A sort of dramatic horror story with a timeless theme told in free verse.

Someone is eliminating child molesters in Los Angeles. The killer inhabits the streets of LA like a phantom. A decorated war veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress and substance abuse, he has disconnected from friends and family. A reject of society, he is secretly devoting his life to a deadly mission he sees as noble. The mass media have turned 'The Executioner' into an urban legend. Detective Sergeant Mark McQuade is hunting the killer but has a lot on his mind. His wife has just ...

David Orff is an incandescent rock star with a history of drug abuse that will not fade into the past. His love for Rydia Ryan has changed his life, but his former drug connection, Risto, threatens their happiness. When Orff's bride disappears, he forsakes his music career to find her. In doing so he rouses forces beyond his control.

A new prose poem about a deadly affliction affecting the planet.

Humor and satire from the vain to the irreverently profane and beyond

An anthem for the world, this poem is lyrics for a marching song my son, Sean Damon, wrote, which can be found on YouTube. We Are the Way is designed to be a march for freedom from tyranny and a song of solidarity in the face of universally increasing iniquity.

A short free verse poem on a long view of expectation for the future.

Flash fiction about a future that could come terribly true. A story from my collection of short stories, PRESSED LEAVES.

Adam Gale has been at odds with his father for years. One evening he visits the old bear hunter to show him a film about brown bear on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Excited by the film, Victor agrees to join his son on an expedition back to Kamchatka for another shoot. During the trip they bond in ways they had never achieved and develop an additional understanding about the women in their lives. When they return home, their relationship, themselves, and their lives have changed.

In the spring of 1906, a titanic earthquake shattered San Francisco and spawned a ferocious fire. The inferno raged for more than three days, incinerating most of the city, killing thousands of people, and driving hundreds of thousands from their homes. Unknown to each other at the time of the disaster, Fireman Leo Brown and Nurse Marianne Durand fought the flames and cared for the victims despite their personal losses: he a beloved uncle, she her dear husband and child. Despite her abidin...

A short story for Halloween from my collection PRESSED LEAVES.

A futile though human effort to deny the inevitable final summons of Nature.