The on-line magazine Fabula Argentea has just published my story Compassion. The hit-man Striker has the job of eliminating a sweet little old lady. What could possibly go wrong? An interesting feature of this story is that in the plot it embodies five of the seven deadly sins including one that drives the surprise ending.Continue reading “Compassion or Perhaps Not”
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Three Dark Riders
Two years have passed since Mystery Magazine published Three Dark Riders and I now own its rights so I can put the story up on my site. For those of you familiar with Dustville (Coyote Woman ) you’ll find some familiar faces here including Nancy Turgis and the sheriff. This story was published in theContinue reading “Three Dark Riders”
Read Mary-Elizabeth, Killing Machine.
It’s two months since Mary-Elizabeth, Killing Machine was published in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, so I can now put the story up on my blog. To read it, click here: Mary Elizabeth I’ve also recently received some bad news. Mystery Magazine, one of the magazines that had published a number of my short stories, has goneContinue reading “Read Mary-Elizabeth, Killing Machine.”
Mary-Elizabeth, Killing Machine
Stan has just had another short story, Mary-Elizabeth, Killing Machine published in the September/October issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. (Mary-Elizabeth had never thought of herself as a killing machine until the day she ran out of Bernadette’s favorite cat food.) The magazine is available at your local magazine shop or free on Kindle Unlimited.Continue reading “Mary-Elizabeth, Killing Machine”
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