People are always asking me where they can read my stuff. You know, without having to actually PAY for the privilege. So I thought I would list the stories of mine that are available online as free reads:
Pimp My Airship
- “I think I’ll write a steampunk story with all black characters and call it ‘Pimp My Airship’”. Which Apex Magazine published August 2009
The Ave
- from the now defunct Horror Literature Quarterly (November 2007). Originally, this story was the second half of the story “Rite of Passage” published in Space and Time Magazine (November 2008). An incarcerated man comes face to face with the spirits of his African heritage.
In the Shadows of Meido
- IDW experimented with having short stories in the back of their comics (December 2005). Because if I’m going to write a vampire tale, it might as well have some samurai in it. Warning: this vampire doesn’t sparkle.
Uncle Boogeyman
– I believe this was the second story I wrote when I decided to be a writer (and originally the other half of the tale “Nurses Requiem” which was published in Dark Dreams III). Many drafts later, it was published by Dark Recesses in November 2009. A few nurses aides take it upon themselves to carry on the work of a mysterious force within the confines of a nursing home.
Just and Old Man on a Bench
- Originally bought by Brian Keene when he was the editor of the Horrorfind.com site (June 2004). Everyone has a story, perhaps even a deadly one, even an ordinary looking old man just sitting on a bench. This story is the prelude to “Just a Young Man and His Games” published in Doorways Magazine (March 2008)
Temptation
- an EARLY story of mine published on the Fear & Trembling site in November 2007. A little girl realizes she has the power of life and death over her baby sister. It was inspired by and named after this painting by Seymour Guy.
Just read, and enjoyed, your story in the latest issue of Black Static. Looking forward to reading more of your work.
Every time I think I'll call a halt to my maurice addiction this year, and only look in on him again once we are well into 2010, he tempts me back (as well as with the desire to kung-fu his ego!) with new interesting posts, free stories, etc! This guy should have a health warning! Well Maurice: an unexpected Yuletide gift for your readers: thank you. I loved the Pimp My Airship (next time, more comedy! Though I think there was some!) I was so intrigued by the idea: there it was: much thanks! I liked the Deaconess Blue character; let's hope to see more of her in the novel. I read and was very intrigued by The Ave; but I don't think I got to the end because it ended abruptly: on the word "lice": surely that can't be right: then the site went down and wouldn't re-load: I need a better interface! Oh: and what happened to that story about the fairy in the ghetto you said you were once doing: so do you like the fairy folk? guess what, non-Western cultures have them too and I know that! Wikipedia doesn't appear to.
plenty of fey folk run around in my novel series.
In Breton Court? Great! Black ones, white or both? Green ones – think "Sir Gawain and"! So was there ever a fey short story? And – *did* I get to the end of Ave? Surely not! And – *which* languages do you speak? Fun fact: fairies are called "alfar" in old Norse. And what happened to my Yuletide customs comment? not that I expect you to "print" *everything* I say about mistletoe.. but where's *your* seasonal-themed post then? Last thing to do..