This page provides links to short stories, novel fragments, screenplays, and other creative endeavors. All downloads are Microsoft Word manuscripts in PDF format. Obligatory intellectual property notice: all content linked to herein is copyrighted. You are welcome to read at leisure on your own computer or print it out (if you hate reading on screen). Please, however, do not forward willy-nilly. Thanks.
New items are being added to this page regularly after first appearing on Blogito Ergo Sum.
Humorous profile of the musician who was a legend in his own lunchtime.
The first three chapters of a vaguely Tolkeinesque novel-in-progress.
Short story, inspired by an urban legend or a fraternity stunt, or something, about a mobile gnome.
Long short story about a "TV dork" who claims he can talk to the dead—and the dead people he has pissed off.
Part One of the “Moistville Trilogy” of staggeringly silly short stories. A chalk outline is found in a seafood restaurant. Is there a body that goes with it? Click the link below to download in PDF format.
Part Two of the “Moistville Trilogy” concerns a fiendish plot to capture all the world’s frogs and replace them with rubber replicas. What on earth for? Click the link below to download in PDF format.
Vampire goldfish?! Yep, that’s the very silly premise of the third story in the “Moistville Trilogy.” Click the link below to download in PDF format.
Feature-length screenplay about the staff of a technology magazine at the height of the 1990s dot-com boom. Click the link below to download in PDF format.
A short story—vaguely Dickensian—that serves as a cautionary tale about why you should always shovel the snow from the sidewalk in front of your house.
Would The Museum of Natural History be the best place for a hot date? For some, like, yes, for most, no. A giant squid becomes a symbol of true love in this short story.
Silly short story about a talking cow.
What would happen if Death were killed—or unkilled....or whatever? Click the link below to download in PDF format.
Short story about an airport encounter between a chronic road warrior and a free spirit.
