Robert C. Waggoner

Biography

I now reside in the USA in Eastern Oregon. Due to health reasons, I don't write much anymore. I'll continue with a few short stories and all will be free to my readers. I'm privileged to have had thousands of readers download my stories. I thank you all. Happy reading and sure hope you have and will enjoy my writing. Robert [Bob] Waggoner

Smashwords Interview

What do you read for pleasure?
I prefer a good mystery story. Second on my list is sci-fi. Way back when Heinlein wrote 'Stranger' I was hooked.
What is your e-reading device of choice?
Presently I'm still using my old Kindle which has provided me with more than four years of good service
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Books

Santa's Secret Cell
Price: Free! Words: 1,880. Language: English. Published: October 29, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Holiday » Christmas
A down on their luck family, a few weeks before Christmas, realize they are dead broke. However, a glimmer of hope comes from a totally unexpected place. It will be through hard work and a firm commitment, grant this family a light at the end of the tunnel. Read on and have a Merry Christmas!
T.G. Day
Price: Free! Words: 1,780. Language: English. Published: October 22, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Holiday » Family
A young boy on Thanksgiving sees strange things on his grandfather's farm. He and his dog go investigate. After discovering what he wished he had not found, his world and the idea of a Thanksgiving holiday eating turkey would change forever.
Murder Mysteries # 8
Price: $1.59 USD. Words: 19,130. Language: English. Published: December 20, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Three stories to tickle your brain about who did the crime of murder. In 'Newport' an abandoned car on a long bridge seems like suicide, but in reality it is murder. Peanut murder is complex as the victim dies in front of party goers. Suspects abound. In the Peach Grove a body is hanging from a peach tree with the entrails hanging to the ground.
Tis the Season
Price: Free! Words: 3,390. Language: English. Published: November 30, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Holiday » Christmas
'Tis the Season' is a short story about what we can call a family in need of a happy holiday season. This particular family is down on their luck, but not completely out of luck. On Christmas, Santa moves in mysterious ways.
Christmas 1956
Price: Free! Words: 4,230. Language: English. Published: November 16, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Holiday » Christmas
At an orphanage the slant on Christmas is anything but joy and happiness. The jingle bells are from the steam heaters singing their wishful thinking that heat is forthcoming. Where the fresh smell of an evergreen standing proudly decorated with flashing lights and multicolored balls, the ever-present smell of mothballs hovers around the resident's noses. Does Santa come to the orphanage?
Nightmare Trick or Treating
Price: Free! Words: 2,100. Language: English. Published: October 7, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Holiday » Halloween
Parents, be careful if you read this story to your young children. This nightmare is not wished on anyone having fun trick or treating. But, nobody can predict the weather or decide what an animal might do when the weather turns really nasty. Never take anything for granted, but expect the worse and hope for the best.
Tragedy at Iron Flats
Price: Free! Words: 10,540. Language: English. Published: September 25, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Western
Tragedy at Iron Flats is fiction based upon historical fact. Immigrants coming from England in the late 1800s make their way from Liverpool to their final destination in Denver, Colorado. The story is how the logistics transpired and how the characters felt during the travel of many thousands of miles by sea, train and finally by stagecoach.
Turkey Farm
Price: Free! Words: 810. Language: English. Published: September 20, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Holiday » Humorous
A family out for a Sunday drive visits a turkey farm in November. This short story is both humorous and historical take on our favorite bird on Thanksgiving Day. By the way, who said turkeys are stupid. How does anybody really know what is in their tiny brains. Enjoy.
The Christmas Chimney
Price: Free! Words: 2,470. Language: English. Published: September 16, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Holiday » Christmas
(5.00 from 1 review)
Two young boys decide to play Santa Clause on Christmas Eve and slide down the chimney to discover what Santa had brought for the holiday. Their plan is good and all is in place to do the event. However, fate plays a part of the plan. An eight year old boy stuck in a chimney is no laughing matter. Enjoy.
Turkey Day
Price: Free! Words: 3,240. Language: English. Published: September 12, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Holiday » Family
(5.00 from 1 review)
Turkey Day is something every person living in America should enjoy without any reservations about daily life. It's a 'now' thing. Thanksgiving holiday is a family time and should entail nothing else. My memories go back over a half century of eating Turkey with gravy and mashed potatoes. Enjoy both the food and the story.
Apparition
Price: Free! Words: 2,240. Language: English. Published: September 8, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
There are reasons why humans should stay out of houses that are haunted. I advise the reader to only read this on a dark Halloween night with the wind howling and the rain beating against the windows. If you are alone, well, that's not advised. To contemplate the outcome…………..
Rude Awakening
Price: Free! Words: 82,690. Language: English. Published: March 21, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
A unique look at what the future might hold for humans. It's part utopia, part possible and certainly believable. Four special university students enter a sleep study to awaken to a world without any people remaining on planet Earth. An alien plan gave humans a second chance in life. They demonstrate how humans are adaptable in any environment.
Murder Mystery
Price: $1.59 USD. Words: 28,500. Language: English. Published: March 18, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Three novellas comprise this edition. First, when a teacher who is a sexual deviant is murdered at the high school. Suspects abound. Second is a murder at the local bank. A handful of suspects stand to profit from his death. The last is not a who done it, but how Stacy Foreham solves the theft of jewels and the murder of two victims. All three have what a mystery contains to enjoy.
Christmas 6102
Price: Free! Words: 6,240. Language: English. Published: November 30, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Inspirational
This short story takes you on a trip through time and space for a Christmas on a distant traditional planet. This holiday comes with the idea Santa Claus is real and not mythical. You make the decision. I hope you enjoy this little tale of happiness.
Murder at Police Station
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 68,780. Language: English. Published: August 10, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
While on a short vacation, staying with her father, in Bandon, Oregon, US Marshall Stacy Foreham is called to the scene of a murder. Chief of Police Lance Eagle Feather is found with a hunting knife in his heart inside the locked police station. Also to complicate matters, he's been scalped! Murder at Book Club. Poison is the method. But who did it?
Silent Night
Price: Free! Words: 3,350. Language: English. Published: December 6, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fairy Tales & Folklore / Anthologies
A Christmas tale with a twist was when Christmas morning arrives; all humans over twelve years of age cannot speak or hear. The people of the world panic, but the opposite for the children. Up at the North Pole the mysterious calamity is discussed by two important celebrities.
Murder Mysteries Series Seven
Price: $1.49 USD. Words: 35,360. Language: English. Published: December 1, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
In the first story, Stacy Foreham is faced with a murder of a shift manager in a cheese factory. He's found dead and cooked in a cheese vat. The entire night shifts are suspects. The second finds Norm Payne investigating two mob like murders on the coast. The third story is a bizarre case of a victim found spread-eagle on a large target at an archery club full of arrows.
A Campers Dream Part Two
Price: $1.39 USD. Words: 20,080. Language: English. Published: November 20, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
In part two of 'A Campers Dream' we find Harry Watersfield still living but his wife, Virginia has passed on. We begin when Virginia wakes up on a distant planet but unable to use any senses. She hears a voice in her head somewhat familiar from when they encountered alien beings on Mt. Rainier. She's soon installed in a robot body and functions quite similar to humans. Harry comes next.
The Apparition
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 2,260. Language: English. Published: October 17, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
This short story is about more than just a haunted house. Those who enter are forever changed and who knows whether the change is good or bad. You choose.
Missing Time
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 5,180. Language: English. Published: October 17, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
This is a science fiction short story that deals with racial discrimination in the present and near future. A sign from God occurs and both the religious community and governments seek answers to a phenomenon that is hard to imagine.
A Campers Dream
Price: Free! Words: 2,740. Language: English. Published: September 14, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
(3.00 from 2 reviews)
Two university graduates celebrate by climbing Mr. Rainier in 1965. They are quietly visited by aliens who seem very friendly. The information that comes is fascinating and believable. In my first part, our couple feels safe and secure with warm feeling of the future, but can an alien culture really be trusted?
A Christmas Wish
Price: Free! Words: 2,760. Language: English. Published: September 10, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
(4.00 from 1 review)
Two poor kids write a letter to Santa Claus wishing for a special present. What happens is a surprise of a lifetime for the whole family.
Murder Mysteries Series six
Price: $1.49 USD. Words: 75,490. Language: English. Published: April 12, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
Novel one returns US Marshal Stacy Foreham to duty with her hometown aghast with the murder of a lifelong resident who had the first myrtlewood shop and factory on the Southern Coast of Oregon. The deeper she investigates reveals all of the prime suspects are found innocent. Only Stacy can solve who killed two prominent citizens. Novel two a novel featuring a new and exciting detective.
The Ghost of Christmas
Price: Free! Words: 1,780. Language: English. Published: November 4, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
Our world is filled with unusual happenings. For Greg, an unusual happening during Christmas changed his life forever; and changed beyond forever. Ghost stories have been around since man could articulate his thoughts. Enjoy this short story.
Tinsel Wish
Price: Free! Words: 1,720. Language: English. Published: October 25, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Inspirational
(3.00 from 1 review)
Tis the season to be happy and to share with the less fortunate. I'm happy to offer this little story to my readers. I certainly hope this story makes you feel good; it made me feel good writing it.
Thanksgiving
Price: Free! Words: 2,020. Language: English. Published: October 19, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » USA
Fiction based upon truth. In any story told there is some truth woven in the tale. I heard this story from an English teacher whom I met in South Korea a few years ago. At the time I thought it tear jerking, but when she’d finished, a warm ending made my old heart glow. So, all of you out there intending on enjoying a turkey dinner, perhaps a reminder of who really to be thankful for back in 1621.
I Scream for Halloween
Price: Free! Words: 2,060. Language: English. Published: October 10, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General
Blurb Halloween Halloween is special for all kids and adults who still have a little kid left in them. I’m knocking on the door of seven decades of enjoying Halloween. I lived in a small town where a haunted house sat waiting for a foolish person to enter. I never did. I’m smarter than that; are you?
Murder Mysteries #5
Price: $1.49 USD. Words: 111,000. Language: English. Published: September 27, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
A mix bag of murders comprise this book. A disgraced Senator has been silenced by his peers; next, a murder of a professor raises the issues of his tenure; in the following story a disgruntled killer has his own idea of a retirement plan for senior workers; and last we find a murdered victim under his barbells in a health club. Stacy Foreham has her work cut out for her.
Murder Mysteries # 4
Price: $1.49 USD. Words: 82,760. Language: English. Published: June 29, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
First, is a kidnap-murder of a high-ranking city official's daughter who tries to handle the kidnapping alone? Second, a retired banker is shot between the eyes. The entire small town is suspect. Third, there murdered bodies are discovered in church related circumstances. Stacy Foreham is called upon to solve the homicides.
Robin Hood Visits Brazil
Series: Brad Pratt and the Batt Team, Book 10. Price: $1.49 USD. Words: 71,190. Language: English. Published: May 5, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action
Two billionaire drug lords are slowly destroying the economy of prosperous Brazil. A phone call from a concerned Brazilian president to the American head of state requesting any assistance would be gratefully appreciated. The president calls his special covert man: Brad Pratt and the Batt team.
Murder Mysteries #3
Series: Murder Mysteries, Book 3. Price: $1.49 USD. Words: 64,840. Language: English. Published: March 31, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
Stacy Foreham takes on a contract killer who's just a bit too cocky. The major question is who hired the guy? Next we have the death of a CEO who should have hung up his starched collars years go. Somebody decided a fish fillet knife works well to stop the heart beating. Last we have a nice rich widow who is fed some arsenic to speed up the inheritance.
Sizzling Romance New York Style
Price: Free! Words: 73,650. Language: English. Published: March 15, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » General
This love story will please even the most bah humbug reader. For the lover of a good story about romance, you're in for a treat. Get comfortable with your electronic reader; a favorite drink of choice and enjoy more than a few hours of reading entertainment. This was my first novel written about ten years ago.
Murder Mysteries # 2
Series: Murder Mysteries, Book 2. Price: $1.49 USD. Words: 64,680. Language: English. Published: February 5, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
The second in the series consists of three novellas and one novel. All four stories are unique with Super Sleuth detective Stacy Foreham at the forefront of the homicide investigation.
Man's Folly
Price: $1.49 USD. Words: 30,560. Language: English. Published: January 16, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Literary criticism » Drama
"Man's Folly" is a collection of eight short stories. The stories are surrounded by life and place involving the trials and tribulations facing us. All the stories have an upside and a downside that we're familiar with. Enjoy the stories.
Bailing Wire
Price: Free! Words: 7,740. Language: English. Published: January 10, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Women's fiction » General
A single parent struggles on a ranch in Wyoming. With her fortitude and brains to match, she struggles against odds to make a life for her two kids. A welcome gift is gladly accepted, Fate sends a cowboy who fills the slot. An unfortunate kidnapping of two young girls sends the town into a tizzy. One of the young girls is our main character's dau
Murder by Stalk
Price: $1.29 USD. Words: 46,220. Language: English. Published: January 4, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
This is a murder mystery that will delight the reader along with intrigue stoking the imagination. A club of murdering misfits baffles the detectives. The leader is a discharged psycho from the mental hospital of the Army. He vows to murder all the popular girls from his former high school. He nearly succeeds.
Murder Mysteries
Series: Murder Mysteries, Book 1. Price: $1.49 USD. Words: 103,720. Language: English. Published: November 6, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
These four novellas are written to please and stimulate the reader who loves murder mysteries. The daughter of a very small town Chief of Police is home after graduation from a major university. Her university degree is in criminology. She begins her career as a police officer to learn the ropes.
A Christmas Tail
Price: Free! Words: 2,930. Language: English. Published: November 6, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Holiday » Christmas
A delightful rewarding Christmas story. We all should count our blessings for the things we have.
Serial Killer
Series: Brad Pratt and the Batt Team, Book 9. Price: $1.49 USD. Words: 43,090. Language: English. Published: October 21, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
The serial killer: King of Hearts is methodically eliminating each face card of a deck of playing cards. He uses special stainless steel playing cards to throw at his tied up victims. He begins with the Jack of Clubs and works up from there. Adult content.
Classified: Missing Cat-Sub
Series: Brad Pratt and the Batt Team, Book 8. Price: $1.49 USD. Words: 39,110. Language: English. Published: September 20, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action
Brad Pratt is summoned by his father, the Secretary of the Navy to the Pentagon. Brad is told that the most secret military prototype mini stealth catamaran submarine has been lost. Its technology is a state of the art death machine. The government believes it was somehow stolen while in transit on the back of a Trident submarine. Brad and the Batt team is ordered to find it.
Texas Rain Dance
Price: Free! Words: 3,900. Language: English. Published: August 26, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » USA
The most publicized drought was during the 1930s. However, from 1950 ~ 1957 there was an equally, if not more severe drought, in the Midwest of the USA. This historical story is fiction based upon fact. It's a story of one family who experienced the hardship of those times in Los Angelo, Texas.
Where R You
Series: Brad Pratt and the Batt Team, Book 7. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 38,420. Language: English. Published: July 28, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action
It's action from the beginning. What begins as a rather mundane assignment, Brad Pratt is summoned to the White House. The president tells him that the world's most valuable pink diamond has been stolen in Australia. The Batt Team must recover the diamond at all costs to save the reputation of Australia and its relationship to the indigenous people the Aborigines.
Missing Niblick
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 19,480. Language: English. Published: July 18, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
During a golf tournament the initial foursome of ladies discover a woman sitting, tied up on a tee off bench, with a golf club sticking out of her head. It's obvious she's dead, but who killed her and why would someone want to murder a seemingly lovely young woman.
Blizzard from Hell
Price: Free! Words: 3,640. Language: English. Published: May 15, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » USA
(3.75 from 4 reviews)
A short story of fiction based upon fact. History has created some unique people, but these three brothers will amaze you for what they did to help save some lives.
The Lost Continent
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 69,870. Language: English. Published: May 12, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
This novel is one author's vision of the future of Earth and mankind. It's everyone's dream that hope for a reasonable future is ahead of us. To believe we are alone in this vast universe is not logical.
Intrusion
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 6,250. Language: English. Published: May 1, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Inspirational
In a rural town in Oregon, a retired teacher's life is rudely interrupted by her daughter and son arriving unannounced. The daughter's family suffered the 2008 melt down resulting in not only losing their home, but also her husband running off with another woman. Live the trials and tribulations of having family move in with a parent. Is the result a blessing or an unwanted intrusion?
Justifiable Homicide
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 71,690. Language: English. Published: January 6, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
This novel is not for the faint-hearted. It's graphic and revealing in its descriptions. From the first pages the action begins and never ends until the last page is turned. A group of high ranking policemen take action against corruption, drugs, light sentences and child molesters. Hired killers are used without regard to conscience guilt. An adventure in revenge for adults.
Reverse
Price: Free! Words: 1,040. Language: English. Published: January 4, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
(3.00 from 1 review)
How would you like it if you woke up on a Sunday morning ready to relax on a day off and found to your horror, your house was turned around sometime in the night. The front door leads to the back yard. The back door leads to the street and sidewalk. Come read and find out what happened.
Adios Amigo
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 6,060. Language: English. Published: January 2, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Sometimes a wish is granted. A Mexican orphan boy hitches a ride to another star system with his new friend. Come live the adventures of Jose and his alien friends. In our first adventure, confrontation with a jealous student; a tourist ship ends in kidnapping; and an opportunity to become a space pilot result in their escape from space pirates.
SoS
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 1,870. Language: English. Published: December 30, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
This is a science fiction short story. A radio signal is detected and it reveals a space ship destined for earth. Inside are a big surprise and when its intentions are discovered, it's an even bigger surprise.
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