(WT 50) Carnival Sideshow Geek

A story set in the 1860's on the plains of Oklahoma.

Big Name Writer's Writing Seminar (WT 49)

On December 8th, 2008,
YANKEE POT ROAST published my satire titled:
"Big Name Writer's Writing Seminar"

You can read it at this URL: http://www.yankeepotroast.org/archives/2008/12/bigname_writers.html

YANKEE POT ROAST is a website devoted to short form humor and satire.

A POEM: Who Was This Robbie Burns

On December 1st, "FLASHQUAKE" on the web (volume 8, number 2) - http://www.flashquake.org/index.html published my poem titled "Who Was This Robbie Burns." Which is a meditation on New Years Resolutions, those things that we make in a drunken stupor on January 1 each year and then forget about only to remember in the cold cruel light of late December wen we have to own up to achieving or failing once again.

Click to the Homepage (if you see vol 8 number 1, then hit reload on your browser) and then go to the POETRY link. My poem is about the 6th down the list of nine (which means nothing as far as I know).

CURSE OF SHADOWS (WT 48)

I swore I was never going to write a werewolf story, but this happened. It's going to magazines, so you have to be patient if you want to read it.

In the Halloween folder:
CURSE OF SHADOWS

(WT 47) Fame and Fortune (POEM)

A free verse form poem, or a flash fiction about trick or treating.
I sent it to a magazine. Maybe they'll print it...

First line:
What do you call a man with one hand flesh and one hand steel?

Pettifore's Bibolet and Bagatelle (WT 45)

Pettifore's Bibolet and Bagatelle
Two young men discover anatomically correct rubber dolls.

Poseidon's Bounty (WT 45)

Poseidon's Bounty
Trey Montgomery invests in a sushi restaurant. AND, I do mean invest.
This is a statue transformation.

It's Published on the website:
Poseidon's Bounty

Young Jackasses In Lust? (WT )

I posted this on the website. It started out as a chapter of something from my hard drive. I turned it into a short story.
A detective meets a young man being transformed into a donkey and lustful thought enter his mind.

In the Furry Folder:
YOUNG JACKASSES IN LUST

Incident at the Soccer Match (WT 43)

What's the hottest, most sexually charged statue you can imagine? How about your own body converted to stone? This is going to be a Hunk story. I owe a story with lots of genitals and bawdy bodies to the website.

In the Halloween Folder:
INCIDENT AT A SOCCER MATCH

CAGE FIGHTER (WT 23)

WHAT A BEAST OF A STORY!
I've also changed the title to Cage Fighter.

"CAGE FIGHTER" is the story of a mix-martial-arts fighter turned secret agent who gets deeply involved in the politics of an alien planet.

In the SCI-FI folder:
CAGE FIGHTER

'Til the rains from heaven did fall (WT 36)

A story about the incarnation of Death stopping the apocalypse with help from his friends, one of whom is the Biblical Cain.

A WORM'S EYE VIEW OF KARMA (WT 37)

This is a story about worms and Ragnarok.

POSTED

In the OTHER Folder:
A WORM'S EYE VIEW OF KARMA

Mud Men (WT 40)

I posted this story on the web for the 5th of May. 

It was one of those ideas that just struck like lightening and was complete in 12 hours. 

MUD MEN

Pele's Kiss (WT 33)

A statue story. About 2480 words. 

This will be posted on 5 April 2008

PELE'S SONS

Mike's Tribe ( WT 27)

It's about koteka's and trees.

In the SCI FI folder:
NEW HORIZON

(WT 35) The Donegal Manuscript

"The Travels and Discoveries of the Brothers Barnaby and Tag Canley
in the Jungles of Savage and Unmapped Africa.

A Written Account of the Years 1829 to 1935 by Tag Canley

We Share Our Fate as Brothers and Equals Must Share Life.
We Grew up as Turlough Ua-Tuathail of Caisleán Uí-Domhnaill and
Aodh Mac-An-Airchinnigh in Graignamanagh, Contae Chill-Chainnigh
Master and Manservant, But We Were Born Equals and We Will Die Equals.

Casuality Violation (WT 1)

I posted a chapter of this on my website. It's January's post. In the SCI FI folder:
TORCH, A TRANSFORM .

The second segment is also in the SCI FI folder:
SPACESHIP 2377

And an earlier segment:
NEW YEARS DAY - 2374

And the place it all started:
THE TEST SUBJECT

Drink the Worm (WT 26)

When Patrick and I woke up last Friday, we never imagined that aliens would use us to conquer the planet. Some things just never cross your mind. But that was last Friday. Today, we're taking a well-earned sunner in Cabo.

In the Sci Fi folder:
DRINK THE WORM

Lord Bertrand's Halloween (WT 32)

"Over near the bar, Lord Bertrand, mingling with the other guests." Colin pointed to three muscular young men who appeared to be naked. A closer look revealed form-fitting, clear-rubber costumes covering their bodies from head to toe. The only openings were holes for their eyes and an inch-long slit for their mouths. Hayden Bertrand-Doyle caught sight his Great-Uncle. He tapped Troy and Chance and they walked over to greet their host. Lord Bertrand admired the suits - so anatomically perfect for each boy and so revealing. The costumes fit like a second skin and gave their bodies the appearance of marble.

In the "Transgender" folder:
Lord Bertrand's Party

(WT 31) Frankie and Robin

It was Halloween night, but there'd been no trick or treaters at the home of Frankenstein, who was about to go to bed when the doorbell rang. He opened the peephole.

"Pizza delivery." A handsome young man crowned with golden curls, waxed and polished horns curved up over his head and cloven feet stood holding a checkered pizza box. His smile charmed. His eyes invited. Frankenstien scowled, or tried to.

Dogs At Midnight (WT 30)

It was Halloween night, but there'd been no trick or treaters at the home of Ayden Cain. The mark warned the living. He was about to go to bed when the doorbell rang. Dressed only in boxers, he opened the door. Death, master of all living things, stood naked -- pale skin stretched over bones, tall, a black mass of curls over his thin face. Death was always welcome in the house of Cain.

This turned into DOGS AT MIDNIGHT and was published by THE TINY GLOBULE:
DOGS AT MIDNIGHT

(WT 39) I knew this broad was trouble

I knew this broad was trouble from the first time she stepped into the Barfing Beagle. She wore bad-girl blue jeans and a street-slut halter. On one shoulder she cradled a Denebian Antimatter rifle. Conversations stopped. Heads turned. Her free hand held a cell phone to her ear.
"Which of those ass-kissing-weasels screwed the pooch this time?" she asked.

(WT 28) The Body in the Bathroom

"Thanks to a nasty divorce, this house is a bargain -- five bedrooms, three baths, media room, pool, 5 acres sitting next to a county park, only used on Sundays for grandma's tea parties." The agent unlocked the double door and entered the grand hallway decorated in creams, reds and golds. Rick and Rhonda wrinkled their noses.

"Something smells and it ain't roses," Rick laughed.

Halloween 2007 (WT 24)

This is a story about three college guys and their costumes.
In the Halloween folder:
HALLOWEEN 2007

The Factory (WT 25)

- A mannequin factory takes desparate measures to stave off bankruptcy. How far would you go? ---- On the other hand, a fifty year old man hopes to eventually become an Olympic statue
In the OTHER Folder
The Mannequin Factory

Alien Transmutator (WT 26)

The basic idea is that a half dozen soldiers are offered the chance to pilot a spaceship and accept. What happens afterward, well now that would give the story away.
POSTED September 1, 2007

ALIEN TRANSMUTATOR

Tin Can (WT 18)

TIN CAN
The tale of two brothers with a drunken father. One can run away while the other waits as a tin man.

In the Metal Folder on my website:
TIN MEN

(WT 20) Bluetooth

JULY 30, 2007
- - more chapter openings

Me buddy Michael suggests a story about Bluetooth and becoming a robot. Oi! I thinks I'll take him up on it.

AQUARIUM (WT 9)

Posted

A young man with a checkered past is offered a job by the head of the Mexican Mafia. Strange transformations take place when he has to sleep with the fishes to save a Mafia Don's son.

In the Furry Folder: AQUARIUM

(WT 22) Squeezy and the Rump Rats

The second story of Detective Reedy and Priority Homicide:
Reedy meets up with a friend from his past and breaks open a white slavery ring.

Scarlet Stallions (WT 13)

Mascot costumes for a high school team...
Posted on the website:

SCARLET STALLIONS

The Boys (WT 5)

Four teenage boys are kidnapped by aliens and forced to work in a mining colony in outer space. Oversized body and genital growth, Lizard transformation, alien sex, intergalactic conspiracies ...
In the SCI FI folder:
THE BOYS

The Cypress Grove (WT 12)

A Story about reforestation and conservation. It's great to commit to a cause, but sometimes - if, maybe, probably and possibly - you get carried away in the pot. I must say, that's going to far, isn't it? Would you mind being part of a grove, or wouldn't you?

Posted on the website.
CYPRESS GROVE

Emmisary to the Sun World (WT 5)

The portion of the story I wrote:
EMMISARY TO THE SUN WORLD

(synopsis)
Of the many alien races discovered by human explorers, the humanoids of Epsilon Orionis are unique. They can absorb and manipulate pure energy with their metallic bodies. Earth initiates a secret operation to obtain the technology. Eager to succeed, Ambassador Spanner Templeton, Captain Randall, Lieutenant Buck Owen and First Mate Milo Orrington secretly guide the crew of the Dreadnought Apollo and a cohort of marines through their conversion to metallic humans regardless of the consequences.
A xenophobic cabal of humans has opened a gateway to another dimension. In a misguided effort to preserve the purity of the human race, the xenophobes will allow the inter-dimensional aliens enslave and isolate the human race, maintaining its purity. Only the metalized humans can prevent alien domination and enslavement.

DUTY AND HONOR IN TERRA COTTA (WT 8)

I posted this on my website for March, 2007.
Since then, I received a set of comments from an editor. I will no doubt revise the story to fix its current shortcomings.

DUTY AND HONOR IN TERRA COTTA

(WT 19) Piscean Conquest

I changed the premise from outerspace to Atlantis, the lost continent.
There's a water sport called Underwater Rugby where the team plays entirely underwater with only snorkels, no oxygen tanks. So let's say that someone discovers Atlantis deep in the Atlantic and a business venture wants to put a base of operations down there. Wouldn't it be nice to have men who can live down there?

An excerpt is in the SCI FI folder:
THE DEVILS IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA

Farewell to the Flesh (WT 15)

A story of diamond thieves on Ash Wednesday. They have an interesting price to pay for their misdeeds. Posted to the website.
FAREWELL TO THE FLESH

American Fanily Barbecue (WT 16)

American Family Barbecue got rejected. It was written for a themed anthology and has very little use elsewhere.
In the "Other" folder. Enjoy the story.
AMERICAN FAMILY BARBECUE

Gypsy's Curse (WT 11)

Posted on the Website
The story of a gypsy curse on a thief. The tattoos on his arms actually transform him into a snake.

CURSE OF THE GYPSY

(WT 10) we were so poor

I moved the text into the comments to save space

The Dung Bearers

Stunts, inc (WT 4)

Stunts Inc. is a 27000 word story in the Furry folder.
STUNTS, INC.

Buck Moon (WT 17)

A draft version is posted on the website as "The Clearing" in the "furry" folder.
THE CLEARING
This is about two gay men who take a western camping vacation and end up being transformed into ponies and living their lives 10,000 years in the past.

(WT 10) Chrome

I want to write a story about a man forced into a chrome-plating bath until he turns to metal.

(WT 6) Porcelain

PORCELAIN
Four young brothers are converted into porcelain statues only to be retrieved many years later.

RUNE WARRIOR (WT 2)

RUNES
Runic tattoos convert two men into mystic warriors for the military.

Published on the Website in the Halloween folder:
RUNE WARRIOR

Rainforest (WT 4)

RAINFOREST - posted in September 2006
Explorers are "adopted" by the insects on a strange jungle. This involves ants, dragonflies and slugs (or snails).

Posted on Website in the Furry Folder:
FIRST CONTACT: PHASE TWO

Antares Avatar (WT 7)

Posted on the website as Antares Avatar

Strange things happen when you monitor a supernove using quantum devices you don't
understand.

Posted on the Website:
ANTARES AVATAR