Bard And Book: 79 books

The title of Goatherd is an honor among the people of Rudon. But it wasn't always so.

Ever wanted your own personal army of undead slaves? Have you ever been laughed at, scoffed at, or called eccentric, mad or just plain crazy? Then this book is for you.We know that today's "mad" scientist has limited funds and may be working with a restricted budget. But lack of funding should...

From the demented mind of OJ Wolfsmasher comes a molotov cocktail of a love story destined to not ever wind up on the same bookshelf as any book from Nicholas Sparks. It will either make you reconsider what you think about everything, or just make you angry. You won't find out until you read it. Fanjanko...

New to the world of the living dead? Still hanging onto the shreds of humanity like stink on a corpse? Hey, maybe you should learn a trick or two on how to survive in your new skin. Maybe you should get an advantage over the rest of your competition.Shuffling around waiting for the living to fall...

Bright, circling lights are seen in the skies around Farnoth. Could this be an encounter of some supernatural or otherworldly kind?A flying, pulsating, multi-colored object is spotted along the skies surrounding the small town of Farnoth. The lives of a deputy, town drunk, a roaming crypto zoologist...

What happens to a town when a man with a gun refuses to stop another man with a gun from killing people, just because it was against the law to bring the gun on school property?Sheldon Knapp was caught in a photograph calling 9-11 with a gun in his hand, while a vicious gunman enters the school...

"Free bubblegum and suckers to everyone! Fudge and Cookies for all! Free health care, free drugs, free everything! Nobody pays and Everyone Benefits!" cry the children. In this short story coming on the Supreme Court decision on Obamacare, idealists grapple with reality, and youngsters take on old fogeys for the future of the country.

What does it look like when an author rage-quits her or his culture? It probably looks a lot like this parody of Fifty Shades of Grey. I'm so sorry. (With special appearances by Justin Bieber and superchef Bobby Flay.)

There's an old saying that a PhD in Philosophy is really only good for two things: teaching and digging ditches. Eddie, a guy with a PhD in Philosophy finds out just how apt that old saying can be, finding that his mind consistently betrays him as he attempts the most menial of labors.Intelligence can be a good thing if its used in the right place at the right time.

An autistic boy is taken in the middle of the night by something made from blackness that drags him into the attic and through a portal to a different world. His father is not two steps behind, struggling through an alien landscape where every thought, every whim can be turned into reality. As he...

"Speculation" is exactly that--speculation about what might happen to a person after death. In this short story, Philip Johnson discovers more about himself than he knew before he died, and what he would have to go through before he reaches his final state.

You couldn't get Sid Cynic to believe anything he didn't see with his own eyes. You can imagine his dismay when cars started relying on computers. As a mechanic with a skeptical bent, there was a lot going on that one couldn't see. Sid Cynic knew that real life happened in full color....

Hannah and Carla are out to save the world, one person at a time. They are particularly pleased one day to find an old man, oppressed by society, who needs their saving. Never was a man so happy to be saved.

What is it about psychologist Greg Chambers and the Christmas season anyway? Isn't his life quirky enough without weird Yuletide goings-on? Find out in two short stories.