I have a good number of short stories available on Amazon for purchase. I also have a handful of short stories on my blog that I offer free of charge, so check those out as well.
You know what I see when I check out Christian fiction at my local Christian book store? Row after row of Amish romance novels. This is a parody of them. As Jebebzediah travels away from home for the first time, he catches sight of the lovely, yet oddly misshapen Esmerelda. Before their romance has a chance to blossom, obstacles fall like chickens from heaven. Will their love see them through? Will they walk hand in hand, victorious over the enemies of love or will they stumble over the doorstep of Amish courtship rituals?
Three waves decimated the earth. In the First Wave: Snow Day, they came with the snow to destroy as many of us as possible. During the Second Wave: A Trip to the Zoo, they took over our government, our armies and our own bodies. And finally, in the Final Wave: A Hike in the Mountains, one of the last members of the human race tries to run for a place to hide and wait out the invasion, only to find that there is literally no place on earth left to run. In order to get our planet, they had to get rid of us.
After years of deception have finally caught up with Ray, he takes his family to the woods to end it all. But someone or something has other plans. Ray is a stock trader who’s been skimming a little off the top for years. After being caught and fired, Ray grabs his wife and kids and heads off to a summer cabin for a little getaway and to end it all. But there’s something waiting for Ray in the woods that wants to disrupt his plans.
A man, lost in the forest during a rainstorm, finds his way to a cabin in the woods. But are the people in the cabin truly what they seem? And what secrets lie hidden within the lost traveler? When nothing and no one is as they seem, who is trapped as a wolf among wolves? Beneath the surface, the wolf roams.
Having built a time machine, a scientist travels to a distant future where religion has been eradicated and men of science rule. A doctor, a banker, a professor and a man of nefarious origins gather together in the house of a scientist over dinner. The scientist’s big announcement? He’s invented a time machine that will send his essence into the future. After a successful five-minute test, the scientist executes his greatest feat: a trip to a future over one hundred years into the future. Once in the future, the scientist is introduced to a future where religion is eradicated and men of science are revered as gods.
A detective, minding his own business is brought into a web of intrigue and murder by a mysterious lady. As he delves further into the morass, every meeting holds a beating and every step ends in confusion.
Bright, circling lights are seen in the skies around Farnoth. Could this be an encounter of some supernatural or otherworldly kind? A flying, pulsating, multi-colored object is spotted along the skies surrounding the small town of Farnoth. The lives of a deputy, town drunk, a roaming crypto zoologist and two teenage boys will never be the same.
Ever wanted your own personal army of undead slaves? Have you ever been laughed at, scoffed at, or called eccentric, mad or just plain crazy? Then this book is for you. We know that today’s “mad” scientist has limited funds and may be working with a restricted budget. But lack of funding should not be a deterrent to your dreams. Even if you can’t have all shiny new beakers and electrodes like those Yale sissies, you should be able to get a reasonably priced chemistry set from your local thrift store. There are many ways that today’s mad scientist can save and still not place his dreams of world domination in the corner to rot. This is a book full of fun hints and tricks that should guarantee a slight modicum of success for any wannabe mad scientist.
Robert is a husband and father of two who just wants peace in his life. To this end, he’s adopted the mantra, “If that’s what makes you happy…” But is striving for the happiness of his wife and children really making Robert’s life easier or does it bring a whole new set of problems to his existence?
What happens when a Christian and an Atheist wash up on a deserted island? Can they stomach each other enough to learn to survive together? Or will their differences doom them both? When their plane crashes in the middle of an endless ocean, only two men survive, washing up on the closest land mass available: a deserted island. Immediately, their religious beliefs become evident and they race to find either common ground or enough ground to separate one from the other.
PAIN…In some lives it’s the only thing that matters. Regina is immersed in a cocoon of pain. The teasing of your classmates, the uselessness of her life leaves her numb and in search of pain as the only legitimate feeling. She is alone and spiraling toward disaster until hope steps in.
This is a parody of prairie romances. I’ve only included the first chapter because I don’t want to write another one unless someone really wants me to. I don’t mind because they amuse me, but if you want more of the same, you’ll need to let me know through Amazon or, better yet, through Bardandbook.com. Jolene, who just lost her father, is being pressured by the Mayor to either sell him the dirt farm or marry him. After rejecting the Mayor’s advances, she is saved at the last minute by the handsome stranger known as Hank.
New to the world of the living dead? Still hanging onto the shreds of humanity like stink on a corpse? Hey, maybe you should learn a trick or two on how to survive in your new skin. Maybe you should get an advantage over the rest of your competition. Shuffling around waiting for the living to fall in your hands is for the birds. The real up and coming zombies these days have an advantage because they’ve learned to embrace technology.
There’s an old saying that a PhD in Philosophy is really only good for two things: teaching and digging ditches. Eddie, a guy with a PhD in Philosophy finds out just how apt that old saying can be, finding that his mind consistently betrays him as he attempts the most menial of labors. Intelligence can be a good thing if its used in the right place at the right time.
The Tallest Tale is a parody of tall tales and legends, such as the tales of Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan or Ross Perot. An old man, desperate for whiskey, hobbles into a bar and reveals the tallest tale ever heard about the evils of Pecos Bill and Paul Bunyan, a woman who thought she was a pirate, three Indian braves who were also Shakespearean actors and a wily hero named Prairie Dog Pete.
Compilations
I’m also featured in a couple compilations with some other fine authors. Below are the links where you can get your copy of these fine publications as well.
