Short Stories
Fire Flies at Night
Featured in June 2025 Issue of Field Ethos Magazine: “Damn, that was moving fast.” I heard the words over my radio headset as we cruised through the dark Iraqi night. “What?” I asked my gunner, Trevis. “Fucking firefly just buzzed by my head.” I thought nothing more about it, keeping my eyes out my MRAP…
Bullets Don’t Lie
November 2023 “Frontier Tales” Story of the Month: Henry Collins stared hard at the man standing twenty feet away whose hands were splayed over the big Colt that hung at his hip. Somewhere a door slammed, but he barely heard it, as he concentrated on the burly, gunman who now faced him in the…
The Final Ride
The tall man, shoved his Stetson to the back of his head and leaned against the corral fence to stare at the big, grey stallion across the clumpy ground. The earthy smell of fresh manure wafted across the rodeo arena to the cowboy. He hooked the heel of his hand-tooled leather boot over the…
Trouble at Murder Creek
The lowing of the cattle was deafening to Rock Miller’s ears. All his hard work, was going up in smoke right before his eyes. Hundreds of cows he had brought in and carefully nourished, were dying right in front of him. And all because James Gould didn’t like him homesteading on the best water around. …
The Bottom Shelf Bites Back
Fall is here and winter is around the corner. While I love Spring and Summer, they’re made for drinking a cold beer at a ball game or on a fishing boat. And of course, hot weather simply begs for you to be kicking back with a Rum/Tequila drink somewhere tropical. But, in my humble…