In the “spirit” of Halloween, I just posted a free ghost story on my website. “Burn After Writing” is a tale of betrayal, plagiarism, and revenge from the beyond the grave.
Although the story was finished months before his death, it is dedicated to Harlan Ellison, one of my favorite writers of all time. Hope you enjoy it and Happy Halloween!
Welcome to the third week of my Summer of Fan Fiction! If you’re just tuning in for the first time, I just posted part two of “Star Trek: The Clearer Path,” which was written in September 1998 as a sequel to my very first classic Star Trek story, “A Passion For Peace.”
Click here to read “Star Trek: A Passion For Peace”
Click here to read Part One of “Star Trek: The Clearer Path”
Click here to read Part Two of “Star Trek: The Clearer Path”
In the coming weeks, I’ll post stories from Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and more. Thanks for reading!
Earlier this year, I took the time to transfer my old fan fiction stories (aka “fan fic”) to Google Drive and, as expected, nostalgia inspired me to reread many of them and reminisce about what I consider my “training ground” as a writer. Are these stories perfect? Of course not. I was still getting my storytelling legs under me, but I recall how much fun and enthusiasm went into penning every one of them.
Beginning in the late 1980s and running through 2002, I wrote about 25 short stories set in the universes of Star Trek, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and others. Unfortunately, I only managed to save about 16 of those stories digitally. First on floppy disks, then a Zip disk, then a CD, and now on my laptop and Google Drive.
Inspired by writer pal and publisher, Steven H. Wilson—who recently began Fan Fiction Fridays on his blog—I thought I’d take this summer to share at least some of my fan fic, beginning with a contest entry I wrote in July 1995 called “Star Trek: A Passion For Peace.”
I hope to post a new story each week to be found under the Free Fiction! menu above. I hope you enjoy these stories.
If you’re unfamiliar with Wattpad, it is a website where writers post stories of all lengths and genres for your free reading pleasure.
I currently have four complete speculative fiction short stories posted there as samples from the first two volumes of my Middle of Eternity anthology series.
In the coming weeks, I will post one or two new stories. For now, happy reading!