David R Michael: 29 books

Brain Freeze & Other Stories - A collection of eight Speculative Fiction and Slipstream stories by David Michael, with illustrations by Don Michael, Jr. "Brain Freeze" - Crouched on all fours, eye nubs just over the edge of the curb, Boollf's ear bones vibrated with the sound...

A collection of eight Sci-Fi and Horror stories by David Michael, with illustrations by Don Michael, Jr."A Fine Mess" - Kenneth hunts edible Strings in the Frayed remnants of the vegetation of the world."Enamored" - Chick-lit meets cyberpunk as overworked, underappreciated Roxy heads...

"When Writers Attack" - A bit of violent flash fiction by David Michael. You should be careful around writers who are struggling to find a story. (800-word flash fiction)

A collection of violent horror flash fiction and short short stories by David Michael.The Call of the Hunter Moon – Violence is easy. You just let go. Your hands become claws for ripping. Your teeth bare, you snap, you grab, you tear. You smell the fear, savor the screams, taste the blood…Tucker...

"Wind-Up Action Figure On Her Day Off" - An action/urban fantasy story by David Michael. On those rare Mondays with no new contract, the Gray Angel wonders if that means there is no one on Earth who deserves killing. She tries to remain optimistic, but she's sure there's someone out there who needs to be given the choice of a bullet to the brain. (3200-word short story)

"Working Girl" - An action/urban fantasy story by David Michael. Hitwoman the Gray Angel's latest target is elusive businessman Neil Spencer Thomasson, who is staying in a high-rise hotel with an unknown number of armed guards. Fortunately, Thomasson has called in an escort for the evening,...

"Waking Up Can Kill You Some Days" - An action/urban fantasy story by David Michael. The Gray Angel is a hitwoman with a heart gold. She always gives the target a choice. Because everyone deserves a choice. Even a petty gangster like Dennis Karnof. (2100-word short story)

A collection of flash fiction and short shorts by David Michael. The Puppets Take a Bath - Three year old Serene put down her spoon and her right hand became a puppet. With her fingers together and her thumb working as the lower jaw and tongue, the puppet could talk... Trikes and Aliens - The little...

Running Free & Stevie Gets Back in the Saddle - 2 flash fiction stories about 13-year-old Stevie Buckbee."Running Free" - Running sprints after soccer practice isn't so bad with the help of Cocoa, one of Stevie's horses."Stevie Gets Back in the Saddle" - Jack Rabbit, Stevie's...

Ted Millet, divorced and broke and tired of getting up at 2 am, shows up for work anyway at the Jenny-Buns Donut Shop. If he doesn't make the donuts, no one else will. This morning, though, he has a new customer waiting for him that makes his ex-wife seem almost human. (3100-word short story)

Dragons of the Stars - 2 short stories about the future, where spaceships controlled by superintelligent AI's go renegade, venting their human crews into the vacuum of outer space and become the Dragons of the Stars."Under the Dragon" - The roar of the dragon's thrusters could not...

Two yellowing Polaroids, snapshots of a little girl at the fair. Two different childhoods separated by the death of her father. One childhood she can't remember, ruined by the one she wants to forget. When her boyfriend's "birthday surprise" turns out to be a date at the same fair, Sharon finds herself face to face with both.

A coffin isn't always a final destination. It certainly wasn't for Lacey. Murdered, Lacey spends her days as the unseen occupant of a showroom coffin. At night, though, when the lid is closed, she is once again wrapped in a rug and covered with cement, reliving the horror of her death. Until the night another body is dropped into her coffin. (2500-word short story)

Police respond to an emergency call at the house of known religious fanatic, William Revell, to find the floor, every wall, every window, even the ceiling, splattered and smeared with blood. "He came," Revell says when he's asked what happened. "He came..." (1200 word short short story)