What I Write

What I Write

I have saved more than 50 of my short stories, and I have six novels in various stages of my writing process. The first novel -The Curse of Misery Mountain – will be submitted to agents in November of 2025. Each additional novel will be submitted annually after that. Below is a list of my six unpublished novels, as well as a few of my previously published short stories. There are links to each short story.

My novels:

  1. The Curse of Misery Mountain
    Julian Rose, a frustrated investigative reporter, finds the big story he’s been looking for in a West Virginia Energy War, but what he really wants is to get his old flame back.
  2. Love or Death (Jordan Foxx Series)
    Jordan Foxx and Olivia “Ollie” Love have the perfect marriage until their opposing positions on two crucial social issues turns personal.
  3. Naples Nights (Jordan Foxx Series)
    Jordan loses Ollie and Taylee loses David, and then they’re surprised by what they find.
  4. Fine Lines (Jordan Foxx Series)
    Jordan and Taylee are haunted by dead spouses that have points to make.
  5. The Sausage Maker
    A young advocate of liberal causes matures, and her newfound beliefs put her older and younger selves at odds with one another.
  6. The Mighty Race
    “Freddie Twice,” an aspiring new minority mayor, discovers that pleasing everyone is not as easy as he imagined.

 

My Short Stories:

  1. Suffering
    Jonah, an investigative reporter, rejects the advances of a woman he admires, then searches for a way to overcome his mistake.
    Go to the story
  2. Playing Handball Off a Curb (A Noah Ballard Story)
    Noah Ballard’s plan to cut ties with his girlfriend is derailed by an Irish mafia family.
    Go to the story
  3. Shame
    A candidate for a major corporation’s chairmanship fights to protect his reputation before confronting the ugly truth about himself.
    Go to the story
  4. A Country Girl Can Survive
    While pursuing a dangerous drug pusher, a deputy sheriff crosses paths with one tough Georgia peach.
    Go to the story
  5. Surviving an FBI Investigation (Thirty Stages of Paranoia)
    A neurotic man suffers through thirty-two stages of paranoia after convincing himself that he’s under investigation by the FBI.
    Go to the story