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Thomas Jefferson Stoneshield VII dies in World War II and enters a godless afterlife where souls are clouds upon a golden ocean surrounding the Earth. He blames himself for ending the legacy carried in his name. He doesn't know why he never married because he's buried it too deep: Thom is gay.
To help him, Thom's dad reaches out from inside a soul well—a monster made of captured souls. But his dad is unable to communicate. Instead, Thom keeps rewatching his dad’s death in World War I, while his dad keeps apologizing for something. Determined to rescue his father, Thom teaches himself how to fight the soul wells with weaponized memories.
His fellow soldier, David Lowenstein, wants to save his parents. Others want Thom to stop the soul wells before they unleash Earth’s Armageddon and consume all souls, living and dead. But Thom just wants to save his dad and atone for ending his family name.
When his dad goes missing, DJ finds a file containing evidence of a secret war of industrial sabotage, a file encrypted by his dad using DJ's song Lost Helix. Caught in a crossfire of lies, DJ must find his father and the mother he never knew.
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Ant-like aliens have shared memories, so none have individual personalities. Then humans visit.
Twin brothers, Ceasar and Julius, are the youngest winner of the Nobel Prize ever. Their work opened the door to interstellar travel. But doesn’t mean Mom is going to stop driving them toward success.
A Los Angeles National Novel Writing Month Anthology
In the course of our ever-changing "new normal" of pandemic life, have we lost touch with common humanity ... or expanded the definition of it? Who are you really, when your Second Life spouse is a First Life stranger; when you've turned into someone else you know; or when you prefer the unearthly foreigner you've become?
Enjoy peering into all of these literal and figurative purses, not to mention a variety of containment systems! Viewing the contents of a woman's purse can be a frightening experience, or so I've been told . . . We would extend this fright to include men's satchels, go-bags, and such. Artists, poets, and storywriters reach into their collective psyches to bring forth these oft quirky, occasionally demented, and definitely fantastical tales!
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A story about a new relationship versus her cat versus a Christmas Tree.
As other crimes unfold around them, the police officers of Space Station E12 chase an illegal food truck, and the C.H.I.E.F. is there to ensure they stay on mission in this surreal comedy.
Sixth Annual Los Angeles NaNo Anthology 2019 ~ Finalist
In a frozen world where global warming has turned itself upside down, 16-year old Nate discovers dangerous technology from a previous age.
Their criterion: “If a friend asked you to recommend something outstanding from the past quarter of Bewildering Stories, what are your favorites? What would you choose?”
The lonely ad bot went into the wilds of the internet again, determined to make a true friend today, and then help its true friend live a happier life through the deliciousness of Yum-E-Yum Gum.
This story was featured in issue 800 and Bewildering Stories’ First Quarterly Review of 2019.
The two McKenna Mining Incorporated employees inside the shuttle had no idea that Bob was out on their hull. Their ignorance was essential, because Bob’s job was that of the mythical gremlin.
The -Ghost- Lost Ship was published by Nth Degree in 2013. Ed smoked menthols. He salvaged them from an old space freighter. Of course, to him they were just freighters. I mean, he’s in space so why would he call them space freighters? Really?
Bewildering Stories published "The Hero Rush" in 2012. It was also featured in Bewildering Stories’ Quarterly Review.
Heroes of the Hydra, Bewildering Stories, 2012. “Don’t stop counting!” yelled an unfamiliar woman in an unfamiliar uniform. Hank realized he wore a uniform like hers. “1- 2-3! 1-2-3!” she ordered before firing out the window. “Don’t stop counting!”
The Laughing Bombs, a surreal trek through the front lines of war, was published by Bewildering Stories, November 2011.
The Laughing Bombs was featured in Bewildering Stories' 4th Quarterly Review 2011, and their Annual Review 2011, The Mariner Awards.
Type II Agoraphobia, Pariah, 2011. Shane, at the end of a cord of six and seven year-olds tied to Janet’s waist, had it looped, thwarting Janet’s attempt to get away from his questions. Another boy tested the cord by launching himself into space.
Trademark a Tragedy was published by Nth Degree, April 2010. Fear swells his eye. The bar code scanner falls, scanning on its way down. Beep. Beep. Beep. Kevin runs for the panic button but too late. A heavy legal document stops him in his tracks.
The Last Mortician was published by Pariah in 2010. “I couldn’t take another one jumping out of the coffin,” said Owen as he sat in the tavern by the deep red sea. He’d been the town’s only mortician. Now he’d go down as the planet’s last mortician.
Happy Pills and Candy Bars was published by HUNGUR #6, May 2009. The old, grey Captain just wanted to fill those cargo drones with ore until he had enough money to cruise around in a house shuttle. I’m pretty sure he was trying to kill me.
Ghosts of Liberty, Sonar4, 2009. The Grey Ghost seized The Liberty of the Stars, what they were here for. But Greg had what he wanted, hundreds of Derelicts, just as he’d predicted! Now he needed to get to civilization and away from these criminals.
Morbid Silence was published by HUNGUR Magazine in May 2008. Tradition dictated that Victoria hunt Luke down but Victoria didn’t need tradition telling her what to do; the bastard had taken her blood and she was going to wring it from his ashes.
Crypt Hound was published by HUNGUR Magazine in May 2007. Victoria’s fangs ached in anticipation as she slipped unnoticed back into the throngs of humans scurrying to escape the invasion. Her eyes perused the panicked crowd like items on a menu.
Firewall was published by Nth Degree Magazine in May 2006. In a world with psychic controlled servers, corporate espionage gets cerebral and firewalls get surreal.
