The Day's Catch
_A bored fisherman and a zebra out for a bit of exercise discover they have some interests in common. No points for guessing what ;)_ _Written on commission for...
Rainy Day People
_With his girlfriend out of town, Zach Leon does his best to muddle through the business of running his father's motel. And serving as a voice of reason, in a bizarre little town..._ _It's Labor Day, so let's take summer out in style! Pretty much a...
Unindicted Co-Conspirators
_Sofia is at the end of her rope dealing with her boyfriend. Fortunately a third party is there to help her out. Even more fortunately, it's our friend Dan Hayes. Why do people keep interacting with Danny?_ _Here's a quick little standalone story...
There Shall Be Wings
_The Tannadorean Expedition pins its hopes to one final attempt to cross the End of the World before winter forces them back to port, where political machinations threaten the project._ _And here we are. The last chapter of_ There Shall Be Wings _runs...
Beyond the Sunset
_In the aftermath of the last chapter, the Expedition must decide how to proceed. Loyalties are challenged, and a new complication arises..._ _The penultimate chapter of what proves to have been a fairly short novel, all things considered. Things Hit...
Friend of the Devil
_Bobby Dean, head of Local 491, tries to pick up the pieces when the misadventures of a mill employee threaten to bring everything down._ _Hey, what do you know, I_ can _write functional long-term relationships! __This is in the same story sequence...
With Quiet, Lifting Mind
_In the aftermath of the last chapter, the Expedition must decide how to proceed. Loyalties are challenged, and a new complication arises..._ _Into the second half of_ There Shall Be Wings_, we deal with the aftermath of the disaster that befell...
All along the watchtower
_Coast Guard rescue swimmer Jackie Cormier makes some new friends as a gale pounds Cannon Shoals. And, speaking of pounding, Danny Hayes gets a taste of his own medicine._ _It's another Cannon Shoals story, this time as a commission for...
The tough guy
_Stuck in a coffeeshop during a winter storm, the policeman Clint Kendrick settles a teenage lover's quarrel between the barista and her football-star boyfriend._ _You know how I sometimes write bittersweet stories about mostly decent people? This is...
Take the long way home
_Allie left Cannon Shoals four years ago -- not by her choice. Now the ocelot makes her way back, finding that everything isn't as it was and her attempts at reform might be self-defeating..._ _This is the first part of a four-part series of...
Territory folks
_Lieutenant Arve Sutheray, a militia commander, is dispatched to keep the peace in the new settlement of Marimay, where good fences are doing anything but making good neighbors. And how else do you bring cowboys and farmers together?_ _Here's a...
When the stars begin to fall
_Returning to the Bellau Wood, Kalija takes on a special assignment from her commander and finds that her aptitude with a starfighter brings with it problems of its own..._ The Mighty Wind Arises_, in what is probably the penultimate chapter! Cool!...