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A Chat Before Dinner

A Chat Before Dinner

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 short story. Author - Michael Kingswood. Narrator - Michael Kingswood. Published Date...

Brother In Law, Brother In Blood

Brother In Law, Brother In Blood

A great hero can come from a humble past. Great love can bloom from the embers of conflict. And sometimes the two can happen at the same time, to the near ruin of both.Brother In Law, Brother In Blood is a 3,400 word (about 15 printed pages) short...

Narrated By The Author.An assassin and his partner embark on the biggest job of their careers. The payment if they succeed is enough to set them up for life, potentially allowing the assassin to get out of the business and finally live a normal...

Intelligence told the High Command that the Mar Tabban, arch enemies of the Citizens' Army, had moved into the territory garrisoned by Larian's Regiment. In response, the Regimental Commander sent the B company scouts, Larian's unit, out to...

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 mountain valley called Glimmer Vale, where unbeknownst to them, dark forces...

Grandfather's Pendant

Grandfather's Pendant

Larian's comrade-in-arms and friend, Jiles, received a family heirloom in the mail: a pendant from his deceased grandfather. Then he lost it during a night of liberty in Mirasol, a town near their Company's camp.Larian agrees to help Jiles find his...

How NOT To Rescue A Damsel In DIstress

How NOT To Rescue A Damsel In DIstress

Bandits stabbed Larian’s father and kidnapped his girl. Confident in his freshly-learned swordsmanship, Larian set out to track them down, avenge his father, and rescue his first damsel in distress.Things did not exactly go as planned.How NOT To...

Lords Of The Remnant

Lords Of The Remnant

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.Narrated By The Author. Author - Michael Kingswood. Narrator...

Larian Elesir, a young recruit in the Citizens' Army, arrives at his first post. Eager to join the war effort, he is nonetheless nervous in his new environment and worried about setting a foot wrong. During his first day in camp, his new companions...

My Bleeding Heart

My Bleeding Heart

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.Finding out why would change my life forever.My Bleeding Heart is a short science fiction...

Naughty And Nice

Naughty And Nice

Nora didn't realize it, but this was going to be the best day of her life.I had it all planned out. Pick her up after work, and zip off to the airport for a spontaneous getaway. Paris - the city of lights. Every girl's favorite destination.It was...

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 must move quickly to find the culprit and bring his reign...

When his career falls out from under him, a career Naval Officer has to figure out how to pick up the pieces.Passed over is a 6,200 word military science fiction short story.Narrated by the author. Author - Michael Kingswood. Narrator - Michael...

Passing In The Night

Passing In The Night

Narrated by the Author.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 colony worlds, the passage could best be called routine.Until...

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 puts them together, their evening becomes much more interesting than either of them...

Short Story 10-Pack

Short Story 10-Pack

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 most dangerous.A victim's search for true justice. Or is it just...

Star Light, Star Bright

Star Light, Star Bright

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 far away from itself?Star Light, Star Bright is a 2,100 word scifi short...

Stories From The Great Challenge

Stories From The Great Challenge

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 new story every Sunday.Lots of people attempt this kind of...

The Blob On The Rock

The Blob On The Rock

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 On The Rock is a 5,000 word short story.Narrated by the Author. Author - Michael...

The Memory Of Justice

The Memory Of Justice

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 shame.The Memory Of Justice is a 3,000 word science fiction mystery. Author - Michael Kingswood....

The Necromancer's Lair

The Necromancer's Lair

Gareth and his sworn man, Hatherle, delve into the lair of a Necromancer who has been terrorizing the surrounding territory, seeking the reward on his head. But trips, traps, puzzles, and the dead themselves serve as the Necromancer’s guards, making...

War. Assassination. Politics. Intrigue. It's all just another day in the Qorathi Empire.Crown Prince Lucien Bandemyr's first journey outside the empire's borders promised adventure and glory.Instead he found frustration, and a betrayal that could...

Who Ate My Sock?

Who Ate My Sock?

A single sock missing from the wash – the source of universal frustration and untold family bickering.Justine never gave thought to what happened to those missing socks, and where they went. Until the day her mother sent her into the basement to...