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~ Selected Bibliography ~
This Month's Free Read!
Published Short Stories
The Jesus Orchid
( Shroud Magazine, Issue #3, summer, 2008)
A man of medicine sets out to find a cure for his father's cancer. But the answer lies deep withing the Florida Everglades, guarded by the enigmatic Gator Daddy. And is it a cure, or something better left alone?
Experimental Subject
(Bits of the Dead, July, 2008)
What happens when a zombie finds out what he is?
Hybrids
( www.Wrong World.com, June, 2008)
A tale of science gone horribly wrong, and the dangers of pride vs. facts.
The Toll
( www.Wrong World.com, April, 2008)
"J.G. Faherty’s “The Toll” moves like lightning and lingers like first love. It’s WRONG WORLD® from the beginning, through the middle and far beyond the ending." - Editors of Wrong World.
Bones
( Cemetery Dance Issue #58, March, 2008)
(Doses of Death: A Macabre Collection of Small-Town Horror, November 2005)
An incestuous couple from a southern town becomes entangled in a supernatural mystery. Kip gets visions of death when he touches bones; Elise is a natural truth detector. Together, they have to find out who, or what, has been robbing graves and eating the bodies. Because now it’s got a taste for living flesh.
"I just finished reading 'Bones' and enjoyed it very much." - Deborah LeBlanc, best-selling author of ‘Grave Intent’ and ‘Family Inheritance'
"You've a flavorful tale...a wonderful story" - Teri A. Jacobs, author of 'The Void' and 'Secrets of the Bones'
"Incest, grave robbing, cannabalism, mystical powers, redneck uneducated goofs. I was shocked over and over again as the story progressed." - Tim Chipp
Windows to the Soul
(Bound for Evil, Spring, 2008)
A book of photographs leads a young man down a path of madness.
Family First
(Garden State Horror Writers 'Dark Territories' Anthology, Spring, 2008)
A man will do anything to protect the ones he loves - even if he's no longer human.
Guests in the Attic
(MagusZine, Fall,2007)
“I won’t be going up in my attic anytime soon!” - Deborah LeBlanc, best-selling author of ‘Grave Intent’ and ‘Family Inheritance'
Annabeth and Steve think they have raccoons in the attic. But the animals nesting behind the old boxes turn out to be much, much worse.
Rough Justice
(CWW Raw Meat, Summer 2007)
“I have read "Rough Justice" twice now and I have to say that I love it. This one stuck with me long after I had finished reading it. I loved the storytelling and the backwoods characters--you did a great job fleshing them out. It grabbed my attention from the very beginning and kept it to the end.” - Thomas Moran, Editor, Wicked Karnival
In this sequel to the previously published “Bones,” Kip Tinnowyn finds himself using his ‘special’ powers to assist with a murder investigation where the sheriff will stop at nothing to bring the killer to justice.
R-Factor
(From The Asylum, 2007 Anthology)
"Once again I really enjoyed the words you've coaxed from out of the deep realms of your brain." - Rod Doucet
A young couple signs up for a fertility experiment. But when breeding season starts in the Florida swamplands, the couple and their secretive doctor all get more than they bargained for.
Home on the Range
(Loving the Undead, Spring, 2007)
A story of love, romance, and secrets - with a zombie twist!
Graduation
(All Possible Worlds, winter, 2007)
Kayla is a magic student who rebels against the rules when she is told she cannot graduate with her class - because she's a woman.
The Key to Her Heart
(Hellnotes.com, Feb.-March 2006)
A young girl answers an online personal ad, and finds out that a long-term relationship could be the worst thing that can happen.
A Dog’s Life
(Animal Magnetism, December, 2005)
“We really enjoyed this story.” – S.A. Parham & W. Olivia Race, Editors
A cruel father learns a valuable lesson when he mistreats the family dog once too often and finds the tables suddenly turned on him as the pet becomes the master. (A benefit anthology for victims of Hurricane Katrina.)
Out of the Garden
(www.latelateshow.com, January, 2006)
“I loved ‘Out of the Garden!’ Great story.” – Chris Fletcher, Editor/Publisher, www.latelateshow.coml
Scientists experimenting on primate intelligence take things too far in this tale of new beginnings.
The Funhouse
(Wicked Karnival, September & October 2005)
"I LOVED the story...it really does have a Bradbury feel to it. The story is well-written overall and, most importantly, very entertaining." - Tom Moran, Editor, Wicked Karnival
The Carnival of Fear is back in town. The demonic fairgrounds from Hell have lured a new batch of unsuspecting youths into their evil alternate dimension, and the Proprietor is having a devil of a time playing with their souls. Nothing is as it seems, and sometimes there's no escape.
Dreams of Darkness
(Silent Whispers Monthly, scheduled for Fall 2005)
"This is truly a fine read. It was very disturbing and I loved it." - Joseph McGee, Editor, Silent Whispers Monthly
Serial killings follow a young man as he goes from middle school to high school and then to college. He sees the killings in his dreams. Is he seeing them through the murderer's eyes? And what do they have to do with the dream he had as a young boy, the night he killed that stray cat?
Crisis of Faith
(Lost in the Dark, April, 2003)
"I found your story well written, with a nice period voice. I really liked the way you showed the young, exuberant Van Helsing with his friends." - Jeanne Cavelos, best-selling author and Editor of The Many Faces of Van Helsing,
"...great dialogue and descriptions." - Barbara Custer, Editor, Night to Dawn
"...well written, flowed smoothly, and was an interesting, vivid take on Van Helsing." - Athena Workman, editor, Lost in the Dark
A young Van Helsing accompanies three friends to America while on break from university. While there, one of his friends is bitten and killed by a vampire. Only Van Helsing knows the truth, and he sets out to investigate. Along the way he meets hopeful author Ambrose Bierce, and together they track down the vampire. After a final battle that almost leaves Van Helsing and all his friends dead, he returns to Europe with new-found resolve to destroy all vampires
The Phantom Milkman
(Haunted Encounters: Departed Family and Friends, Atriad Press, 2005)
A group of young boys happens on a ghostly apparition in the woods. In the morning, they set out to determine if it was real, or just a figment of their imagination.
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