Harvey Stanbrough: 216 books

A hard-working detective with a great sense of humor follows a would-be kidnapper into a dead end. But is it a dead end for the perpetrator or for the detective? Come along and find out.  

This is a silly short story about a pompous ass who believes himself hopelessly lost in the Amazon Rain Forest. He allows his thoughts to run before he meets up with a group of natives. Then things get very interesting.

A killer is moving through the city in darkness. He's raping and murdering women, and leaving nothing in his wake but a tell-tale calling card: a pyramid. For one woman, it's paint cans stacked against a wall. For another, it's a mound of dirt over her face in a shallow grave. For another it's...

Mark Smith, an old retired Marine, is not happy with the state of the nation. But he's only cleaning his rifle, a weekly ritual held over from the old days. He leans one way, his wife the other. Protector and protected, neither able to exprience the other's worldview. Will it matter?

A rural New Mexico boy learns joy and pain as his future is washed away in a flash flood.

This nonfiction booklet explains seven common snags committed by many writers when writing narrative.

Detective Distraeli Jones is alone in the lobby of a swank hotel.  Sitting on the floor.  Leaning back against the wall. Behind him is a blood smear. He has to get out.  

When a hit man is recalled from Chicago to meet with a high-ranking politician, his new client, he suspects nothing. But should he? Maybe he should have considered her record.  

A woman sets out on a run and soon lapses into recent memories. But are the memories complete? Perhaps they're misleading.

This is a short description because it's a short story and I don't want to give away the story. Only a god could walk forever without leaving anything behind or approaching anything else. But how? And why? Come along to find out.

This collection of ten short stories spans science fiction and science fantasy with a dash of horror tossed in for good luck.

This is a five-story collection. "But Babies Are Just So Cute!" is a touching story of how human beings react to babies. All babies. Just remember that in Eric Stringer's world, very seldom is anything as it appears. No difference, maybe, in this intense, perhaps humorous, short story. In...

Thomas Mercer, preacher, is staggering down the road holding his gut. As he mulls his distant childhood and his more recent life, he reaches some conclusions, or does he? It's difficult to tell as he wrests his mind from the silly to the serious to give his death the dignity it deserves.

The mob boss wants to test a rookie driver and maybe teach him a lesson too. How to Get the Boss Out of Harm's Way 101. Surely nothing will go wrong. Surely.