I’m working on the third story featuring the snarky Leo Persky, a.k.a. Weekly World News reporter “Terrance Strange.” WWN, for those who don’t recall, was the black and white supermarket tabloid published by the chowderheads at American Media, Inc., the folks who bring you the gossipy National Enquirer.… Read the rest
Short Story
I’ve written a new story for Richard Leider’s anthology, Hellfire Lounge 3: Jinn Rummy, published by Marietta Publishing, currently scheduled for Summer 2012 publication.
The theme is the jinn, or genies, and I went back to a character I had used in a previous story (which originally appeared in Moonstone Publishing’s Vampires: Dracula and the Undead Legions, and is available in my eBook, In My Shorts: Hitler’s Bellhop and Other Stories on Amazon.com), Leo Persky, a.k.a Terrence Strange, intrepid reporter for the tabloid newspaper, Weekly World News.… Read the rest
A STONE FOR THE GRAVE OF MR. ARONSON
Silent as a tomb. In the dead of night.
He never really thought about what that meant until now. Walking through a cemetery in the hour just after dusk on a bone chilling autumn evening, colder than the time of year warranted, cold, he thought, as the grave.… Read the rest
About a year and a half ago, I wrote a short story for an upcoming anthology from Moonstone Books about vampires (coming out this year, I believe). The story features a reporter for the Weekly World News (my former employer), Leo Persky, who writes under the byline Terrance Strange.… Read the rest
This is a short story I wrote about five years ago; the idea was sparked by a small footstone for Sidney Aronson in the graveyard near where my mother-in-law lies. My father’s name was Sidney, so whenever we visit the cemetery, I always put a stone on Mr.… Read the rest
Last year I wrote a short story for Moonstone Books‘ The Avenger Chronicles, an anthology starring the 1930-1940s pulp character. The book is out and I share space with a batch of talented writers, including Will Murray, Ron Goulart, C.J.… Read the rest
Last week I ran Part I of this short story I wrote that appeared in The Further Adventures of Batman, Volume 3: Featuring Catwoman, edited by Martin H. Greenberg (Bantam, 1993. Here’s Part II:
CREATURES OF HABIT
© DC Comics
Selina Kyle was disturbed by the night’s encounter.… Read the rest
The first section of a short story I wrote that appeared in The Further Adventures of Batman, Volume 3: Featuring Catwoman, edited by Martin H. Greenberg (Bantam, 1993):
CREATURES OF HABIT
© DC Comics
She padded across the alleyway, shrouded in the protective darkness of night, picking her way over the city’s debris.… Read the rest
Check out Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6! Now read on:
PASSED LIVES
© Paul Kupperberg
The demon army withdrew as the sun began to set. The soldiers of Atlantis staggered about the battlefield, giving aid to fallen comrades and dispatching the wounded among their foes.… Read the rest
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