TURKEYFOOT by Rick Childers is a story of lost souls and the innocents unable to escape their destructive orbit; a story set amidst the melancholic beauty of today’s Appalachia. A story to humanize the damage and destruction the opioid epidemic has dealt to rural communities across the country. Such a…

I loved this detective story by the extraordinary M.E. Proctor. If you occasionally feel the need to spend some quality time with a good detective story Love You Till Tuesday is for you. It’s a new, excellent detective story story that delivers all the intrigue and drama and real-to-life characters…

This is one of my favorites for 2025; a down home rip of a yarn. An entertaining heist of a story that is pulled along by the strength of family ties and a man’s need to understand and better himself. Rob D. Smith is a highly accomplished short story writer…

Here is a fun micro (300 words) story I wrote for Punk Noir Magazine, April 2024. The theme was ‘betrayal’ and since betrayal comes in all shapes and sizes, I wrote it about an older couple out fishing. A story of betrayal and surprise. The water image takes you right…