Twisted Texan and other stories
Bean There, Done That
A US Drug Enforcement Administration senior agent investigates the murder of an owner of a coffee importation business with ties to an international drug smuggling organization.
Read an excerpt of Bean There, Done That.
A Present Fantasy
A “sneak-peak” at an office romance between a beautiful, young assistant and her older, married boss.
Read an excerpt of A Present Fantasy.
To See the Ocean
A dying young mother has but one compelling wish and this tale details her loving husband’s heroic efforts to make it come true.
Natural Born Driver
A fourteen-year-old and his kid sister steal a car, elude cops and make personal discoveries as they race across rural Texas in 1967.
A House in the Suburbs
A poetic interpretation of a suburban affair—a tryst with a twist.
The Night the Beetle Got Plugged
A philandering electronics genius finally gets his comeuppance in this morality tale with more twists and turns than a New Jersey turnpike.
The Preacher
An aging man of God poignantly recalls his one and only regret in life.
No Need to Be Courageous
A young woman in Nazi-occupied France finds her loyalty questioned when she falls in love with a bureaucrat employed by the enemy.
Read an excerpt of No Need to Be Courageous.
Night Scout
An escaped cop-killer known as the “Rooster” attempts to elude capture as he trudges on foot across the desert, pursued by a young tracker with incredible skills, the DEA and a team of county deputies bent on revenge.
Read an excerpt of Night Scout.
One More Thing
It’s “sorority rush” time and a young coed seeking initiation does what’s required of her in the wee hours of a winter morning at the local Starbucks.
He Cast No Shadow
A one-page tale in verse about a man who cast no shadow—on a sunny day or any way.
One Last One
How a high school coach with a major gambling addiction overcomes all obstacles to win that one last one, the final game of the season, by hook or by crook.
