New Story - Seven Knocks / Happenings In The Outhouse 27-Feb-2026

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“Where do you get your ideas?”

Authors have been asked this for a long time.  It is the one question they all dread to answer.

But what if there was such a place that handed out great ideas?

Meet Casey A. Waters.  Aspiring author.  His greatest dream is to be on top of the bestseller list.

For years, he has tried to get published.  Only to be rejected over and over again.

Until one day he stumbles upon the mysterious secret to publishing success.

Or is it?

Seven Knocks is available on Amazon and other ebook retailers.

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New Story - A Peeling Passion / Happenings In The Outhouse 20-Feb-2026

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"Meet Will Bunting.  As the man in charge of waste management on the starship vessel Passion Sun, his job would be easy if he didn’t have two prankster robots on his team.

Meet George and Fred.  The two prankster robots who will do just about anything for a laugh.  They will also do just enough to keep themselves from being jettisoned into the far reaches of space or decommissioned to a planet penitentiary cleaning sewers.

One day Will finds himself in the middle of a security breach investigation.  Is it another joke by his pranking duo?  Or will the investigation lead to a more sinister adversary?

A Peeling Passion is a funny science fiction mystery story that will entertain you to the very end."

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New Story - Like A Bad Case Of Friendship / Happenings In The Outhouse 13-Feb-2026

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"Have you ever had that one person in your life that you can never get rid of?

That is what Casey Struther’s life is like, ever since Hazel Watson enters her life.  Hazel is always there.  Like a cancer that never goes away.  Hazel also seems to know everything about Casey.  But Hazel’s life is a mystery.  Until Casey makes the bold decision to escape.  To the moon."

Like A Bad Case Of Friendship is a science fiction novelette that will have you on the edge of your seat to the very last page.

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Update on WIP / Happenings In The Outhouse 06-Feb-2026

My current work-in-progress is probably one of the most difficult novels I have ever worked on.  And that's saying something because I have written some very large, epic fantasy novels with a word count of several hundred thousand words.  Even my first two novels that I had written were over 1,000 pages on my Brother word processor.

What makes this one so different?

First, there are so many competing points of view, and so much going on that I can't keep it all straight in my head.  Not that I should.  I normally keep a written record of each chapter--something simple, like what happened in 1-3 sentences--but for whatever reason I have not done that.

Until now.

I have over 30,000 words into it, and probably close to the halfway point.  I think.  Who knows with me when I start getting into a story.  It's still fun, but when I spend time going back to see what happened and where I'm going, it bogs it down.