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Billy Luck

"Billy Luck" was published by Professor Punk Reaves' literary site Defenestrationism. It won first place in their 2016 short story contest.

Selected Works

Life with Angie

A stand-up comedian must decide the fate of her homeless schizophrenic sister.

1992

A Korean woman and an African American woman are trapped inside a dry cleaning store at the outbreak of the Los Angeles riots.

1970

Scott celebrates his 19th birthday at the Whisky a Go Go with his draft notice for the Vietnam War stuck in his pocket. Stumbling drunk and stoned outside the Whiskey, the decision to please his father or to trust his own instincts becomes clear as he draws his fate.

1912

An English music hall performer aboard the Titanic has an ironclad alibi for escaping death.

Rock Star at La Scala

When an aging rock legend turns to magic and illusion to revive her career fame takes her to a most unexpected place.

1932

Young Tom comes of age when he and his father, along with thousands of others march on Washington to demand their bonus pay for fighting in the WWl.

1984

A drag queen living with AIDS spends his fianal days with his lesbian nurse who takes him to his last Pride Parade.

1964

Dawn's love of Paul gets the better of her when she goes to see the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl. "1964" is a coming of age snapshot during one of the most exciting times in the 20th Century.

The Haunting of Piedras Blancas

The Haunting of Piedras Blancas is a mash up of Sci/Fi, Fantasy, and Goth. It's a story of lost love between a ghost and an alien.

Blonde Noir

When a youtube video of a B-movie blonde bombshell from the 1950s goes viral, 85 year-old Kit Covington agrees to fire back at all her critics on national TV. Kit not only has a ME TOO moment, but her interviewer finds out something that will wipe the video off the networks.

1929

“1929” is the story of a man who lost his fortune in the stock market crash and is about to take his life standing atop the International Savings & Exchange Bank Building in downtown Los Angeles.

1920

A young Irish immigrant puts her life on the line for the right to vote.

Slapstick Blues

“Slapstick Blues” is the story of a beautiful black actress who is forced to leave her home in Baton Rouge and makes the decision to pass for white in 1920s Hollywood.

1951

When bad news Charlie sees an oblong craft zigzag across the sky and cartwheel over the flatlands of Bakersfield, he runs to the crash and discovers he’s hit the jackpot.

Off the Wheel - Poem

1957

"1957" is gay noir, pulp fiction, and a campy romp with a message and a wallop of an ending.

1945

"1945" is the story of two generations of women and how WW ll created the feminist revolution.

Crow barn

When two sisters hunt for their missing little sister in post-apocalyptic times, the search takes them to the fated, Crow Barn. Shock, terror and a stunning revelation opens the door to choose courage over fear.

1946

1946 is based on a true story. It's the story of a young married couple on their first trip to the South and the horrors they encounter there. It is flash fiction.

1968

1968 is the story of a teenage boy who climbs out his bedroom window, steals his dad's car and goes to his first gay bar. It is flash fiction.

Safe Harbor

"Safe Harbor" is a story about a young woman's journey to find her true identity after her mother dies. It's also a story about love, Mother Earth, and living without fear.

Billy Luck

"Billy Luck" is the story of an eighty-five year-old ex-carny and his close friend, a midget named Daisy. Daily has asked Billy to come see her, as she is dying and wants to say good-bye. He thinks it has something to do with that night sixty years ago, a secret neither has ever talked about.

The Creep Factor

A woman is terrified by a man who comes into her store. Is her fear of him for real? Or, is it all in her head?

Leave of Grass: An Apothecary

Politicians from opposite parties run into each other at a medicinal marijauna dispensary in the Castro District in San Fransisco, but that's just the first surprise.

Boots

"Boots" is the story of a female Iraqi war vet who returns home with PTSD and her chance meeting with a homelss man who unravels her beliefs about herself and her country.

Club Lost and Found

Damian's life is about to change when he falls in love with a woman he sees at a dance club. But the woman's life is in for an even bigger change.

Taps

"Taps" is the story of a fourteen-year-old boy, whose older brother is mentally ill and the dread the younger brother feels when his parents and dog go missing.

The Bell Tower

"The Bell Tower" is the story of an African American teen in Montgomery Alabama who climbs the belltower of her church to commit suicide becasue she's gay.