A troubled young man steps through the back door of a shop in a small town on a blistering August day. In a rampage that lasts less than 60 seconds, he kills six men and then himself. Maesie Mattsen is the only survivor of the killing spree, but the horror she witnessed has made her too afraid to leave the sanctuary of her backyard. Soon, she will have no choice.Fearing how their neighbors will treat them, the parents of the killer also feel like prisoners in their home. They exper...

The wedding that Thanksgiving weekend 1958 in Chicago should never have happened. Venus Ballesteros should have been on her way back to the Philippines. Hiro Tanamachi should have died in the war.Somehow, the man who had trained to die as a suicide submarine pilot in the Japanese Navy, and the woman whose hometown had been occupied by the Japanese, met 8,000 miles away from their homelands.

Just before a man reports to prison, he and his sons have to deal with a dead horse.

After a half century of farming, an old man takes one last walk across his land.

When a human colony spacecraft crash lands on a planet ruled by Dragons and populated by mythical creatures, they mistake the creatures rush to assist them as an attack, this mistake leads to years of war until a truce is forged by the Red Dragon, will it last, can they all survive.

From the collection Dreamin' Dreams; A funny short story in 3,300 words.The donkey was mad. We all knew that. You only had to look at the cut of it. It stood to reason, of course, that an animal like that would have an owner who would be every bit as odd. And Bunny Dundee was as odd as you could get.Then Bunny gets a letter ..

From the collection Dreamin' Dreams; A short humorous story told in 4,000 words.Michael Galvin thinks he's found the bargain of a lifetime - a Christmas holiday in San Francisco.But why is Micky Dunn being so nice to him? What is he really up to ...

From the collection Dreamin' Dreams; A humorous story in 5,700 words.Folks, this story is true. Some names have been changed because I can't remember them.Moss Scanlon was sitting in his shop when he heard the thud from the room above. A fraction of a second later he was slapped on the head by a lump of plaster the size of a dinner plate and enveloped in a cloud of grey flaky dust ..

The first book in the Deepwater series, an Australian historical saga set in early 20th century Australia where the Sydney docks were a place of poverty, bigotry and ignorance. The Catholic Church and the appearance of respectability ruled the lives of ordinary people. The men worked on the docks for little, while the women had babies and worked as well, doing what they could to make ends meet. Women eked out the housekeeping to last until their man's next payday. Children went barefoot to...

Hannah Strong struggles to keep her marriage intact while dealing with her alcoholic father. Her marriage is on the verge of collapse and her father cannot stay sober. Both issues may impact her plan to attend the equestrian competition of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. This short story leads into a full-length novel that will be published in 2014.

From the collection Dreamin' Dreams; A short mystery and imagination story in 4,000 words.What did the dream actually mean - why did it disturb my brother so much, turning it into an obsession? Was he really serious about coming back after he was dead?'I'll prove it to you,' he insisted. 'I'll come back and show you!'Then he drove along the railway tracks into the path of the Cork Express...

From the collection Dreamin' Dreams; A short ghost story in 4,800 words.Jennifer Marshall is an obnoxious, unruly teenager who takes great delight in being downright rude to everyone she meets. So what could she possibly have in common with a gentle old priest whose wise words mesmerised her ...