MYSTERY & THRILLER
"THE BRONZE SERPENT"
Dr. Byron Stoneburner must save his best friend from a World War I wasteland using an Old Testament relic.
Featured in Havok Publishing's Thriller Thursday on October 12, 2023.
"THE FIRE BEAR"
An unfortunate Yellowstone prospector transforms into an avenging spirit seeking retribution on his tormentors.
Featured in Havok Publishing's Thriller Thursday on September 28, 2023.
"GHOST OF THE BADLANDS"
Teddy Roosevelt must hunt and kill a legendary monster that steals his cattle.
Featured in Havok Publishing's Thriller Thursday on August 10, 2023.
"FROM THE DEPTHS"
A fisherman and his dog battle a monster lingering below the surface of Lake Erie.
Featured in Havok Publishing's Thriller Thursday on June 15, 2023.
"THE MOUNTAIN OF DEATH"
Featured in Havok Publishing's Mystery Monday on May 8, 2023.
"PAINT THE NILE RED"
Featured in Havok Publishing's Thriller Thursday on February 2, 2023.
"GHOST IN THE SNOW"
Father Christmas must fight to save his reindeer from a mysterious beast after his sled crashes in a Yukon blizzard.
Featured in Havok Publishing's Thriller Thursday on January 12, 2023.
"TWIST OF FATE"
"Mark ducked away from a barrage of hail moments before the gunshot clacked."
Featured in Havok Publishing's Thriller Thursday on December 22, 2022.
"DEMON OF THE PRAIRIE"
A circus clown and a drifter team up to combat a killer lion on the American prairie.
Featured in Havok Publishing's Thriller Thursday on November 3, 2022.
"THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE CLICHÉ"
Judy Suarez and her assistant, Daryl, face-off against a screenwriter with a death wish.
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Featured in Havok Publishing's Thriller Thursday on September 1, 2022.
"BROTHER'S KEEPER"
"A musket ball whizzed past Lizzie Ozark’s ear and smacked the skull of a neighboring soldier. Warm blood splattered her cheek. She chanced a look and stifled a cry."
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Published July 21, 2022 in Havok Publishing's Thriller Thursday.
"RADIO SILENT"
"The first thing Mia noticed was the blood—dark specks drizzled across fresh snow like errant paint strokes."
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Featured in Havok Publishing's Thriller Thursday on June 9, 2022.
"NUNATAK"
A professor must evade a killer polar bear in his search for the undiscovered mysteries of an Arctic mountain.
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Published March 10, 2022 in Havok Publishing's Thriller Thursday.
"CASE #3984"
When a group of hikers gets lost in a national park, they learn they are not alone. Something lurks in the lake.
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Featured in Havok Publishing's Mystery Monday on February 28, 2022.
"THUNDERBIRD"
When a vacation goes wrong, a man must escape from a giant bird before he is eaten by its offspring.
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Published February 17, 2022 in Havok Publishing's Thriller Thursday.
"HELVEGR"
She is no man. She is a sage, a priestess, and they would follow her through the gates of the underworld.
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Published December 9, 2021 in Havok Publishing's Thriller Thursday.
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"SAVE THE CAT"
If Daryl lets anything happen to this cat, his head will roll.
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Published November 25, 2021 in Havok Publishing's Thriller Thursday.
"PAXTON'S LIST"
Paxton has a list of books, and he comes to the library every day. But what is his story?
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Featured in Havok Publishing's online magazine on November 15, 2021.
"DON'T BREATHE HIS NAME"
After discovering her truck’s tires have been mysteriously slashed while she spent a day hunting in the Montana wilderness, teenager Lisa Murtaugh must trek alone toward home and safety before a supernatural creature kills her.
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Published October 30, 2021 by Dragon Soul Press in their All Dark Places 3 horror anthology.
"JESTER'S MAZE"
Enter the corn maze if you dare.
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Published in Havok's Mystery Monday, October 11, 2021.
"THE SCRIPT DOCTOR"
Judy Suarez and her naive assistant fix plot holes for screenwriters and the Mob.
Featured in Havok's Mystery Monday, August 2021.
"BENEATH THE SKIN"
When police academy cadet Everett Lang unknowingly matches with a murderer on a dating app, he has 30 minutes to solve a series of Valentine’s Day riddles before he’s blown up.
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Featured in Dragon Soul Press's Murder and Mayhem anthology, published July 30, 2021.
"DEATH DON'T KISS"
A fallen angel known as The Debt Collector struggles to complete his final bounty—killing a woman he believes doesn't deserve to die.
Published in July 2021 by Springer Mountain Press in their debut horror anthology.
"BEWARE THE WINTER MAN"
Be careful what you take. It may seem like a simple act of thievery, but all things have consequences.
Featured in Havok Publishing's Thriller Thursday, June 2021.
"TRITANOPIA"
He needs money. And he's going to die for it. But not without getting his last rites from a priest. Why did he have to pick the one with the jokes?
Featured in Havok Publishing's Mystery Monday, April 2021.
"GREEN LIMBO"
"Your murderer comes for you, and there’s nothing you can do. In the delirium of a St. Patrick’s night celebration, you’re easy pickings. With its relentless and hypnotic pace, -'Green Limbo' is one cautionary tale you’ll not soon forget."
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— Havok Publishing's editors, the Weekend Scoreboard for March 2021
"DEADLINE"
A secluded writer struggles to finish a manuscript after a meteorite hits the earth.
Featured in Havok Publishing's Mystery Monday, April 2020.