Epigraphs and Epitaphs: The Complete Collection (Thus Far)
To remind you all this is still occasionally an original content writing blog, here is a catalog of the work I’ve completed. This post will be updated as I create more. PLEASE like and share, especially any individual stories you like. The more you read, the more I write!
Genre: Horror, Dark Fantasy, Drama
Synopsis: Howard knows a lot of monsters. They come to see him every night. But the worst of the bunch is the one he sees in the mirror (and no, it’s NOT his reflection).
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
Synopsis: Col. Spinelli awakes to begin his 15-year mission... only to be welcomed by himself, much older, and pointing a gun in his face. The question is, which will be worse: the past, or the future?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fanfiction (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)
Synopsis: A quiet, unassuming day in the life of a quiet, unassuming Englishman. The last such day he’s ever like to have.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Weird Fiction, Historical Fiction (1800s Colorado)
Synopsis: A geological survey is sent to map the uncharted lands of the Colorado Rockies. Only one man returns, telling tales of drugs, violence, and a mysterious cult hidden in the mountains.
Synopsis: What sort of person would hire someone to kill themselves?
What kind of person accepts that kind of contract?
Synopsis: A parable about a rich man willing to do anything and hurt anyone to protect his family.
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Fanfiction (Discworld series)
Synopsis: Corporal Nobby Nobbs calls on the Patrician over a matter of paperwork. Clocks, weight loss, and politics are discussed.
Blowin’ Through, (Part 2)
Genre: Drama, Low Fantasy, Historical Fiction (American Dustbowl),
Synopsis: The Kilkelly family finds a drifter on their doorstep and a dust-storm bearing down on their farm. With nothing on hand but time and a bottle, stories start to fly just as fast as the dust.
Genre: Drama, Dark Fantasy, Historical Fiction (Prohibition Era)
Synopsis: A young runner for the Irish mob in Chicago stumbles across a speakeasy that caters to a special class of clientele.
Genre: Action, Horror, Post Apocalyptic (Zombie)
Synopsis: The zombie apocalypse is harder on some sides than on others, and Simon’s running for his life.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Weird Fiction, Historical Fiction (American Western)
Synopsis: A husband and wife brave the empty frontier of the Dakotas, but find life harder than expected. And sometimes, the worst monsters can only be found where no-one else can see them.
The Final Records of Capt. Angus Blanton, Pirate
Genre: Drama, Horror, Dark Fantasy/Weird Fiction, Historical Fiction (1800s California)
Synopsis: A pirate crew harrying Spanish missions on the California coast accidentally rob the wrong god.
Flash Fiction (All horror under 300 words)
- Note Found in an Old Family Bible
- Feeling Unmotivated? Try Running Start! (tm)
- The Monster In My Closet
- The Family Under The Sink
- A Raging Case of Sisyphus
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Weird Fiction, Historical Fiction (1930s Rhode Island)
Word Count: 100k (As of 5/5/16)
Plot Synopsis: It’s 1929, and Margaret St Ives is getting married to a man she’s never met. She’s bound for her new home, on his island of Sanctum Cay. Margaret is hopeful and excited, but not unduly reluctant. After all, the people are friendly, yet odd. The island; placid, yet foreboding. Her fiancee; kind, but distant. Everything is pleasant on the surface, but Margaret can’t help but peer beneath. And something from beneath may just be reaching back…