I do a little short story writing now and then. Here are some short samples - just to give you an idea. Each copyrighted short story is original and very much for sale at $4 each - or - $2 each for 3 or more (postage is included). I don't want the expense and trouble of equiping this website with credit card software. I will gladly accept personal checks. To order a story or two, email me at: id@brainmist.com. Enjoy!

Some of the following selections are available for Podcast! Look for the button to download the mp3.

"Beneath the Noise" Fiction / Drama ©2000
Randall is a troubled youth. This story unfolds in the office of his psychiatrist. He is a loaner and in frequent trouble at home and school... and he hears voices.
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"Three Thousand Pounds" Drama / Adventure / Fiction ©1999
In this short work of fiction, the author relates a tale of amateur wreck-diving gone bad. Any divers out there?
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"Fat Roger" Fiction / Drama ©1999
With Columbine still echoing on the news channels, this work of fiction has a chilling ring to it. The story's main character is more common than we wish to admit.
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"The House on Portagee Hill" Horror / Drama / Fiction ©1999
A circle of green grass in the backyard shouldn't be of concern... usually. This H.P. Lovcecraft inspired fiction sees it differently.
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"At The River Ridge Bar" Comedy / Fiction ©1996 - Winner, Best of Show, Spfld Area Arts Council "On My Own Time" 1996 Competition
There are actually places in this world that aren't in the Las Vegas league. This is real entertainment in the slow-lane!
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"All Along The Watchtower" Drama / Fiction ©1996
Three teens face their future in 1968. Adulthood is crashing down upon these close childhood friends whose clubhouse is a bit unusual.
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"The Point of Pinball" Violent Drama / Fiction ©2001
What's the point of pinball? A fair question. To a pinball-purist, this story explains it well.
Note: this story contains scenes of graphic violence.
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"Once Upon a Future Past" Science Fiction ©1999
Time travel? It didn't occur to the subject of this work of fiction. Well, at least not until it happened!
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"The Road, My Shadow, and I" Non-fiction, philosophy ©2001
A biker's story. Why do we ride long miles? It may seem like a fool's game, but there is a reason. This story explains it all to those on four wheels.
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"The Long Way Home" Contemporary Fiction / Drama ©2000
Marcus is a bomb disposal technician. His partner was recently blown to bits and Marcus comes face to face with another bomb made by the same bomber.
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"Hiking Through the Shawnee" Future Fiction / Drama / Graphic Violence ©2000
It is a future world. The Shawnee forest covers most of mid and southern Illinois and John is enjoying his annual hike. This story contains scenes of graphic violence.
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"Circling Exodus" Fiction / Drama ©2000
Amnesia has robbed him of his past. However, he finds a diary in his library detailing dangerous pharmacological research. The diary, it seems, is his own.
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"The Geranium Beam" Future Fiction ©2000
In the distant future, an eight-year-old student is having trouble understanding the Delta Signus Axiom of Socio-Spatial Relativity and seeks help from her aging mentor.
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"Crushed Between Question and Answer" Fiction / Drama ©2000
Aging brings out the questions. Some herald answers that we would just as soon not hear.
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"Sunset's Plain" Future Fiction / Sci-fi / Drama ©2000
Black spheres have appeared and are levitating and following people all over the world. They have taken no hostile action yet there is something troubling. They are multiplying at an alarming rate.
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"The Deep End of the Jury Pool" Future Fiction / Drama ©1999
Things have changed. In this work of fiction, Carle 37 Metzger is about to come face to face with a future version of a jury of his peers.
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"The Neighbors" Comedy / Fiction ©1996
A Homeowner's worst nightmare. The vacant house next door is suddenly vacant no more - with chilling consequences!
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"Heaven & Earth" Science Fiction ©1996
An accident in space forces a worker to return to Earth. The tale is played out from two different vantage points.
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"The E-Mail Trail" Drama / Fiction ©1999
This comes from the all-too-serious Dilbert world. Corporate America is not necessarily a nice place. In this unique work of fiction, a tale is told of the evil done to subordinates by their supervisors... through their e-mail!
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"Dirt" Drama / Fiction ©1999
Politics - a dirty world. In this work of fiction, we see the unclean world through the eyes of a small town politician about to have his life changed.
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