Writing
Short Story - Mystery/Crime
Cherry Pie
Potato Soup Journal, USA:, present day - Western Pennsylvania
A senior citizen recluse plans the execution of deviants who have escaped justice through technicalities. A pet parrot named Bronson is his only companion until his favorite waitress at the corner breakfast joint is widowed. He begins thinking of retiring from his vigilante work to be with her.
Short Story - Historical Fiction
Revelation
Winter Legends, A Literary Journal, Grey Wolfe Publishing, USA:, 1650 - Allegheny Mountains
An extended Cayuga family is starving in the Allegheny wilderness. Unrelenting snow storms have made hunting impossible. A young Cayuga father's nightmare of his newborn daughter dying of hunger is followed by a vision he believes will lead him to food to save his clan.
The Cravat
Wellington Writers, USA:, 1757 - Allegheny Mountains
A militia man's unit has been ambushed by French and Indians. Wounded, he manages to escape the initial combat, running until he finds a hiding place. But he is soon discovered by one of the enemy.
A Fisherman's Last Wish
Dark Lane Anthology - Volume 4, London, England:, 1715 - Scotland
A Scottish fisherman awakens to find his clinker skiff drifting in the fog-covered sea, his mate gone. He searches in vain when suddenly a young woman appears, enticing him to join her in the dark waters for eternity.
Le Petite
Commuter Lit, Canada:, 1755 - Fort DuQuesne, French Colony of Quebec
A letter from Le Petite, a woman forced to assume the identity of a marine recruit and flee France to protect her secret lover, a Catholic monsignor. The letter describes conditions in a remote fort protecting French interests in America.
Six Faces of War
History Through Fiction, USA:, 1967-2017, USA and Vietnam
Follows a ROTC graduate and his fiancée from his assignment to Vietnam to the Vietnam Memorial fifty years later. Six emotions and situations of war are examined: devotion, counsel, assignment, letters, grief and closure.
Short Story - Historical Fiction - Horror
Proper Substitute for a Pagan Holiday
Gravelight Press: Halloween Party 2023, USA:, 1731 - Manhattan Island, New York Colony
A serial killer's first person account of stalking a victim through the streets of Manhattan while his sailing ship is refitted. His twisted memories of strict upbringing leads him on a continuing vendetta against disciples of the Devil that God reveals to him for execution.
Chirping Merry
The Wolfian, Issue 7; London, England:, 1732 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colony
Second story about a serial killer in colonial America. This story is told in the third person to illustrate the killer's stay in a tavern located in Philadelphia's Helltown.
Novels - Historical Fiction
The Second Sun
unpublished, October 312, CE
Currently refining. A coming of age story of young lovers, a Roman legionary from Asia and a mysterious young woman with roots in Britannia. The setting is Urbs (Rome) during the last week of October leading up to, during and immediately after the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312 CE.
Non-fiction: History
Wily Varmints on the Stonycreek
Historical and Genealogical Society of Somerset County, Somerset, Pennsyvania, USA, 1986
A reconstruction of events associated with the Amerindian incursions of November 1777 into the area then known as the Stonycreek Glades of Bedford County.
1912 Diary of Lewis Baumgardner
Biscuit Spring Run, Somerset County, PA. USA, 2023
Transcription of a boy's diary with relevant photos and explanations of diary notations.