Fiction

This page lists stories that are in progress and those already written and available. When stories are available, links will be provided to where they can be found.

A Whisper in the Dark: (rework in progress) Originally written in 2012. Vanity e-published in 2013. Unpublished in 2023. The plan is to make this a free story, available here on this website in the first or second quarter 2026 (maybe). (learn a little more here)

UPDATE: This story is done and will be available for free later in 2026.

Something Worse: (rework in progress) Originally written in around 2005, meant to be a fifteen-chapter novella, but I never finished the last three chapters. It is in the same vein as A Whisper in the Dark, as the protagonist is Navarr. I have been told that all my stories that revolve around Navarr are nobledark stories. It might be available third or fourth quarter of 2026, but I have not made up my mind yet. I don’t want to rush anything.

UPDATE: Done. I suspect it will be published early 2027.

The Closed Casket Jackpot!: Modern fiction, satire, and suspense. It’s About a guy named Uncle Bob, his nephew Jack, Jack’s girlfriend Denise, and a lottery ticket. Outline (notes in a spiral notebook) was completed several years ago, and I recently went back and did some revising on it. (UPDATE: This book is done, edited, formatted for print and e-book publishing on KDP. I might publish it before the end of the year 2026).

Fog Over Fell’s Point: Book One of the Calvert Mysteries. A 50k-word novella written in Oct/November 2025, with the second draft completed in December 2025. I do not intend to publish this novella until after the first three books of The Calvert Mysteries are finished and ready for publication.

Blood on the Water: Book Two of the Calvert Mysteries. 45 to 55k-word novella. Started with one-third of the first draft completed late December 2025. My goal is to have the first draft completed by the end of January 2026. As of 1-13-26 I am working on Chapter 11. My outline has sixteen chapters; if some chapters go long, I may break them into two, which will, of course, increase the overall chapter count.

Update: Completed the first draft on 1-26-26. I am going to let this one sit for a few weeks before I go back and look at it for some revision work. I will eventually run it through Grammarly to check grammar, spelling, word skips, etc…     I will keep it minimal, because if you’re not careful, Grammarly will change your prose.

Untitled: Book Three of the Calvert Mysteries. Outline and chapter beat sheet completed. Not Started.