New Fairy Moon
by David Michael
Price: $5.99 USD. 66740 words.
Published on May 16, 2012. Fiction.
Faye Woods, 11, and her little brother, Flub, have just moved into quirky, beautiful Spring Hollow, a neighborhood where the houses have names and where a hole in a park fence leads to Spring Hollow's magical Other Side. When an evil shadow emerges from the Other Side to threaten Flub, Faye can't rescue him alone. She needs the help of two girls she only met today.
Location: United States
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David Michael
Biography
Most days, David Michael is a software developer and a writer. Some days, he’s a writer and a software developer. Other days, he’s an amateur photographer. Because, really, who is the same person every day?
David is the designer and developer of The Journal, personal journaling software for Windows. He has also designed and developed video games, and has written two nonfiction books and numerous articles about video game development.
David lives with his wife and kids in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
David is the designer and developer of The Journal, personal journaling software for Windows. He has also designed and developed video games, and has written two nonfiction books and numerous articles about video game development.
David lives with his wife and kids in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Books
When Writers Attack
by David Michael
Price: $0.99 USD. 2950 words. Published on November 16, 2011. Fiction.
(4.00 from 3 reviews)
"When Writers Attack" - A bit of violent flash fiction by David Michael. You should be careful around writers who are struggling to find a story. (800-word flash fiction)
Price: $0.99 USD. 2950 words. Published on November 16, 2011. Fiction.
(4.00 from 3 reviews) "When Writers Attack" - A bit of violent flash fiction by David Michael. You should be careful around writers who are struggling to find a story. (800-word flash fiction)
Wind-Up Action Figure On Her Day Off
by David Michael
Price: $0.99 USD. 5510 words. Published on November 15, 2011. Fiction.
"Wind-Up Action Figure On Her Day Off" - An action/urban fantasy story by David Michael. On those rare Mondays with no new contract, the Gray Angel wonders if that means there is no one on Earth who deserves killing. She tries to remain optimistic, but she's sure there's someone out there who needs to be given the choice of a bullet to the brain. (3200-word short story)
Price: $0.99 USD. 5510 words. Published on November 15, 2011. Fiction.
"Wind-Up Action Figure On Her Day Off" - An action/urban fantasy story by David Michael. On those rare Mondays with no new contract, the Gray Angel wonders if that means there is no one on Earth who deserves killing. She tries to remain optimistic, but she's sure there's someone out there who needs to be given the choice of a bullet to the brain. (3200-word short story)
Working Girl
by David Michael
Price: $0.99 USD. 4130 words. Published on November 14, 2011. Fiction.
"Working Girl" - An action/urban fantasy story by David Michael. Hitwoman the Gray Angel's latest target is elusive businessman Neil Spencer Thomasson, who is staying in a high-rise hotel with an unknown number of armed guards. Fortunately, Thomasson has called in an escort for the evening, a woman who comes highly recommended and whose face Ange hopes he's never seen. (1900-word short story)
Price: $0.99 USD. 4130 words. Published on November 14, 2011. Fiction.
"Working Girl" - An action/urban fantasy story by David Michael. Hitwoman the Gray Angel's latest target is elusive businessman Neil Spencer Thomasson, who is staying in a high-rise hotel with an unknown number of armed guards. Fortunately, Thomasson has called in an escort for the evening, a woman who comes highly recommended and whose face Ange hopes he's never seen. (1900-word short story)
Waking Up Can Kill You Some Days
by David Michael
Price: $0.99 USD. 4370 words. Published on November 13, 2011. Fiction.
"Waking Up Can Kill You Some Days" - An action/urban fantasy story by David Michael. The Gray Angel is a hitwoman with a heart gold. She always gives the target a choice. Because everyone deserves a choice. Even a petty gangster like Dennis Karnof. (2100-word short story)
Price: $0.99 USD. 4370 words. Published on November 13, 2011. Fiction.
"Waking Up Can Kill You Some Days" - An action/urban fantasy story by David Michael. The Gray Angel is a hitwoman with a heart gold. She always gives the target a choice. Because everyone deserves a choice. Even a petty gangster like Dennis Karnof. (2100-word short story)
He Came
by David Michael
Price: $0.99 USD. 3390 words. Published on November 11, 2011. Fiction.
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)
Price: $0.99 USD. 3390 words. Published on November 11, 2011. Fiction.
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)
Gunwitch: A Tale of the King's Coven
by David Michael
Price: $6.99 USD. 100440 words. Published on October 6, 2011. Fiction.
In 1718, in an England that might have been, the law found Rosalind Bainbridge guilty of witchcraft. In lieu of execution, she became Private Bainbridge of the 101st Pistoleers. A Gunwitch of the King's Coven. Twenty-four years later, dishonorably discharged and working as a scout on the Amerigon frontier, Rose's past comes looking for her.
Price: $6.99 USD. 100440 words. Published on October 6, 2011. Fiction.
In 1718, in an England that might have been, the law found Rosalind Bainbridge guilty of witchcraft. In lieu of execution, she became Private Bainbridge of the 101st Pistoleers. A Gunwitch of the King's Coven. Twenty-four years later, dishonorably discharged and working as a scout on the Amerigon frontier, Rose's past comes looking for her.
Brain Freeze & Other Stories
by David Michael
Price: $3.99 USD. 25500 words. Published on May 12, 2011. Fiction.
A collection of eight Spec-Fic and Slipstream stories by David Michael, with illustrations by Don Michael, Jr. "Brain Freeze" - Humans guard the treasure Boolf and his team are there to take. "Indian Summer" - Anna, hurting from the death of her best friend, isn't ready to give up the gloom of autumn for the sunshine of Indian summer. But maybe more than the sun has come back to her. Plus 6 more!
Price: $3.99 USD. 25500 words. Published on May 12, 2011. Fiction.
A collection of eight Spec-Fic and Slipstream stories by David Michael, with illustrations by Don Michael, Jr. "Brain Freeze" - Humans guard the treasure Boolf and his team are there to take. "Indian Summer" - Anna, hurting from the death of her best friend, isn't ready to give up the gloom of autumn for the sunshine of Indian summer. But maybe more than the sun has come back to her. Plus 6 more!
Secondhand Coffin
by David Michael
Price: $0.99 USD. 2830 words. Published on May 9, 2011. Fiction.
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)
Price: $0.99 USD. 2830 words. Published on May 9, 2011. Fiction.
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)
Effie Two-Five
by David Michael
Price: $1.99 USD. 8670 words. Published on May 9, 2011. Fiction.
Make a wish. Brace for impact. Find a vein and take a hit of the new--and highly illegal--wonder drug with the street name "Effie Two-Five", and your dreams will come true. You can be faster. Stronger. Anything you want to be--even a porno superhero. But be careful. Effie two-five has a serious learning curve. And you should have a lot of munchies handy. (8300 word short story).
Price: $1.99 USD. 8670 words. Published on May 9, 2011. Fiction.
Make a wish. Brace for impact. Find a vein and take a hit of the new--and highly illegal--wonder drug with the street name "Effie Two-Five", and your dreams will come true. You can be faster. Stronger. Anything you want to be--even a porno superhero. But be careful. Effie two-five has a serious learning curve. And you should have a lot of munchies handy. (8300 word short story).
The World Wears Thin
by David Michael
Price: $3.99 USD. 26570 words. Published on April 22, 2011. Fiction.
A collection of 8 Sci-Fi and Horror stories by David Michael, with illustrations by Don Michael, Jr. "A Fine Mess" - Kenneth hunts edible Strings in the Frayed remnants of the vegetation of the world. "Enamored" - Chick-lit meets cyberpunk as overworked, underappreciated Roxy heads to work. "Until Death Do Us Part" - Ross and Marjorie grow old together in undead retirement. Plus 5 more!
Price: $3.99 USD. 26570 words. Published on April 22, 2011. Fiction.
A collection of 8 Sci-Fi and Horror stories by David Michael, with illustrations by Don Michael, Jr. "A Fine Mess" - Kenneth hunts edible Strings in the Frayed remnants of the vegetation of the world. "Enamored" - Chick-lit meets cyberpunk as overworked, underappreciated Roxy heads to work. "Until Death Do Us Part" - Ross and Marjorie grow old together in undead retirement. Plus 5 more!
Sweet Tooth
by David Michael
Price: $0.99 USD. 3450 words. Published on April 17, 2011. Fiction.
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)
Price: $0.99 USD. 3450 words. Published on April 17, 2011. Fiction.
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)
Evanescent
by David Michael
Price: $1.99 USD. 5790 words. Published on March 31, 2011. Fiction.
(3.00 from 1 review)
She's the girl you meet every year for the first time. She has red-gold hair, sky-blue eyes, and just a splash of freckles across her cheeks. She's as young as you are, or as old. She dances in the rain and splashes in the puddles. She jumps in the leaves and spins with the wind. She steps out of the fog to smile at you, then disappears before you can ask her name... (5400-word short story)
Price: $1.99 USD. 5790 words. Published on March 31, 2011. Fiction.
(3.00 from 1 review) She's the girl you meet every year for the first time. She has red-gold hair, sky-blue eyes, and just a splash of freckles across her cheeks. She's as young as you are, or as old. She dances in the rain and splashes in the puddles. She jumps in the leaves and spins with the wind. She steps out of the fog to smile at you, then disappears before you can ask her name... (5400-word short story)
The Perfect Hiding Place
by David Michael
Price: $1.99 USD. 5900 words. Published on March 28, 2011. Fiction.
The house next door has been sold and the new neighbors are moving in. Do you think they're religious? They seem to have a lot of kids. Do you think they're hiding something? They look ethnic. Do you think they might be worth robbing? Obviously, they can't be *monkeys*... (5500-word short story)
Price: $1.99 USD. 5900 words. Published on March 28, 2011. Fiction.
The house next door has been sold and the new neighbors are moving in. Do you think they're religious? They seem to have a lot of kids. Do you think they're hiding something? They look ethnic. Do you think they might be worth robbing? Obviously, they can't be *monkeys*... (5500-word short story)
A Fine Mess
by David Michael
Price: $0.99 USD. 2700 words. Published on March 22, 2011. Fiction.
Kenneth is the best gatherer among the survivors. Only a few can gather Strings, the floating, Frayed remnants of what was once the edible vegetation of the world. Which is why there are a lot fewer people now than Kenneth remembers when he was younger. He might be only ten, but even Kenneth knows that if you can't catch Strings, you can't eat. And if you can't eat, you starve and you die...
Price: $0.99 USD. 2700 words. Published on March 22, 2011. Fiction.
Kenneth is the best gatherer among the survivors. Only a few can gather Strings, the floating, Frayed remnants of what was once the edible vegetation of the world. Which is why there are a lot fewer people now than Kenneth remembers when he was younger. He might be only ten, but even Kenneth knows that if you can't catch Strings, you can't eat. And if you can't eat, you starve and you die...
Insanity
by David Michael
Price: $0.99 USD. 4050 words. Published on March 17, 2011. Fiction.
Corporal Jonathan Nathan "Drooz" Andrews opens his eyes--and immediately wishes he hadn't done that. He's not sure what he signed up for, but it looks like the "future of modern warfare" has caught up with him. And he already knows he isn't going to like it. (3600-word short story)
Price: $0.99 USD. 4050 words. Published on March 17, 2011. Fiction.
Corporal Jonathan Nathan "Drooz" Andrews opens his eyes--and immediately wishes he hadn't done that. He's not sure what he signed up for, but it looks like the "future of modern warfare" has caught up with him. And he already knows he isn't going to like it. (3600-word short story)
The Door to the Sky
by David Michael
Price: $3.99 USD. 40970 words. Published on March 11, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Worlds are at war. Dragons attack TV stations and winged gargoyles do battle with steam-powered behemoths. Gaia the Earth Mother and the woman called Blue lead the Weirdlings in their struggle against the Tyrant and his Compatriots, while the man who calls himself the Traveler walks through the chaos looking for The Door to the Sky.
Price: $3.99 USD. 40970 words. Published on March 11, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review) Worlds are at war. Dragons attack TV stations and winged gargoyles do battle with steam-powered behemoths. Gaia the Earth Mother and the woman called Blue lead the Weirdlings in their struggle against the Tyrant and his Compatriots, while the man who calls himself the Traveler walks through the chaos looking for The Door to the Sky.
Curtain Call
by David Michael
Price: $0.99 USD. 2620 words. Published on March 9, 2011. Fiction.
The White Hot Hemisphere Community Theater Company's production of Hamlet is the first since the cataclysm. It will be the last before the end of the world.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2620 words. Published on March 9, 2011. Fiction.
The White Hot Hemisphere Community Theater Company's production of Hamlet is the first since the cataclysm. It will be the last before the end of the world.
Demon Candy
by David Michael
Price: $3.99 USD. 30930 words. Published on January 26, 2011. Fiction.
Four linked stories of Hell, and Life, and Life in Hell. The demon Jike decides he needs a change. Canto, an undead hellcat, gets a night out on campus. Donut baker Ted Millet, divorced and broke, has a new customer that makes his ex-wife seem almost human. And Emily M-Something March, dead and damned for thirty years, finds herself back in her home town with a fifty-foot demon after her.
Price: $3.99 USD. 30930 words. Published on January 26, 2011. Fiction.
Four linked stories of Hell, and Life, and Life in Hell. The demon Jike decides he needs a change. Canto, an undead hellcat, gets a night out on campus. Donut baker Ted Millet, divorced and broke, has a new customer that makes his ex-wife seem almost human. And Emily M-Something March, dead and damned for thirty years, finds herself back in her home town with a fifty-foot demon after her.
The Girl Who Ran With Horses
by David Michael
Price: $5.99 USD. 63620 words. Published on November 25, 2010. Fiction.
(4.75 from 4 reviews)
It's summer and 13-year-old Stevie Buckbee wants to be with her family again and to ride her new horse, Jack Rabbit. But even as she discovers she can communicate with Jack Rabbit and the other horses on the family ranch, she finds she can no longer get through to her Dad and brother Blake. What good is being able to run with the horses if everything she knows and loves is lost?
Price: $5.99 USD. 63620 words. Published on November 25, 2010. Fiction.
(4.75 from 4 reviews) It's summer and 13-year-old Stevie Buckbee wants to be with her family again and to ride her new horse, Jack Rabbit. But even as she discovers she can communicate with Jack Rabbit and the other horses on the family ranch, she finds she can no longer get through to her Dad and brother Blake. What good is being able to run with the horses if everything she knows and loves is lost?
Baptism
by David Michael
Price: $1.99 USD. 6260 words. Published on October 28, 2010. Fiction.
Drunk on mojitos, high on love, and smelling of sex just consummated on the beach, Myra Acevedo went swimming for the last time. When she came out of the clear water of the Yucatan peninsula, she was no longer just Myra. She had become the end of the world. A story of Noah's Ark in the modern day. In reverse.
Price: $1.99 USD. 6260 words. Published on October 28, 2010. Fiction.
Drunk on mojitos, high on love, and smelling of sex just consummated on the beach, Myra Acevedo went swimming for the last time. When she came out of the clear water of the Yucatan peninsula, she was no longer just Myra. She had become the end of the world. A story of Noah's Ark in the modern day. In reverse.
Serene Morning & Other Tales of a Little Girl
by David Michael
Price: $1.99 USD. 4550 words. Published on October 20, 2010. Fiction.
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 girl walked up to Rala and stood there, watching him as he repaired his zip-about... Plus 4 more!
Price: $1.99 USD. 4550 words. Published on October 20, 2010. Fiction.
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 girl walked up to Rala and stood there, watching him as he repaired his zip-about... Plus 4 more!
Nasty, Brutish & Short Short
by David Michael
Price: $2.99 USD. 14530 words. Published on September 28, 2010. Fiction.
A collection of violent horror flash fiction and short short stories by David Michael. "The Call of the Hunter Moon" - Violence is easy. You just let go. Your hands become claws for ripping. Your teeth bare... "Crowfeeder" - At our arrival, the closest of the black carrion birds startled. A ripple, like a wave in a black ocean, flowed across the field... And 11 more!
Price: $2.99 USD. 14530 words. Published on September 28, 2010. Fiction.
A collection of violent horror flash fiction and short short stories by David Michael. "The Call of the Hunter Moon" - Violence is easy. You just let go. Your hands become claws for ripping. Your teeth bare... "Crowfeeder" - At our arrival, the closest of the black carrion birds startled. A ripple, like a wave in a black ocean, flowed across the field... And 11 more!
The Summoning Fire
by David Michael
Price: $5.99 USD. 64010 words. Published on September 25, 2010. Fiction.
(3.67 from 3 reviews)
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 a mistake, leaving her alive. But she has no doubt he's waiting for her, beside The Summoning Fire.
Price: $5.99 USD. 64010 words. Published on September 25, 2010. Fiction.
(3.67 from 3 reviews) 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 a mistake, leaving her alive. But she has no doubt he's waiting for her, beside The Summoning Fire.
Nostalgia
by David Michael
Price: $1.99 USD. 6820 words. Published on September 14, 2010. Fiction.
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.
Price: $1.99 USD. 6820 words. Published on September 14, 2010. Fiction.
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.
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