Absurdist comedy2018 · Pamplemousse
Bill Bradney Has a Problem
Bill Bradney has a simple problem: he is stressed about the cost of seeing his psychiatrist. Unfortunately, the only way he can address that stress is by continuing to see his psychiatrist. What begins as a therapy session quickly becomes an increasingly absurd argument about money, anxiety, time, and the impossibility of solving a problem that depends upon its own existence.
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Media satire2014 · Gravel
Primetime
A mental hospital becomes the setting for an absurd epidemic: patients believe they are characters from television, from Sherlock Holmes and Columbo to Walter White and Gilligan. As the boundary between fiction and reality begins to collapse, the doctors may not be as separate from the patients as they think.
Mystery / black comedy2018 · Mystery Tribune
Doctor’s Orders
When a wealthy businessman tells his doctor that his wife is poisoning him, the diagnosis seems obvious: paranoia. But as his health deteriorates and the doctor’s advice becomes increasingly consequential, the distinction between treatment and conspiracy begins to disappear.
Literary parodyBetween These Shores
The Cask of Amontillado Distilled
A comic sequel to Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” in which Montresor’s carefully planned revenge goes disastrously wrong. After walling Fortunato into the family catacombs, Montresor discovers that he has somehow trapped himself as well—and must now rely on the man he intended to kill.
Crime / noir2017 · Scarlet Leaf Review
The Boxer
Marcus “The Rock” Price has quit boxing—or so he tells his wife and himself. Then his manager offers him one more fight, and Marcus discovers that the bout has been fixed. Knowing exactly what is happening, he steps into the ring anyway, only to discover that the scheme was never meant to protect him.
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Suspense2018 · Metaworker
The Hitchhiker
A story of a chance encounter on the road, published by Metaworker in 2018.
Holiday mystery2018 · Mystery Weekly Magazine
Mrs. Bott’s Finest Christmas
A mystery story published in the December 2018 issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine.
Mystery2019 · Mystery Weekly Magazine
The Other Woman
A mystery story published in the June 2019 issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine.
Noir2026 · Bristol Noir
You Can Never Be Too Sure
A recent story published by Bristol Noir in May 2026.
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