death – Tale Told

Dreary Weather

30 Aug 202629 Aug 2026

The wind blew over the receding tide, up the sands and rocks, and over and around the two patient figures who sat like shadows in the fog, their watchful gazes…

Dreary Weather

Here and there, the bird would reappear, or if it was not the same bird, a bird; it was never any more than one bird, and never for very long…

Dreary Weather

The low, constant wailing off the dreary coast breathed a somber silence between the waiting pair. Their fledging sallies of conversation died on their tongues as the waves rose and…

Short Reads: The End?

26 Aug 202626 Aug 2026

So, that's the last of them. All the short stories from While the Elephants Danced are available individually on Kindle for 99¢ each. I haven't seen this generating any interest,…

Burning Ship

There was a time, the thought passed through my head, when I did not care. The sea was beautiful, soft, and calm, the sun warm and bright. The ship was…

Under

Under the waves and currents of the sea,deep darkness gathers here where none can flee.Swallowed alive below the hope of help,our souls digested far beneath the kelp,the laughing monster settles…

A Decision

Silence fills the room as every head turns toward the youth. The moment he felt their gazes falling upon him, in that split second of dreadful self-awareness, there was a…

Short Reads: Chutes & More Chutes

Well, it is a more arduous task than I first expected, getting my short stories up onto Amazon. I'm taking things step by step, and am about a third of…

The Falling

The zombie stumbled down the slope, grasping at the clean air before it. Bony, broken hands stretched out as gravity took its pitiless course. A living man would have used…

Short Reads?

So, I don't know how to advertise, admittedly. I have been told, however, that Amazon Short Reads is a thing. The way I figure it, I have short stories, and…