Below are some free samples of my fiction writing. There are a few short stories, some fictional travelogs (based on real travel), and others. Enjoy!
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Franklin,I can’t really start this out “Dear Franklin” because I didn’t know you that well. I put you in the first scene of my next book (first in a series), but I didn’t know who you were. Sure, you were the main character’s boss and you got to deliver some good news, and you were…
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The latest volume of the family-friendly Holiday Hijinks short story collections are out. This one is called Haunted Holidays and includes one of my short stories. https://books2read.com/Hijinks-Haunted The link above will take you to a list of all the ebook and print bookstores that carry it. If you are reading this right after I post…
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The Pet Shelter. And Children. An almost overwhelming combination. Almost. Written May 2019. Fiction. ~3000 words. I knew I was doomed from the start. The wide pleading eyes looking up at me. The little voice saying, “Please, Daddy?” But I also knew that I had to put up some kind of fight.
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Another travelog entry from our trip to Iowa. Winnebago is a well known name in the motorhome business and has been for years. Several publications have written up histories of the company. There are links at the end of this post to them. But no one has explained the origin of the “Flying W” itself.…
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A crime was committed in Dubuque, Iowa. Not a crime of power. Not a crime of money. Not even a crime of passion. But a crime nonetheless. In 2003, late on a hot summer day, a small ceremony took place at the above location. On the banks of the Mississippi, overlooking the river traffic and…
