Under the Twinkle of Fading Stars (132)

Opening:
"It was the Halloween of 1963 and I wanted to be Peter Pan, not just in costume but also in life. Under the twinkle of fading stars and the age of sixteen, my dreams would be dashed. My brother came back from college and for a few short hours, I was a kid brother again. Gordy and I dressed as vampires and took a passel of kiddies door-to-door to scare the neighbors into giving treats, and then delivered the kids home. We ended the night on Cemetery Hill high above Union Hollow, our small Appalachian town."

Published in Halloween Shrieks, an anthology from Thirteen O'Clock Press
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The Zombie Blackmailers of Panocadia Three (WT 69)

A short remembrance of things past, 
a nostalgia of lost childhood, in a completely 
and utterly weird, Zombified sort of way.

Published in VOICES FROM A COMA - Issue 2
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Also from IMAGINALIS

A Late Dinner (WT 118)

How did magic gain entry to the scientific world?
A tale of familial revenge.


Published in LAST NIGHT, an Anthology from Thirteen O'Clock Press
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His Master's Voice (156)

In an abandoned warehouse, detectives find the latest victim of a serial kill and a rookie goes underground to find the killer in a world of S&M, rubber, and dog-boys. 

Quote: “The killer tags them just like they were pets. We think they might be runaways, street people, homeless or failed at life in some way. These are the itinerant workers, waiters in cheap dives, jitney drivers, hustlers. This gig must seem like heaven, playacting in costume, decent food,” Arborghast said. A Tech held a veterinary scanner up against the deceased man’s shoulder. It registered the number of a dog license. He tapped the screen and the name “Buddy” and a street address appeared. 

From "His Master's Voice" page 178.

Available in NEON & BLOOD, an anthology
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