Appearing at The Saturday Evening Post.com
April, 1942. Washington DC. A single mother struggling to make ends meet in the nation’s capitol and a young sailor fresh out of boot camp, shipping out to the war. For a brief moment, their war-torn lives overlap. Based on a true story.
FREE Flash Fiction and author interview, appearing at: Theme of Absence.com.
So, a space-jockey cargo pilot walks into a bar…
FREE Flash Fiction, Appearing in: The Dime Show Review, edited by Kae Sable.
Some choices a father has to make are harder than others
FREE Flash Fiction, Appearing in As You Were: The Military Review, Volume 9, published by The Military Experience and the Arts.
It was his first day in theater. What had he gotten himself into?
Appearing in: Visions VII Rogue Star Press
On the fringe of the galaxy, an old enemy’s attack on a Coalition survey ship escalates centuries of tension, thrusting both civilizations to the brink of Interstellar war. The first in my Coalition Space series.
Appearing in Ecotastrophe II by Nomadic Delirium Press.
It’s a world where global climate change is NOT fake news. The Earth has plunged into a new ice age, but society has survived thanks to the Perisphere Solution. But will it be enough to save mankind from what is yet to come?
Appearing in The Fifth Di by Nomadic Delirium Press.
The Master Plan Life Assurance Policy… when organ farming has become the norm. Not a bad deal, really. If you’re the policy holder. If you’re the organ-donor clone and you wake up? Not so much.
Appearing in: Mystery Weekly Magazine
Private Investigator Adam Pike’s latest case strains him to the breaking point as he pits himself against bullets, mobsters, and a failed case from his time on the job that cost an innocent girl her life. The first in my Adam Pike, PI series written under the Carl J. Adams byline.
Appearing in Curse of the Tomb Seekers by Zimbell House Publishing.
Another Code Name: Intrepid adventure. April, 1935. Archaeologist “Digs” Jasper has unearthed an ancient artifact which reveals where an evil and powerful Egyptian priest was secretly entombed. Digs and the Intrepid team race to find and destroy the tomb before Hitler’s “Special Squadron” can resurrect the mad Necrohotep and leverage his dark magic or the Nazi’s nefarious ends.
Appearing in Caped, An Anthology of Superhero Tales by Local Hero Press Publishing.
A superhero story. Cameron suffers from a deteriorating heart condition and because his skin can’t be pierced and his bones can’t be broken, surgery is not an option. But, as his condition worsens and his heroic lifestyle increases the risk of a fatal coronary, a freak accident presents a possible solution. But, there will be a cost.
Appearing in Extreme Planets by Chaosium Publishing.
Captain Christopher Manning is the Provost Marshal at Early Warning Station Centauri; a listening post on a harsh planet circling the primary star of the Alpha Centauri binary system. When one of his military police officers is murdered, seemingly by a local Centauran, Manning’s investigation leads him into a web of conspiracy and betrayal, with the fate of the facility and the lives of every human soldier on the planet at stake.
Appearing in Horrors of History by Fey Publishing.
The historical period: World War II. The date: July, 1943. The setting: The Pacific Theater. OSS Operative Nicholas Grant has made a gruesome discovery; one that could alter the course of the war. But, in order to convince General Douglas MacArthur, Grant must slip into the enemy-occupied Philippine Islands, secure evidence of this horror, and get that evidence back to Allied Intelligence. To do that, Grant is forced to confront it head-on.