David Michael: 70 books

A collection of flash fiction and short shorts by David Michael. The Puppets Take a Bath - Three year old Serene put down her spoon and her right hand became a puppet. With her fingers together and her thumb working as the lower jaw and tongue, the puppet could talk... Trikes and Aliens - The little...

Running Free & Stevie Gets Back in the Saddle - 2 flash fiction stories about 13-year-old Stevie Buckbee."Running Free" - Running sprints after soccer practice isn't so bad with the help of Cocoa, one of Stevie's horses."Stevie Gets Back in the Saddle" - Jack Rabbit, Stevie's...

Ted Millet, divorced and broke and tired of getting up at 2 am, shows up for work anyway at the Jenny-Buns Donut Shop. If he doesn't make the donuts, no one else will. This morning, though, he has a new customer waiting for him that makes his ex-wife seem almost human. (3100-word short story)

Join the journey into this volume of Book of Strangers and enjoy expressions of people, places, and still life. Prolific in composition with Robust Lines, and bold colors these compositions are sure to please the contemporary art lover in all of you. From a Luthier - master of the craft to a walk...

Dragons of the Stars - 2 short stories about the future, where spaceships controlled by superintelligent AI's go renegade, venting their human crews into the vacuum of outer space and become the Dragons of the Stars."Under the Dragon" - The roar of the dragon's thrusters could not...

Two yellowing Polaroids, snapshots of a little girl at the fair. Two different childhoods separated by the death of her father. One childhood she can't remember, ruined by the one she wants to forget. When her boyfriend's "birthday surprise" turns out to be a date at the same fair, Sharon finds herself face to face with both.

Writings from a year of exploration, solitude, and adventure. Through long travel, trials, torment, young questions, Discovery, wonder, weather, and culture. Introspection and reflection. Love, humanity, and discovery of self. A journey into the realms of humanity, all its beauty and all it's mess.

A coffin isn't always a final destination. It certainly wasn't for Lacey. Murdered, Lacey spends her days as the unseen occupant of a showroom coffin. At night, though, when the lid is closed, she is once again wrapped in a rug and covered with cement, reliving the horror of her death. Until the night another body is dropped into her coffin. (2500-word short story)

Police respond to an emergency call at the house of known religious fanatic, William Revell, to find the floor, every wall, every window, even the ceiling, splattered and smeared with blood. "He came," Revell says when he's asked what happened. "He came..." (1200 word short short story)

Life at the turn of the 20th century. Pioneer childhood running wild in the woods of British Columbia on the West Coast of Canada. Forestry and hunting as a way of life to provide for family. A time when everyone had their roles to play. Too young to fight in 1st world war Dave finds his way through...

TEDDY DORMER'S DREAMS ARE NOT HIS OWN. Teddy Dormer lives with a condition unlike any other: in order to sleep, he must not only inadvertently steal the ability for others around him to sleep, but he also experiences their worst nightmares, memories, and darkest secrets. This is a condition...

Upon his arrival in the idyllic coastal town of Scarborough Hill, Teddy is afforded only a brief night of rest before he receives a prophetic dream of nightmarish intent.All his life, Teddy has endured the dreams of others against his will. Without them, he is unable to sleep. Therefore, whereas...

Reese Howard used to be an enforcer for the half-devil crime boss known as the Old Man. Now she has nothing. Her lover and partner, Sam, is dead. The Old Man betrayed them. He killed Sam in front of Reese, a blood sacrifice to fuel his latest power play in Hell on Earth. Reese hopes the Old Man made...

Dive into the inner self with prolific abstract expressionism. Compositions that will evoke, stimulate, and bring you to introspection. Explore various facets of humanity, and interactions with these organic figures. Sure to be a conversation starter in any room, sure to open dialogues of expression,...