Michael Hearing: 12 books

Rodeo is the original American sport. Every little boy wants to be a cowboy at some point – and no wonder. Cowboys embody the American genius like no other breed – tough, stoic, self-reliant, unambiguous individuals who take no crap and make their own way in the world. And in rodeo cowboys, especially...

Just a few years down the road, the new health-care plan is firmly entrenched. A new bill, Ethical Assessment of End-of Life Care, has also been enacted into law. And the authorities are ruthlessly implementing it throughout the land – no more medical resources wasted on the defective and dying,...

"Two Weird Tales of the Dystopian Present and Future" is a two-story bundle of approximately 6,600 words – two prescient short stories that treat of what is and what may be. Both scenarios will likely come to pass, and neither will be very pleasant. So be warned . . . be prepared . . . and watch."Eve's...

A new bride and party girl who marries merely to escape her former life. A naïve, solicitous husband who sees no harm in an ordered life. A honeymoon hike on a mountain trail. And a tragic outcome.Murder, manslaughter, a misunderstanding gone horribly wrong, or sheer accident? Perception is...

"It’s not every day you find a human hand while digging potatoes. But that's exactly what happened to Leonard Johnson on a Saturday morning not long ago." That's how this quirky little story begins.When you're a fast-failing organic farmer in New Hampshire, with a known termagant...

"Two Stories: Supernatural and Psychological Mysteries" comprises (obviously) two stories (approximately 9,700 words) that have elements of the psychological/supernatural mystery/thriller with an admixture of horror."A Helping Hand" . . .When you're a fast-failing organic farmer...

"Two Tales of Horror and the Paranormal" is a two-story bundle of approximately 9,600 words. In it you'll see that things aren't always as they seem – that there's a lot more to some humdrum, everyday lives than the people living them ever dared to imagine. And the implications are,...

"After the Fog" – Four Tales of Horror and Supernatural SuspenseSanity means seeing what is real . . . what is there. But that's not always as easy as it sounds.Sometimes it takes a completely unexpected, violent, preternatural reversal to make us see beyond the fog. And that's...

They give you just enough to keep you comfortable and quiet . . . if you're willing to put up with all the burdensome regulations and intrusions into your private life. And most people do. But is it worth it? At long last, William Oudeis didn't think so. But then it cost him everything. Or...

We all think we want 20/20 vision, don't we? But in the metaphysical and psychological realms we often prefer our accustomed blindness. It's far more comfortable. Here are two stories (approximately 6,500 words) that take a close, 20/20 look at these things"The Thanatos Solution"...

"It was that most loathsome of all things: an uncanny, routine-disrupting inconvenience and anomaly."That's what, as the result of an unforeseen event, unexpectedly invades and upsets Elmore Wiggins' safely ordered life. For Elmore had never reckoned on the paranormal or the preternatural....

St. Francis knew it, Bobby McGee learned it, and Andrew Thurston meets the realization head on.Eve is a nobody – just a dirty, mentally challenged homeless woman who stands on a street corner in her rags and "prophesies." But she knows exactly what she possesses, what most of those who pity...