E W Farnsworth: 39 books

Potpourri contains a wealth of literary tales exhibiting the author's range and depth, from horror to science fiction and from steampunk to paranormal.  Most of the contents have appeared in small collections worldwide. Often crossing the boundaries of traditional genres, E. W. Farnsworth's...

The Black Marble Griffon & Other Disturbing Tales features short stories of good old fashioned, blood-curdling horror. Two prize winning shorts are included in this volume, The Wasps, and Helen Screaming. Some of the other short stories include: The Cold Ghost Tentacles, which posits a...

When a former war buddy talks John Fulghum, a Boston area Private Investigator, into providing security analysis for the partnership of the Houbara Bustard Preserve, located a few miles north of Nothing, Arizona on the road from Phoenix to Las Vegas, he knows it won't be an ordinary gig. After convincing...

John Fulghum, a Boston area Private Investigator, is at it again in E. W. Farnsworth's latest collection of titillating noiresque detective stories. Fulghum once again relies heavily on his close friend, Nigel Pounce, of the Boston Police Homicide Department, along with long-time associate in the...

The stories in this collection portray dark and exciting clandestine operations in the post-Cold War world. Although fictitious, the stories are loosely conceived as operations whose details have been re-factored to protect sources and methods. Each portrays the 'look and feel', but not the classified...

E W Farnsworth's long and short literary tales are designed for the thinking reader who is not satisfied with stock plots and themes. ‘River Tale’, a Novella, combines three stories about romance growing in spite of an outbreak of radical Islamism in the Virginia Piedmont. Three other tales, about...

E. W. Farnsworth’s unorthodox, often quirky, fairy tales range from folkloric and fanciful to satirical and bizarre, deriving from many sources. Lorelei and Hansel and Gretel for Real take traditional German tales as points of departure for contemporary retellings. Hugging Proteus, Hera’s Right...

The style of E. W. Farnsworth’s stories reminds one of Chandler or Elroy on amphetamines. John “Jack” Fulghum, Private Investigator, bachelor, former war hero and inveterate outsider, solves grisly homicide cases that stump the overworked police forces of Boston and other cities. To solve these...

E W Farnsworth's "DarkFire at the Edge of Time" brings together twenty-five visionary science fiction stories focusing on events leading up to and following the launch of the Spaceship Arcturus, destined to an epic voyage through space to the edge of the universe and back again. Avatars...

In ‘The Otio in Negotio’, E. W. Farnsworth has brought together another lively, intelligent collection of stories, focusing on the humor, romance and oddities of exceptionally active and intelligent people in the contemporary world of business. As the title of the entire collection implies, these...

The year is 2525. Interplanetary territory fighting has created ‘Sanctuary Cities’ on non-neutral planets. Those safe zones are now under attack. Ten new voices contributed to this anthology to show you what their sanctuary would look like. Which will be your favorite? Featured Contributors: Andrew...

Steam engines and mechanical advances abound ushering in the Industrial Revolution while in the deserts of Egypt, archaeologists  are uncovering lost secrets. In 19th century England, an unlikely pair of siblings discover a connection between the advances of Ancient Egypt's architectural achievements...

Dare to live life by your own rules. When wives get together, single women cringe. Who says a woman can't exact revenge?  Be a spy? Or own her own business?  In the early twentieth century, times were changing and society needed to catch-up. Featured Contributors: Alana Ballantyne Joanna Bair E. W. Farnsworth Matt McGee

Private Investigator John Fulghum knows it is more than good fortune that brings a beautiful, intelligent Korean woman to his seedy second-story office above Joe’s Malt Shop. The executive assistant and unlikely wife of a wealthy Boston centenarian - that just happens to be a Korean War hero, and...