killers

I’ll be posting these ten short stories and one novella as I sell them.
Then  I’ll find a publisher for the collection.

Wish me luck. (Don’t hold your breath, says Jack the Hack.
But what does he know?)

Sea Trials                                        
“You think I’m joking?” Cookie asked  him. This joke, if it is a joke, is a real killer. Can a character really rise up and do away with her author?

Hard Times
These interesting individuals rob our hero Jack Shackaway and buy him drinks with his own money. Then he decides it’s his round.  (From the novel Kicking Dogs)

Snapshots
Count on Husband to screw up a photograph. (From the novel Bangkok Knights)

Time & Time Again
Suicide is no easier the second time around, nor the third, for that matter, nor the fourth, or fifth.

Awakenings
Never had he felt so close to his brother.

Hot Enough to Kill
He was hot, he was hungry, and he just wanted to get the job done.

Gut Reactions
The demon lay dead in the dust, but something else happened in that timeless moment when he squeezed the trigger.

The Trouble with Porn
Saving her life gave him a warm buzz. But neither the buzz, the woman, nor the entire city were to last long afterwards.

Pagan Songlines
Dead parents are one thing. But when they also start killing off places dear to you …

One Afternoon in Bangkok
Dreams die hard, but you can kill them if you try.

Heroes
The fear of being killed is often far worse than the mere dying.