For Randall DeWitt, writing crime fiction stories of 1,000 words or less became an obsession after reading a 51-word story, "Widow's Peak" by Sharon Daynard. Since then, three of his stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine as "The Story that Won," with one also receiving a Derringer Award. Those flash fiction stories and thirty-four more, including two other Derringer Award winning stories, "No Flowers for Stacey" by Ruth M. McCarty and "The Book Signing" by Kathy Chench...

From hot cocoa cozies to rotgut whiskey noir, A Plot for Any Occasion features eleven original crime stories based on traditional holidays, not-so-familiar observances and appreciation days.With Mardi Gras beads, Santa suits, drops of blood, mahjong tiles, birthmarks, and a doctoral thesis found among its pages, this anthology is a diverse collection by award-winning short fiction authors, seasoned storytellers and fresh voices.

JUNGLE STORIES: From the Fields of South Dakota to the Jungles of Burma details the remarkable journey of Scotland, South Dakota resident Delmar Strunk, who improbably became part of the famed Merrills Marauders fighting unit in Southeast Asia during World War II. Strunk was born into the Roaring Twenties, a period of great prosperity in America, but quickly learned the plights and struggles of the Great Depression after the stock market crash of 1929. Like most men of his generation, Delm...

To Serve Is To Honor To honor ones country. To honor ones family. To honor ones fellow man, and to honor ones faith. These are the qualities of the people represented in this work. A Small Towns Contribution was written to pay tribute to The Greatest Generation, whose willingness to put themselves in harms way, and to sacrifice themselves for the benefit of others, paved the way for the rest of us to enjoy the freedoms we do. The citizens of Platte, South Dakota served honorably, alongside...