Books

NO-INJURY POLICY

SHORT STORY COLLECTION

Seven short stories explore the dark depths of human nature when social pressures peak. No sooner than the meek taste retribution, they encounter the demons that have aided authority figures to the top - demons that refuse to lose control no matter what it takes.

EXCLUDED

A NOVEL

One moment Adam Coy holds the lives of a family at the flick of a lighter, and the next someone else holds his inside of the Douglas Residence. Worse, he's not alone. 5 other murderers join him inside, working to escape without killing each other before whatever haunts the house does.

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ASHLAND'S ASYLUM

A NOVEL IN STORIES

Five short stories take you back into the eerie depths Chase County. Quite often, one character will bump into a character from a different story. Sometimes it's obvious, and unfortunately for the characters involved, sometimes it's not.

ANTHOLOGIES

SOMEWHERE IN THE SHADOWS
From the shadows of the night comes nine haunting stories from some of the most promising horror, science-fiction, and thriller writers out there. Tales of vampires, werewolves, rogue A.Is, bad roads, zombies, and even malicious words bring out the terror, suspense, gore, and even humor in modern horror. 
"CHARLATAN"
​MY STORY "CHARLATAN"

As a couple argues, an intruder finds a way into their home. Soon enough, money is that last thing on their minds.
SNIPPET
Someone started to pound on the front door, followed by the shaking of the handle. Nonetheless, Brad refused to let his wife get up and answer the door.

Lightning struck outside, illuminating a set of dark eyes peering in the living room window. Jacki jerked her head away from the sight and screamed.

ECHO

"SMALL GRAINS"
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A young boy and his sister find a mysterious object on a beach without knowing what evil power it possesses.

INK IN MY BLOOD

"UNDER THE BLADE"
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A story about a man with not a penny in his pocket. But he needs to make enough money to save his daughter's life.

SHORT STORIES
& POEMS

"ALL THINGS BEAUTIFUL"

ABOUT
A game of a hide n' seek gone terribly wrong. A boy is left, abandoned in a mansion, to make it on his own.
SNIPPET
Devon rushed to his feet and reached for the handle, but before he could perform his little scare, it turned on its own and clicked.   One look at the doorknob and Devon knew something was wrong. Someone had faced the lock towards the hallway so it couldn’t be unlocked from the inside. He fidgeted with the door and screamed out, “Hey, I’m locked in! This isn’t funny, Joanie. Let me out!”

"DAY AND NIGHT"

A lost loved one appears in her would-be husband's dreams. What's more disturbing is what she brings back to his reality.

Now available to read in the blog!

"LOVELY WEATHER FOR LONG BROOKE"

A man finds that someone else has taken his place one day.​

"AND THE ZOMBIES STARVED"

A zombie craze that sweeps over the nation, and one man can't stand it anymore.

"THE GLASS BOX"

Set in future Long Broke, a man must be punished for his crimes of lust lust. His sentence is none other than the infamous glass box. 

"THE COUNTRY AT NIGHT"

My "1st" published prose poem about a couple dashing through fields at night.

"NEVER TAKEN"

A girl learns to never take the safety of her neighborhood for granted after a late jog.

"FAÇADE"

ABOUT
After the loss of their mother, Michael & his brother Ray struggle with women in drastically different ways. 
SNIPPET
Nauseating strobes flash through the packed night club and break everyone down into static. My head spins as I try to focus on a blurred blond woman across from me on a curved leather bench. I watch her tap her neon-painted fingernails along the table.

With one hand running along the side of my head, she makes me recoil even before she flashes her cracked grin. This ghost of a woman digs her nails into her face and peels down her flesh. Rather than cartilage or tissue, underneath her skin is a deep blackness with only her eyes and bone structure to reveal.

"I sat down with my Kindle and lost myself in a world of deep despair, twisted humanity, and basically hell-on-earth.I became totally immersed in these tales and continued to turn the page, waiting to see what kind horror was contained in the next story."

- PJ Carroll, Lytherus

SHORT STORIES
& POEMS (CONT'D)

"LAST STOP"

A tale about two street thugs who pick the wrong guy to rob on the wrong night. 

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"NO-INJURY POLICY"

Rumors always surrounded the infamous Douglas Lumber Mill, but nothing could have prepared Nicholas Tanner for what he would find behind Mr. Douglas' office door.

"NORMALITY"

The blade already slicing through the skin of her throat, all he could whisper was . . .
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Originally published by Weirdyear 2010, September.

"THE PASSIVE & THE CONSEQUENCE"

A goofy horror story about a man who did nothing and his neighbor who tried to do too much when it came to a murder.

"REASSURANCE, OR THE EVOLUTION OF A PESSIMIST"

Tale of a man, an ethereal girlfriend, razor blades, and a promise ring.

"SLEEP"

After his girlfriend disappears (and a bottle of Ambien), a writer finds himself in the middle of total anarchy as he roams Long Brooke for his lost loved one. 

BLOG STORIES
​& MISC.

"ARMAGEDDON AS EXPECTED"

Before the devil stepped foot on the Earth, an unexpected winter storm crossed over the countryside of Raven's Crook. The far south side of Raven's Crook, Chase county was a barren place with few buildings, few roads, and even fewer people. Whenever winter solstice came around, the roads were bad at first - but never this bad.

"BUM STORY, AN ERASURE"

Erasure: "the place or mark, as one a piece of paper, where something has been erased." I wrote a story by doing this.

"THE CANDY CANE KILLER"

Honestly, I don't know why I ever wrote this one. It's almost just how it sounds. Enjoy!

"CROSS-STITCHES"

Enjoy a quick read about two old ladies fighting & a man's 90th birthday surprise.

"THE DENT"

A man realizes his wife never returned home from a night out with her friends and searches for her, first by checking with the neighbors.

"HOSTAGE"

In an isolated cellar chamber, the man in black told me, “You can either have the photograph or the handgun.” 

"LUCKY SHOT"

One of Chase County's best photographers snaps a photograph that not only his but his family's safety. 

"ROBOTIC FLAMES"

This isn't your linear sort of tale. It's more of a bizarre twist of events. A cocktail of some fancy adjectives, in which I share a story about ghosts, booze & sexlines.

"WHEN EDGAR ALLAN POE SPEAKS OF RAVENS" (Imitation Poem)

A few years back, I was challenged to imitate “When Dean Young Speaks of Wine” by Tony Hoagland. As I was cleaning out my files again, I thought this might be a piece worth sharing in this good ol' blog. 

"Humphries starts off quickly and offers plenty of excitement and horror that keeps you turning the pages to find out what comes next. ”

- Blood Moon Rising Bloody Book Reviews