Recently Published

October – December 2020

Self-Inflicted Wounds: Welcome to Belgrade, book 1 of the trilogy, Self-Inflicted Wounds. Published October 1, 2020.

Self-Inflicted Wounds: Dangerous Truths, book 2 of the trilogy, Self-Inflicted Wounds. Published November 1, 2020.

Self-Inflicted Wounds: And Justice for All, book 3 of the trilogy, Self-Inflicted Wounds. Published December 1, 2020.

Find the trilogy’s series page HERE.

June 2020

Dateline: Belgrade, the reader magnet for the flash-published trilogy, Self-Inflicted Wounds.

Find the ebook or paperback HERE.

April 2020

A Perfect Hatred: Collateral Damage, book 4 and the conclusion of the tetralogy, A Perfect Hatred.

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January 2020

A Change for the Better, a novella created by combining two novelettes; about The Directorate’s reaction to the 2016 election. Click here to purchase for your Kindle or for a paperback.

August 2019

A Perfect Hatred: Descending Spiral, book 3 of the tetralogy, A Perfect Hatred. Click here to purchase either the Kindle version or a paperback.

December 2018

A Perfect Hatred: Bad Company, book 2 of the tetralogy, A Perfect Hatred. Click here to purchase the Kindle version or a paperback.

April 2018

A Perfect Hatred: End Times, book one of the tetralogy, A Perfect Hatred. Click here to purchase the Kindle version or a paperback.

May 2017

A War of Deception, my first full-length novel about a Russian mole in the FBI. Click here to purchase.

December 2016

Spy Flash II, a compilation of four, standard-length short stories on current events. Click here to purchase.

January 2017

A Face in the Crowd, a novelette with a sneak preview of the upcoming novel, A War of Deception (to be released late spring). Click here to purchase A Face in the Crowd.

Contests

December 2019

My short story, “A Visit from Grandfather Frost,” won the top spot in fiction for the contest for this anthology. My short story, “Lull Them into a Sense of Complacency,” is also included.

November 2016

My short story, “Reset,” won the Virginia Writers Club Golden Nib award. You can find “Reset” in the anthology, Skyline 2017. Click here to purchase.

2014

Winner, Second Annual Flashversary Flash Fiction Contest, with “Dreamtime,” magical realism about an aboriginal astrophysicist. To read a two-part interview with me about this story, click here and here.

Top Five, 2014 Short Story Challenge, Round Two, for “Blood and Guts,” historical fiction about a farmer and saving a life.

Finalist, Press 53 AWP Flash Fiction Contest, for “Man on Fire,” a story of PTSD.

Top Five, 2014 Short Story Challenge, Round One, for “Niblets,” a horror story about prisoners used to test genetically modified organisms

Winner, Ampersand Arts Bar Hopping 10-minute Play Contest, for “Yo’ Momma,” a vignette about a woman ordering wine in a bar.

2013

Third Place, WriterHouse Fifth Anniversary Contest, for “Marakata,” a fantasy story about a goddess who falls in love with a mortal man.