Chris: 1229 books

Every day for Becker Gray is a struggle to keep himself from collapse, and the best way he's discovered to do that is to hide from his past, his guilt, and his pain. He's been known to over think, over drink, and under sleep. His job as a detective in the major crimes division affords him the luxury...

A dark story of a comedian who gets the last laugh. Originally published in the winter 1994 edition of New England Writer's Network. The first 1,600 words is the short story. The rest are free samples of my other work. Written by Chris Lundy, who shares writing tips at: Whatilearnedbywriting.com and...

The Little Pine Cone wants nothing more than to stay where she is, playing in the wind all day long at the top of Mother Tree.  She continues to see all that happens to her sister pine cones and begins to imagine what could happen to her. This simple and charming story, crafted by Ella Syfers...

The long day - After a half decent ride on the train and then whisking her way through the steamy streets and back alleys and now finally into the last laneway. The strange day - Sal looked to where the can had landed and noticed it was moving, funny that’ she thought due to there was no wind, breeze,...

The Madness is Back! The third annual "Days of Madness" short story anthology is back with eighteen new short-short tales that explore the extremes of the human condition, and beyond! Ride shotgun with a distraught father as he floors it down the highway in pursuit of justice. Answer...

Here Follows the ForewordFOREWORDWell, there are different approaches in writing of forwards. One is to write it before the book, what isn't quite good because in the creative work one can never know what will become in the end, but one can write something in beforehand and then...

Warts! Baldness! Teeth ague! Cramp! Bed wetting! Mad chicken! Do you suffer from some or all of the above complaints? Has a visit to the doctor or chemist failed to soothe the said symptoms? Perhaps the moment has arrived for you to travel back in time in search of a cure? Download this...

In this stand alone short story will the beliefs of the main character stand firm, or will he come to accept the world and to a greater extent the Universe is a complex place where everything is not so straight forward. Joshua is a retired engineer, but was not just an engineer by trade; he...

The wreck of the Catterthun remains one of the most dramatic and tragic episodes in the maritime history of New South Wales. This book places the drama in the context of 1895, bringing to life the Sydney of Banjo Paterson and the Push. It follows the Catterthun’s last voyage and reconstructs the...

A potpourri of stories about murder and the mystical interspersed with moments of mirth. A fortune-teller makes predictions that turn out to be uncannily correct – to the misery of all. A couple write to each other after a long break and spar over what secrets to reveal. A woman discovers she has...

Romance, Suspense and a TAIL so Exciting, it will leave you wanting more!“Aidan and Zack may end up finding more than they were looking for, and not only in the romantic sense—if they can both stay alive long enough—trapped in this thrilling treasure hunt filled with bandits, puzzles, suspenseful...

Leonard Fleason has a lot to be thankful for: a job as a film critic on a national newspaper; a young wife, Deborah, whose father is owner of that paper; a wonderful house set in the Essex countryside. Something, however, is missing from Leonard's life. Obsessed from childhood with the film industry,...

Adrian Kendrick, a graduate in his first job, becomes obsessed with a work colleague, Rosalind, drawn to her partly by her striking appearance and partly by her unworldly character. Rosalind is old-fashioned. Rosalind is naïve. Rosalind, unfortunately, is also married, and her husband, James, a nightclub...

Ten stories ranging from the moving to the macabre, the mundane and the mystical. A romantic novelist with seven children keeps getting interrupted while she is working. A wife returns from the dead to pass judgement on her husband’s new lover. A businessman is surprised one evening when he is paid...