Paterson: 307 books

The dragging goes on forever, the surroundings change and I sense a clearing. A blindfold was tied around my eyes and I was dragged into a building. The floor was wood and the place stank of urine, … manure, … sweat. I was tossed in a corner and told … "Keep quiet or your breathing might...

Fergus is an ex republican prisoner who escaped from the maze prison on the outskirt's of Belfast and who has been on the run for ten years until he is called back to Belfast for one last job

Marc becomes the local hero when he saves the souls of the residents of a small town from the Beast from the Fog. This story has some Adult themes and adult language.

Twenty-three years ago, I was just a young guy out of university with a brand new degree in computer science. My ex-wife, Liz, had graduated with a nursing degree and we were married shortly after graduating. Our life was great. We were young and in love and had the world by the ass. A couple of years...

Among the most well-known ‘facts’ in British history is that Lord Castlereagh, the foreign secretary, committed suicide on August 12, 1822, by severing his carotid artery with a pen knife at his country residence, North Cray Cottage, near London. The following day, an inquest was held into Castlereagh’s...

A young woman lies dead in the morgue, brutally slain. Her distraught fiancé admits to killing her. The local police are outnumbered by a gathering mob that demands vigilante justice for the bloody demise of the Burgermeister's popular daughter, and the chief of police sees no need to dig deeper...

The Victorian and Edwardian eras in the run-up to 1914 marked the golden age of the English country house, when opulence and formality attained a level that would never be matched again. The ease of these perfect settings for flirtation and relaxation was maintained by a large and well-trained staff...

Victim's of the IRA is a true story. It is the author's own recollection of events told from this point of view, it is pretty powerful and harrowing. It's about a family in West Belfast whose young sixteen-year-old son gets kidnapped by the IRA and forced to participate in a crime. Ultimately, he...

Victim's of the IRA is a true story. It is the author's own recollection of events told from this point of view, it is pretty powerful and harrowing. It's about a family in West Belfast whose young sixteen-year-old son gets kidnapped by the IRA and forced to participate in a crime. Ultimately, he...

A detective in a future high-tech society must solve an unusual murder whose trail leads to unexpected places. Sci-Fi short story, 11,000 words.

It's high noon on Ganymede when a homicidal cyborg comes lookin' for trouble. Sci-Fi short story, 4300 words.

On Ganymede, a lovelorn woman pursues the pilot of her dreams, with the help of a nutty A.I. and a bunch of little guys. Sci-Fi short story, 6,000 words.

Pulp fiction writer Betsy has to think fast when Rose, a member of her writing group, asks for help. Rose has left her romance novel manuscript in gangster boss “Pistol Pete” Pazzini's office, and if he finds out she's looked at his hit-list, she's dead! Luckily Betsy has assistance...

The crew of a spaceship trapped in hyperspace have a chance to return home... at a price. Sci-Fi short story, 2600 words.