Miles flicked a chunk of leftover drywall from the kitchen remodel, keeping one elbow tight against the bandaged rib. The scrap passed...

“Why?” Miles attempted to shift the beam toward the sheriff, resulting in a swirling wave of dust. “The boy was mouthing off, Miles....

Miles left Juneau scrambling about in the car’s murky interior, while he crept through overgrown skeleton weed to the wide front steps of...

“Don’t bother calling.” Emmeline stomped out of the kitchen. Miles found her packing a bag in their undersized bedroom. “Unless you’re...

“He hates me,” Miles told Louise Fillman. They sat in an aqua blue booth inside Buck’s Diner. Juneau sat on the outside window ledge,...

Miles plopped into the leather wing-back chair opposite his father’s desk. “Sheriff Mentz is on the warpath. He’s got Jim in jail for...

Sheriff Mentz turned to grin at his new deputy. “Miles is planning a bed-and-breakfast out on the property where that kid got killed,” he...

A four-foot tall dust devil skipped across Main Street, stuttering for a moment between Miles Thurman and the Law. It bobbed and weaved...

He was sent for proof that a man was cheating on his wife. He found jealousy, murder, and his head in the crosshairs. I've released...

“Obsessive Compulsion: Murder by Desire” – Scene 1 Bennington Tanskanen fidgeted in the regal phlebotomy chair, ruminating on an article...

When the fire dies at home, a consuming flame lights up the shadow self. As promised, I finished the final three scenes and posted their...