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A Joe Banks Novel

Beyond the Sea

Joe Banks accepts the invitation to his estranged ex’s cruise ship wedding, hoping to make amends. Instead, he finds himself the prime suspect in her murder. Met with hostility by his former friends, Joe spends the reception drowning his sorrows in a few too many tumblers of tequila. 

He wakes the next morning to find himself the prime suspect in the bride’s murder and among the last to be seen with her. To make matters worse, Joe is nursing an awful hangover, unable to remember most of the booze-soaked evening. 

As he reflects on his past relationship with his ex, Joe scrambles to clear his name before the ship makes landfall. Will he succeed? Or will he learn the terrible truth that perhaps he isn’t so innocent after all...

Microfiction

1945

Honorable Mention

NYC Midnight
Microfiction Competition

2023

Microfiction

The End of the Line

100 words

action

A Serial Fiction Experience

The Peculiar Fate of Ringling High

There's always been something odd about Ringling High, that eccentric academy teetering precariously on the mountainside.

 

Within its walls live the dramas of secondary school, staff and students alike stumbling their way through each academic year. But now the school's very existence is in jeopardy, and they'll need all hands on deck to save it.

 

Will their best efforts be enough? Join us for this absolute circus of a school year to find out.

Microfiction

The Farther One Travels

Round 1 Finalist

 

NYC Midnight
Mcrofiction Competition

2023

Microfiction

Aspirations

100 words

sports

A Short Mystery Collection

Cove Harbor Comeuppance

Sun, sand, marinas, and murder. That’s what you’ll find in Cove Harbor, a tiny village on the edge of the ocean.


From the outside, Cove Harbor is your typical small town. Everyone knows everyone else's business, but nobody seems able to mind their own. It’s one big chowder pot of simmering conflict with waves of unrest deeper than those nipping at its shores.


Main Street swells with life as locals and wealthy summer tourists flood the village. They stroll through town, sidestepping childhood classmates in favor of beautiful strangers, leaving trails of friends, lovers, and enemies scattered in their wake.


Imperfection reigns. Sparks fly. And in Cove Harbor, bad things happen to bad people. 


Get to know the suspects and victims in these short mysteries as you solve the murders of the unfortunate citizens who got their ultimate comeuppance.

Rhyming Story

An Unforeseen Halloween

Honorable Mention

NYC Midnight
Rhyming Story Competition

2023

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