Flash Fiction Books
Beanstreets
The author recounts a visit to his favorite downtown Asheville coffeehouse Beanstreets, in April of 1998. An intriguing 'cosmic' conversation at an adjacent table is overheard and transcribed. Just another legendary day at the award-winning java joint. A 1900-word psecret psociety pshort pstory.
Bangkok in Salisbury
Agents 32 and 33 find themselves in downtown Salisbury (NC, USA) on a July afternoon in 2014 and decide to go for a late lunch. Notes are hidden and advice is given. All while a World Cup soccer match plays overhead. Another one in the psecret psociety pshort pstory pseries. [approx. 1300...
Vermont Street
Once in San Francisco, Agents 32 and 33 decide to take a trip to the curvy section of Vermont Street on Potrero Hill. Along the way a man tells them about a very unique game that was once played on the street. While walking back, they find 'the one that got away' under a shrub. It's catch and...
Agent 107: A Final Report
The late, great Agent 107 (Frank von Peck) of Psecret Psociety is remembered in this special 2200-word hagiographical short story.
The Edwards Branch Tunnel Legend
The legend of a mid-70's jewelry heist in east Charlotte is recounted. A clever subterranean escape route is employed. All is going well for the robber until a sudden change of fortune. An 1100-word short story. Part of the psecret psociety pseries.
Availing Asheville
The author (Agent 33) and his wife (Agent 32) spend a couple of days in Asheville (NC) in 2012, witnessing and taking part in some mysterious occurrences. A 1700-word short story. Part of the psecret psociety pshort pstory pseries.
Bottled
It was message-in-a-bottle day at the Charlotte headquarters. Sidonie Fery's is chronicled in detail. More of the usual Psecret Psociety madness. A transcripted 1200-word short story.
Plasma & Wigwood
The now-trendy Plaza-Midwood area of east Charlotte (NC, USA) is known as Plasma-Wigwood in hip circles. But, exactly how did this term come about? This 1600-word short story posits a possible source: a pair of young dudes, a Caucasian and an African American in the mid-'70s. A truly electrifying...
A Trek to Zeke's Island
In September of 1986, the author (psecret psociety agent 33) and his pal, Frank von Peck (agent 107), go for a treacherous walk along a weather-worn stone breakwater along the Cape Fear River in southeastern coastal North Carolina. They depart from Fort Fisher and rock-hop towards Zeke's Island...
Rooftop Horror
The mysterious 2013 death in Los Angeles of the Chinese Canadian female, Elisa Lam, is revisited in this 1400-word short story. Possible theories are floated (and sunk). Another one in the Psecret Psociety Pseries.