Did he attack his wife's lover?

This is a domestic terrorist, Tom Clancy or Robert Patterson-style story. I started writing this story in July 2001, and I stopped on 9/11, and it's been languishing in my Zombie file ever since. I don't know if I'll ever get back to it. but I wanted to share it with you,

You will have to read Book 1 to understand where this story is going to take you. An action/adventure story with a little twist. Mystery which the main characters are asking the same questions we are, Who and How is that possible? Marty and Tom start out with- "What are we to do now" in Book 1, to a Multi-Billion dollar conglomerate in Book 2. Then the Curve is thrown, at that point Book 3 should finish the story or maybe not.

A detective and a beautiful, ambitious reporter clash when they track down a shady dealer in rare coins.

When twenty-three-year-old Lars Morrison cruelly destroys his younger sister's Halloween costume, Sarah casts a transformation spell that turns him into Emmy, her little sister. Over six days, Lars's memories fade as Emmy's take hold. On the sixth day, Emmy faces an impossible choice: return to being Lars or embrace her new life forever. A story about coming of age, second chances, identity, and discovering who you truly are.

A Nexus Story
This is the introduction piece for a series to come called Nexus Interludes. It will be a series of short stories that occur shortly after Nexus Evolution but are meant to be stand-alone. The stories can be read in any order. Of course, reading the entire Nexus series first would give you a fuller frame of reference. I intend these to be fun and a little more spicy than I usually write, but I also want to add detail to the Nexus Universe. Stand by for more!

A story in the Beyond the Wall of Sleep Universe
Part of Gothic Horror Challenge
The good die young but sometimes they come back.

A Lexi's Investigations Story
The boxes from Grandma's house contain floppy disks from when Lexi's mom was a teen. What happened on those church retreats she wrote about? And what's with the porn site her dad frequents?

The Cairo, Egypt, of the 1920s is a wide-open city for the varied sexual preferences of men seeking men or boys. Ali Selim Pasha is a notorious despoiler of older boys, and when fourteen-year-old handsome blond American fortune heir David Ames arrives to visit King Tut's tomb, Ali is only one of several men anxious and prepared to debauch him. Ali is the first one to snatch and imprison him, though, and to weave an atmosphere of want around the boy to prepare him for his first time.