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Michael Kingswood
This final volume contains twelve short stories to complete a year-long journey into realms of fantasy, intrigue, romance, mystery, and adventures of all kinds.
These stories will pull you into…
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George looks for his press contact, to blow the whistle on ethical issues at work. Karen looks for her girlfriend, to patch things up after a fight. When a mistake…
A scientific expedition to deep space makes a discovery that will re-shape what we believe about life in the universe. As long as it doesn’t kill them first. The Blob…
Her name was Tabitha, and she tore my heart out and left me with a great, bleeding hole in my chest, while she walked away with an ear-to-ear smile. Literally…
From a secluded hunting blind that no one else knows about, a grieving father goes hunting for more than just game.
Hunting For Game is a 2,500 word crime story.
Bentonville Police Department’s top hostage negotiator has seen it all, but even still nothing could prepare him for what he finds when he rolls into a seemingly routine convenience store…
The strong-willed daughter of a wealthy man. The son of a notorious mob boss. And his grandmother’s engagement ring.
Just another day on the job for private investigators Ronald Harper…
A client’s cryptic story leads Private Investigators Ronald Harper and Kathleen Davidson to evidence of multiple murders.
The Suspect’s Wife is a 9,200 word short mystery.
Captain Josephine Ishikawa changed the course of history, but no one knows about it.
She and her crew had an encounter while returning to Earth from the colony worlds, and…
This collection of ten short stories, completed as part of a quest to complete at least 52 stories in 2023, has it all. Science Fiction. Action. Fantasy Adventure. Crime. Mystery…
A series of brutal murders puts constables Raedrick Baletier and Julian Hinderbrook on the trail of a killer.
With Lydelton’s populace growing increasingly uneasy and few leads to follow, they…
A man from Raedrick Baletier and Julian Hinderbrook’s past turns up on the outskirts of Lydelton, nearly dead from exposure and telling of an injured comrade on the flanks of…
A year-long shift in the middle of the interstellar void can get pretty boring. For the Fourth shift crew of the starliner Pericles, enroute to Earth from one of the…
A stunning robbery threatens to bring Lydelton’s economy to its knees, and constables Raedrick Baletier and Julian Hinderbrook must find the culprits.
A team of Royal Marshalls is in town…
A sword-for-hire quests to defeat an evil Necromancer.A young girl discovers that music has a magic of its own.An FBI interrogator discovers a chilling conspiracy.A shipwreck unleashes a supernatural monster…
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A fateful meeting in deep space. A journey to a distant world to hunt the ultimate game: Dragons. Two young soldiers search for a lost family heirloom. Honeymoon bliss turns…
Jared Tolburt twice almost cost Raedrick Baletier and Julian Hinderbrook their lives: once when he turned on them while they were fleeing the Army, and again when he unwittingly led…
A desperate struggle against an alien invasion.
A rescue attempt that goes haywire.
A scientific expedition endangered by its own discovery..An assassin’s most lucrative job, and also his…
Lucien Bandemyr, Crown Prince of the Qorathi Empite, looked forward to adventure, excitement, and glory from his first campaign outside of the Empire’s star systems.
Instead he found frustration, and…
The world ended ten years ago, but life goes on. For Jack Simmons, that means a life spent hunting and trapping with his friend and mentor, and trying not to…
Two swordsmen on the run from their past defend an isolated town from a ruthless band of brigands.
Few things in life give Lilly more pleasure than playing her clarinet and making beautiful music.
She never dreamed music might have a magic of its own, or that her…
It’s three hours until the wedding of Raedrick Baletier to Lani Millens, and Melanie Klemins doesn’t have a present for them. Or rather, she did. But she lost it. Now…
On the run from their past, swordsmen Raedrick Baletier and Julian Hinderbrook search for a place of refuge where they can start over.
That search sends them through a remote…
A sellsword and his sworn man delve into the lair of a Necromancer who has been terrorizing the surrounding territory, seeking the reward on his head.
An infantryman, certain resistance is futile, nevertheless deploys with his unit to fight against an alien invasion. Lords of the Remnant is a 3,800 word military science fiction short story.
As a child, Timothy Williams dreamt vivid dreams about the great Champions of Light and their continuing battle against the forces of Darkness.
Now an adult, Timothy lives a successful…
A record of a Zombie’s rant about the trials and tribulations of his life as a disrespected member of the Undead. A Chat Before Dinner is a darkly-humorous 2,600 word…
When Jacob wakes to find himself bound to a chair in an unfamiliar room, he fears the worst. What he discovers in that room will put his worst fears to…
From a place beyond reality, it comes to consume the world.
For Barry, getting a transfer to a new position as an electrician aboard the Ketcham Space Station summed up…
A plaintive call for help from across the void of space draws the star Alberon’s attention, and incites it to compassionate assistance. But how does a star help something so…
It sucks being the god of malinvestment, the force behind economic downturns.
Tom has been trying to use his position to shape the world for the better for as long…
A collection of 10 short mysteries from author Michael Kingswood, Short Mystery 10-Pack contains the stories Popper’s, Across The Line, Abe’s Liquors, The Billionaire’s Daughter, Hunting For Game, Give A…
An abandoned bag, filled with money and with what appears to be a bloody handprint on the side, turns Harry’s day at the beach into something much more interesting.
Beach…
New customers come through Popper’s bookstore all the time. But one of them, an average man in every way, has David very concerned that he intends more than just buying…
A young woman’s quick trip to the liquor store turns unexpectedly exciting, and even more dangerous.
Abe’s Liquors is a 3,000 word crime story.
While on a run through a park with his best buddy John, Harry the dog makes a grim discovery in the woods.
Give A Dog A Bone is a 3,200…
Newly released after fifteen years in prison, Bill seeks to restart his life, and get revenge on the woman who framed him.
Fresh Out is a 5,600 word short crime…
A mysterious bag that everyone wants. An employer who is as dangerous as she is beautiful. A man on the run.
It was supposed to be a routine pickup, just…
In the Spring of 2019 Michael Kingswood decided to embark on a Great Challenge, coordinating with one of his writing mentors and committing to sending him a new story every…
In the Spring of 2019 Michael Kingswood decided to embark on a Great Challenge, coordinating with a long-term professional writer that he considers a mentor and committing to sending him…
A collection of five short stories set in the world of the Glimmer Vale Chronicles.
Legacy
Selam’s most prized possession, a master-crafted sword passed down from father to son for…
As Lydelton prepares for its regularly scheduled Mayoral election, long-simmering divisions within Glimmer Vale rear their heads. With his partner still out of town on a mission, it falls to…
Welcome to a grand adventure: a quest to create fifty-two stories in a year, one for each week, and collect them into five collections.
This is the first collection in…
The grand adventure continues!
This collection of ten short stories completes the second step in Michael Kingswood's quest to create fifty-two new works of fiction in the year 2023. With…
Action. Adventure. Horror. Romance. And just plain fun.
All of those and more await in this collection of ten works of fiction, written as part of a great challenge to…
