Robert C. Waggoner

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  • Bibliography:
    82 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2011
  • Latest Book:
    February 2018
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Full Series List in Order

Brad Pratt and the Batt Team

1 - John: The Senior Killer (Aug-2011)
2 - Systematic Attrition (Aug-2011)
3 - The 'Dear One' Breathes Fire (Jul-2012)
4 - Under Water Secret (Sep-2012)
5 - Peking Assassin (Nov-2012)
6 - My Granddaughter was Stolen! (Dec-2012)
7 - Where R You (Aug-2013)
8 - Classified: Missing Cat-Sub (Sep-2013)
9 - Serial Killer (Oct-2013)
10 - Robin Hood Visits Brazil (May-2014)

Book List in Order: 82 titles

  • Unearthly Snowbound

    This novel is pure science fiction. However, if one is to believe in hope for the future of mankind, then I highly recommend you take the time and effort to read this story. The story begins with an alien intervention into the weather causing first a...

  • All Aboard! Romance on Route 66

    Lilly Fields, a forty year old single woman, was standing in line petrified of the future. Her life had been turned upside down witht the death of her mother. Now for the first time her life she was venturing out of state to visit her aunt in Chicago...

  • Bent Tree

    Bent Tree is a story of life for a family that is facing some severe problems. A husband who has a drinking problem; a rebellious son who would rather live in a big city; a teenage daughter older than her years; and a mother who has the responsibilit...

  • John: The Senior Killer

    Brad Pratt and the Batt Team - 1

    A unique team has been formed to handle special problems that develop in government. The team is able to work outside given parameters not allowed by most government agencies. Follow the exploits of a dedicated group of professionals as they fight th...

  • Systematic Attrition

    Brad Pratt and the Batt Team - 2

    Systematic Attrition is a tale of murder at the highest levels of government. A left wing group is determined to set the world right by changing the USA from a democracy back to a socialist dictatorship. A warning is given to a member of the Brad Pra...

  • Heaven for Nonbelievers

    To wonder is God's gift to us mere humans. This story has my wonderment of a 66 year old guy as what awaits me and others in Heaven. I admit to a bit of humor in my story, but humor is what makes us warm inside and pleasant to others around t...

  • Blind Encounter

  • Sqeeze Head

    Inspector David Cockrun suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD]. A macho man who nevertheless was smart enough to seek professional help from noted Psychologist Dr. Jones. Across town a highly successful psychiatrist who specialized in...

  • Church Blood

    An assassin, hired by a group of untouchables, publicizes the horrific deeds of pedophiles under the guise of clergymen. Three former detectives are thrown together to assist in stopping the slaughter of clergymen. In addition, our three heroes are, ...



  • Flightless

    Two astronauts return to planet earth that is mostly void of living things. The year is 2018 and the astronauts have been in suspended animation, or cryonics, for almost three years. The space craft automatically lands by its computer. The landing...

  • The Curse of Remorse

    A four hundred year old spell comes to fruitarian near Salem, Massachusetts. As a reminder of the Salem Witch Hunts, the citizens of Remorse, Massachusetts bear the brunt of an injustice against innocent women by power happy thugs of the 1600s. The s...

  • Deadend

  • The 'Dear One' Breathes Fire

    Brad Pratt and the Batt Team - 3

    The third in the series; this mission involves the Batt Team against the North Korean regime. It's revealed, through a high level defector, that the "Dear One" is about to nuke both South Korea and Japan at the same time. The three...

  • Deadly High School Reunion

    A small town high school reunion is rudely interrupted by a scream announcing murder. The suspects are many, including the Chief of Police. The murder weapon is found in his car. The victim was despised from the beginning of his life until the sud...

  • Under Water Secret

    Brad Pratt and the Batt Team - 4

    Under Water SecretIt had been more than ten years since 9/11. The terrorist's vowed revenge after their leader Osama bin Laden was murdered. The Taliban blamed Brad Pratt and his Batt team. The reward rose to 25 million for his head. A plan was forme...

  • Lost in the Woods

  • Peking Assassin

    Brad Pratt and the Batt Team - 5

    Someone wants the Chinese President dead. An assassin descended from Peking Man is contracted to do the killing. The Chinese President hears about it and it's revealed the assassination will take place on American soil. Brad Pratt and his Batt Tea...

  • Bowser

    Bowser is a short story about a homeless dog. It combines laughter with tears as the reader follows him on his daily search for food and shelter. Bowser becomes street smart and dodges the dog catcher, but when a car hits him, his life changes foreve...

  • A Collection of Short Stories

    Aside from one, "Bent Tree" none of the other six stories have been published. All have the human factor we can relate to. It's up to you to take from each story what you want to. What all of the stories do is show you real life as we kn...



  • The Golden Stagecoach

    There are many family sagas written. This is one that will affect you in many ways: happiness, sorrow, hurt, elation, compassion and the adjectives never stop. This rewarding story includes, family tradition, love, pain, kidnapping, suicide, murde...

  • An Optical Delusion

    This is a short story involving science fiction and specifically UFO sightings. Nobody can affirm or deny the possibility of life other than our own existing elsewhere in the vast universe we live in.Henry has something in front of him to think about...

  • Sacred White Rocks

    Two World War One vets team up to seek gold in Australia. That goes bust. They go to Africa to guide rich folks on safaris. The crash of 1929 finds our two heroes' dead broke near Nairobi. They are desperate. They buy a treasure map for a black ma...

  • Stranger Stan

    Stranger Stan, in this short story, is about life during the Great Depression of the 1930's in America. A time of hunger, sorrow, depression and hope was a rare commodity. To maintain one's dignity, required metal and physical strength unequaled for ...

  • The Watch Maker

  • My Granddaughter was Stolen!

    Brad Pratt and the Batt Team - 6

    A knock at your door reveals a person who says: "I'm sorry to report but your daughter, son, grandson, granddaughter, wife or anyone else that is related to you has been abducted. They don't want money. They want something that is more person...

  • peaceful journey

    The age old story or question, 'are we alone out there' has never been truly answered. Our main character likes being alone. A surprise inheritance waits when he's told if he embarks on a solo journey to Jupiter and back, a fortune lies at his fee...

  • Justifiable Homicide

    This novel is not for the faint hearted. It's graphic and revealing in its descriptions. From the first pages the action begins and never ends until the last page is turned. A group of high ranking policemen take action against corruption, drugs,...

  • The Last Resort

    Some would think being alone is not healthy or the way to live life. For some, over the age of fifty might just think otherwise. Here is a story about one person's search for peace and quiet within himself and what surrounds him.By the way, this stor...

  • Life

    Scholars in diverse fields now agree on the importance of investigating the impact of consumption practices on the global environment, quality of life, and international justice. In this comprehensive collection of essays, most of which a...



  • Reverse

    How would you like it if you woke up on a Sunday morning ready to relax on a day off and found to your horror, your house was turned around sometime in the night. The front door leads to the back yard. The back door leads to the street and sidewalk. ...

  • SoS

    This is a science fiction short story. A radio signal is detected and it reveals a space ship destined for earth. Inside are a big surprise and when its intentions are discovered, it's an even bigger surprise....

  • Blizzard from Hell

    A short story of fiction based upon fact. History has created some unique people, but these three brothers will amaze you for what they did to help save some lives.In the year 1864 the worst blizzard on record hit Iowa. At an army fort in Esterville,...

  • Intrusion

    In a rural town in Oregon, a retired teacher's life is rudely interrupted by her daughter and son arriving unannounced. The daughter's family suffered the 2008 melt down resulting in not only losing their home, but also her husband running off wit...

  • The Lost Continent

    This novel is one author's vision of the future of Earth and mankind. It's everyone's dream that hope for a reasonable future is ahead of us. To believe we are alone in this vast universe is not logical. To think we are the most advanced beings, i...

  • Missing Niblick

    During a golf tournament the initial foursome of ladies discover a woman sitting, tied up on a tee off bench, with a golf club sticking out of her head. It's obvious she's dead, but who killed her and why would someone want to murder a seemingly l...

  • Where R You

    Brad Pratt and the Batt Team - 7

    It's action from the beginning. What begins as a rather mundane assignment, Brad Pratt is summoned to the White House. The president tells him that the world's most valuable pink diamond has been stolen in Australia. The Batt Team must recover the...

  • Texas Rain Dance

    The most publicized drought was during the 1930s. However, from 1950 ~ 1957 there was an equally, if not more severe drought, in the Midwest of the USA. This historical story is fiction based upon fact. It's a story of one family who experienced the ...

  • Classified: Missing Cat-Sub

    Brad Pratt and the Batt Team - 8

    Brad Pratt is summoned by his father, the Secretary of the Navy to the Pentagon. His usually calm father is in a high state of anxiety. Brad is told that the most secret military prototype mini stealth catamaran submarine has been lost. Its techno...

  • Serial Killer

    Brad Pratt and the Batt Team - 9

    The serial killer: King of Hearts is methodically eliminating each face card of a deck of playing cards. He uses special stainless steel playing cards to throw at his tied up victims. He begins with the Jack of Clubs and works up from there. Adult...



  • A Christmas Tail

    A hard luck family falls upon tough times. Little ten year old Joe Smith saves Christmas for his family. What Joe can take with him for life is knowing what its like at the bottom dead broke without a penny in his pocket....

  • Murder Mysteries #1

    These four novellas are written to please and stimulate the reader who loves murder mysteries. The daughter of a very small town Chief of Police is home after graduation from a major university. Her university degree is in criminology. She begins...

  • Bailing Wire

    A single parent struggles on a ranch in Wyoming. With her fortitude and brains to match, she struggles against odds to make a life for her two kids. A welcome gift is gladly accepted, but it leaves the ranch without a strong right arm. Fate sends a c...

  • Murder by Stalk

    This is a murder mystery that will delight the reader along with intrigue stoking the imagination. A club of murdering misfits baffles the detectives. The leader is a discharged psycho from the mental hospital of the Army. He vows to murder all th...

  • Murder Mysteries #2

    The second in the series consists of three novellas and one novel. All four stories are unique with Super Sleuth detective Stacy Foreham at the forefront of the homicide investigation. Murder at the Lighthouse involves a mysterious death by...

  • Sizzling Romance New York Style

    This love story will please even the most bah humbug reader. For the lover of a good story about romance, you're in for a treat. Get comfortable with your electronic reader; a favorite drink of choice and enjoy more than a few hours of reading entert...

  • Murder Mysteries #3

    Detective Stacy, along with her love struck State Police detective, embark on a state wide search for a contract killer who murdered a loved TV newscaster. Who paid for the hit and when the bodies mount up, so do the suspects. The Charter Boat mur...

  • Robin Hood Visits Brazil

    Brad Pratt and the Batt Team - 10

    Two major drug lords of Brazil capitalized on the popular cocaine trade both along the Amazon River and the smuggling of drugs out of Bolivia and Peru by air. What began as a joke: Robin Hood steals from rich and gives to the poor, becomes reality...

  • Murder Mysteries #4

    In the first case Marshall Foreham is introduced to a rather gruesome kidnap/murder of a young college girl. Her father is a high profile city manager who decides to give the kidnapper the ransom without notifying the authorities. The victim is sa...

  • I Scream for Halloween

    Blurb HalloweenHalloween is special for all kids and adults who still have a little kid left in them. I’m knocking on the door of seven decades of enjoying Halloween. I lived in a small town where a haunted house sat waiting for a foolish perso...



  • Murder Mysteries #5

    A bored, disgraced ex senator decides to clear his name by writing an autobiography. His fellow cronies take issue with his publication. Is it murder or suicide? Marshall Stacy Foreham has to sort through the political tangles to discover the trut...

  • Thanksgiving

    Fiction based upon truth. In any story told there is some truth woven in the tale. I heard this story from an English teacher whom I met in South Korea a few years ago. At the time I thought it tear jerking, but when she’d finished, a warm endi...

  • Tinsel Wish

  • The Ghost of Christmas

    Our world is filled with unusual happenings. For Greg, an unusual happening during Christmas changed his life forever; and changed beyond forever. Ghost stories have been around since man could articulate his thoughts. Enjoy this short story....

  • Murder Mysteries #6

    I am offering the reader two for one murder mysteries. In the first novel, a twenty plus year New York City homicide lieutenant retires to the coast of Oregon. All set in his drafty beach cottage, his short retirement is halted by a lovely detecti...

  • A Christmas Wish

  • The Apparition

    There are reasons why humans should stay out of houses that are haunted. I advise the reader to only read this on a dark Halloween night with the wind howling and the rain beating against the windows. If you are alone, well, that's not advised. To co...

  • A Campers Dream Part Two

    In part two of 'A Campers Dream' we find Harry Watersfield still living but his wife, Virginia has passed on. We begin when Virginia wakes up on a distant planet but unable to use any senses. She hears a voice in her head somewhat familiar from wh...

  • Missing Time

    This is a science fiction short story that deals with racial discrimination in the present and near future. A sign from God occurs and both the religious community and governments seek answers to a phenomenon that is hard to imagine....

  • Murder Mysteries #7

    In the first story, Stacy Foreham is faced with a murder of a shift manager in a cheese factory. He's found dead and cooked in a cheese vat. The entire night shifts are suspects. The second finds Norm Payne investigating two mob like murders...

  • Murder Mysteries #8

    Murder at the Peanut Plantation baffles the investigators because the victim, at a holiday party, suddenly collapses in the middle of the room with guests listening to him speak. Clearly one of the guests killed the victim, but 'who' wil...

  • Nightmare Trick or Treating

    Based on over twenty years of research, radically open dialectical behavior therapy (RO DBT) is a breakthrough, transdiagnostic approach for helping people suffering from extremely difficult-to-treat emotional overcontrol (OC) disorders, such as a...

  • Adios Amigo

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    Jose, when he was a baby, he was left on the church doorstep. He was carried away by an old lady who took him to the mountains. As got older, he needed friends. He made a wish and presto: Jose loved his new family on planet Posthoc. He wen...

  • A Campers Dream

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    Two university graduates celebrate by climbing Mr. Rainier in 1965. They are quietly visited by aliens who seem very friendly. The information that comes is fascinating and believable. In my first part, our couple feels safe and secure with warm feel...

  • Christmas 1956

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    At an orphanage the slant on Christmas is anything but joy and happiness. The jingle bells are from the steam heaters singing their wishful thinking that heat is forthcoming. Where the fresh smell of an evergreen standing proudly decorated with flash...

  • Christmas 6102

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    This short story takes you on a trip through time and space for a Christmas on a distant traditional planet. This holiday comes with the idea Santa Claus is real and not mythical. You make the decision. I hope you enjoy this little tale of happiness....

  • The Christmas Chimney

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    Two young boys decide to play Santa Clause on Christmas Eve and slide down the chimney to discover what Santa had brought for the holiday. Their plan is good and all is in place to do the event. However, fate plays a part of the plan. An eight year o...

  • Covered Love

    • / Historical
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    A little bit of fiction based upon a lot of fact is this story of family and reciprocal love. Another view might be that life and marriage as it should be; as it once was; as I remember it; and as I'll never forget it. The story was passed to me b...

  • Guardian of E.T.

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    Plymouth, England in 1492 at Newberry Castle where a wall guard witnesses a bright star he'd never seen before. His curiosity is piqued and when the object gets closer and closer, he observes a strange phenomena happening....

  • Murder at Police Station

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    While on a short vacation, staying with her father, in Bandon, Oregon, US Marshall Stacy Foreham is called to the scene of a murder. Chief of Police Lance Eagle Feather is found with a hunting knife in his heart at the police station. Also to comp...

  • Murder Mystery

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    A silver tongue physical education teacher is brutally murdered in the high school. His record of rape, blackmail and sexual harassment is finally met with his demise. It's a who done it with the gay school principal and her music teacher mat...

  • Revelations Hoodwinked

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    Revelations is an event pitting Christ against the Devil. Some profess it's the second coming of Jesus Christ.Now do you really know who your neighbors [s] really are? In this short story, what the small town of Bayscove saw as the pillar of the comm...

  • The Rocky Trail

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    Their honeymoon is not your typical lover's experience. For our two homicide detectives, nestled deep in the Rocky Mountains, in a quaint log house, suddenly are involved in a case of assault, death and are targets of two assassins hired by an int...

  • Rude Awakening

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    A unique look at what the future might hold for humans. It's part utopia, part possible and certainly believable. Four special university students enter a sleep study to awaken to a world without any people remaining on planet Earth. An alien plan ga...

  • Santa's Secret Cell

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  • Silent Night

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    A Christmas tale with a twist was when Christmas morning arrives; all humans over twelve years of age cannot speak or hear. The people of the world panic, but the opposite for the children. Up at the North Pole the mysterious calamity is discussed by...

  • SmS

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    Herein lays a small collection of science fiction short stories. All address the possibility of aliens from another world. Imagination plays an important role in our lives. For a very reasonable price you can enjoy my imagination as a true believe...

  • Stranger Revisited

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    Robert Heinlein is the master of science fiction writing. I beg his indulgence to use his central character Mike Smith of Mars in my short story.A 14 years old fan of his begins her second reading of 'Stranger in a Strange Land'. She falls...

  • T.G. Day

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    A young boy on Thanksgiving sees strange things on his grandfather's farm. He and his dog go investigate. After discovering what he wished he had not found, his world and the idea of a Thanksgiving holiday eating turkey would change forever....

  • Tis the Season

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    'Tis the Season' is a short story about what we can call a family in need of a happy holiday season. This particular family is down on their luck, but not completely out of luck. On Christmas, Santa moves in mysterious ways....

  • Tragedy at Iron Flats

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    Tragedy at Iron Flats is fiction based upon historical fact. Immigrants coming from England in the late 1800s make their way from Liverpool to their final destination in Denver, Colorado. The story is how the logistics transpired and how the characte...

  • Turkey Day

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    Turkey Day is something every person living in America should enjoy without any reservations about daily life. It's a 'now' thing. Thanksgiving holiday is a family time and should entail nothing else. My memories go back over a half century of eating...

  • Turkey Farm

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    A family out for a Sunday drive visits a turkey farm in November. This short story is both humorous and historical take on our favorite bird on Thanksgiving Day. By the way, who said turkeys are stupid. How does anybody really know what is in their t...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Robert C. Waggoner has published 82 books.

Robert C. Waggoner does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Nightmare Trick or Treating, was published in February 2018.

The first book by Robert C. Waggoner, Bent Tree, was published in August 2011.

Yes. Robert C. Waggoner has 1 series.
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