Stonethread Publishing: 199 books

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

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.

This is a short story that enables the reader to experience the immediacy of war.

In this intense short story by Nicolas Z Porter, Gunnery Sergeant Ben Crowley is trapped between past and present, but what's so bad about trying to save a baby?

She's platinum blond, wealthy and incredibly beautiful. She's a major socialite who makes all the rounds. From swinging with the club scene to owning a seat on the board of directors for every do-gooder organization in town. Well, she did have it all. Then the call comes over the radio. Trixie Burton is dead, and Detective Lou Galecki is determined to find out why.

This is a literary psychological suspense story that investigates the little quirks and oddities that we all encounter on a daily basis... or maybe these are quirks and oddities that only Eric Stringer encounters.

This is an intense short story, a contemporary rodeo western psychological horror. What do a 1500 pound rodeo bull and a raven-haired Cajun beauty have in common? Maybe nightmares....

What is the price of a broken heart? When we're very lucky, it's nothing more than lessons learned. When we aren't? Well, suck it up and get over yourself. But that's a story for another time.  

Long before he went into private practice as a P.I., Stern Talbot was a detective for the LAPD.  Some cases are better than others, not so rattling. Not so sleep-depriving. Not so insane. But the evidence in a brand new missing persons case echoes the evidence in a three year old cold...

This is a strongly emotional, fast-paced crime thriller / psychological suspense novel. On one side, Randall B Cregg's father has always hoped his son would feel a calling to take over the church someday.  After a particularly troubling traumatic experience, the boy does feel a calling, but...

When a body with mob ties washes up on the beach in a quiet rural town, the marshal has his hands full plus some. The coroner's new assistant being a dead ringer for the marshal's deceased wife only adds to the complications.  

During a weekly trip to the post office to check for mail, homeless combat veteran Ray Acuna gets a great deal more than he bargained for. One moment, he has a satisfactory, if less than ideal, life and all the time in the world. The next, not so much.

Nick wanders almost every evening to the end of the pier. That's where the fabric is thinnest between this world and the world where the stories reside.