The year was 1995, more or less. The cold war was over, people were still allowed to smoke on the job, and 9/11 was still six years off. The universe shifted, and something dark burst from a yawning crack in the nature of being. Mankind needed a hero...
A man brings his vision of wildflowers before a skeptical city council committee ... Death comes to collect on an old loan ... Two little boys discover legs don't necessarily stay attached forever and ever ... In the future, it will be possible for a...
Goombah, a 4-month-old golden retriever, is haunted by a recurring dream of being shot. It seems she is a murder victim who has come back to life as a puppy with partial memories of how she died. But the memories fade in and out.The good news is sheâ...
For nearly two decades Myke Phoenix has protected the people of Astor City from the forces of evil in the world, battling crime bosses and costumed villains and strange creatures who want to rule the universe. But lately it's been quiet in the old to...
The people of Sirius 4 tried to overcome tyranny the old-fashioned way: by force. It turned out to be an imaginary revolution, replacing one violent regime with another. Raymond Douglas Kaliber suggested another way: that free people living by a spir...
Paul Phillips just wanted to spend a nice night shopping with his girlfriend, but what he found inside that old antique shop changed his life. Now he was Myke Phoenix, superhero protector of Astor City, and lining up against the Forces of Evil in the...
The leader of the tiny principality of Cormornia has a big idea: Rule the world under his peaceful benevolence. To begin his quest for global power, he plans to murder the leader of the free world. Can Myke Phoenix gather the evidence to stop Prince ...
No one really thinks of themselves as evil, not even beings from another planet who turn ordinary humans into zombies. Astor City is rocked when something from outer space crashes into a hill just outside town. Officials say it was a giant meteorite,...
At some point in the life of a superhero must come the first encounter with the most evil of evil villains, the nemesis of nemeses, the bad guy above all bad guys, and in the case of Myke Phoenix, the time has come to meet Deinonychus, the ruthless a...
Someone is kissing the women of Astor City - sneaking up on unsuspecting ladies and planting a big wet one on them. The police are baffled, but he's not hurting the women so it's not very high on their priorities. Longtime Astor City superhero protec...
The annual Astor City Philanthropists' Ball was going swimmingly until the giant spider spit flame and set everything on fire. When the city is threatened by unexpected things like giant spiders, they turn to Myke Phoenix. With the help of local scie...
Half-man, half-duck as the result of a horrible accident when he was young, Quincy Quackenbos holds Astor City hostage so that he can learn more about the mysterious new superhero Myke Phoenix. Is he bluffing or does he really intend nuclear annihila...
Jewelry stores and banks in Astor City are targeted by a mysteriously cheerful villain and his gang of thieves, who turn around and share a portion of the proceeds with worthy charities. Is Dr. Skull what he appears to be - the World's Nicest Bad Guy...
This is an odd book. 24 stories and poems and reflections, fragments of thought and bursts of creativity carefully curated to fit together. Oh yes, it fits together. There's another clue for you all. Sometimes I craft an essay with great care and tos...
If you only have a minute, this book is for you.This little book contains 24 very short stories, most of them fewer than 1,000 words, which fits many people's definition of flash fiction; hence the title.You'll find fantasy, romance, science fiction,...
There's an old Buick Riviera under a tarp in Guinevere Thompson's garage — but don't call her Guinevere. On her deathbed, Jeep's mother tells her it's really a vehicle called the Traveler that travels through space, time and dimensions. A...