Launching February 3rd A collection of six speculative fiction short stories. On Black Wings is a haunting anthology of speculative fiction that lifts readers into the space where the strange, the beautiful, and the unsettling meet. These stories glide on shadow and wonder—tales of transformation, memory, loss, and survival—each one asking what it means to…
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The moment I approach the door, the masks hover, circling like lazy moths around the warmth of a light bulb. I’ve worn each face before. The Confident Stranger with the serene smile. The Quiet Thinker, who nods instead of speaks, and The Charming Ghost, who laughs at the right moment and vanishes before the check…
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Chapter One It’s a summer night in South Florida and it’s hot. We are the only ones on the block without air-conditioning, and tonight I’m sweating. On nights like this, I used to pray for a storm to rise out of the Everglades and cool me off, but not since my grandfather moved in. His…
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Some back story on my ‘The Foggy Dew’ short story. In July, Susan and I traveled to Scotland and Ireland. Our coach driver had just retired after 34 years as an officer (Guarda) near Galway. We met in the first hotel’s pub and immediately bonded, although he’s probably young enough to be my son, because…
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I sat there staring out into another one of many cloudy afternoons, my mouth wide open—not in wonder or awed by the serenity. No. It was a far different sensation. Gliding effortlessly through the sky, were two beautiful hawks searching for prey no doubt. Somewhere they had young mouths to feed, probably with mouths agape,…
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