Books
Novels
THE MIDNIGHT GUARDIAN: GOD AND SINNERS
WHAT CHILD IS THIS? Less than a week before Christmas 1938, ten-year-old Billy Hanover—scion of the wealthiest family in Union City—is abducted from his schoolyard and held for ransom. Making the nightmare even more perilous is young Billy’s heart condition, which...
THE MIDNIGHT GUARDIAN: ANNIHILATION MACHINE
HE’S BACK… It’s been two years since The Midnight Guardian, aided by a mask that enhanced his reflexes and heightened his sensory powers to superhuman levels, brought down criminal sociopath Nicky Diamond in Union City’s hour of darkness. Since then, the mysterious...
THE MIDNIGHT GUARDIAN: HOUR OF DARKNESS
WHO PROTECTS YOUR CITY IN THE HOUR OF DARKNESS? The origin of the Midnight Guardian! In the days of Prohibition, mobster and racketeer Nicholas Diamond—aka Nicky Dynamite—held Union City in an iron grip of fear. But in a heroic moment on a summer night in 1922, one...
Short Stories
“The V-2 Affair”
After two consecutive launches in the highly classified post-World War II V-2 rocket program veer dangerously off course, the U.S. military enlists the aid of aviator and adventurer Steven Hawklin to investigate. Is a saboteur hiding behind the rockets' red glare?...
“Into the Mirror World”
The Nazi shadow organization known as Sonderstaffel has created a portal to an alternate-dimension Earth that has fallen under the yoke of tyranny. Once Rick Justice and his Intrepid team are forced to cross over, the odds of destroying the portal and making their way...
“Sight for Sore Eyes”
A young musician calls his lover for help after sustaining an injury from a roadside incident. But when she arrives at his apartment, something seems vaguely but unmistakably off-key.
Originally published in JANIE’S GOT A GUN: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF AEROSMITH (White City Press, 2024).
“Menace of the Twin Men”
In the years leading up to World War II, the Nazi shadow organization known as Sonderstaffel is perfecting a scientific procedure to mass produce humans from single cells. Rick Justice and his team of Nazi hunters – Codename: Intrepid – venture into the mountains of...
“Crystal Mayhem”
An investigative journalist goes on a late-night stakeout in the woods of the Pacific Northwest to get the story on a meth cooking operation. But there’s something even more deadly lurking in the dark, and it has no patience for intruders with cameras or chemicals....
“Last Stand at Cedarwood”
The McAllister gang is headed for a small Wyoming town to rob a bank and settle a family score. But something unexpected and spectral is waiting for them when they arrive. Originally published in SIX-GUN LEGENDS: TEN ROUNDS OF WILD WEST ACTION (Flinch Books, 2023)....
“Rivals of the Circle-D Ranch”
When a young ranch hand dares to challenge the ruthless and powerful owner of the adjacent land, the ranch owner’s daughter is suddenly caught in a dangerous crossfire. Originally published in SPURS & SIX-SHOOTERS: TALES OF THE OLD WEST (Stormgate Press, 2023)...
“Bridge To Betrayal”
When an operative from a Detroit crime family is shot dead on the Ambassador International Bridge connecting the U.S. and Canada, The Green Hornet and Kato suspect a mob hit between rival organizations and the beginnings of a gangland war. But things may not be quite...
“Searching for Benito”
Months after the end of World War II, the remains of Benito Mussolini have been dug from their grave by fascist loyalists and shuttled to an unknown location. An American agent partners with an Italian police detective to locate the body and bring the grave robbers to...
“The Warrior and the Stone”
An American archaeologist and his Turkish guide venture behind the Iron Curtain into the mountains of Tibet for an ancient stone with mysterious powers. When Soviet adversaries catch up with them, an unspeakable horror comes to life. Originally published in RESTLESS:...
Essays
“One Man’s Weird War in the World That’s Coming”
A deep retrospective dive into the brief saga of OMAC, a futuristic super soldier created by visionary comic book artist/writer Jack Kirby in the mid-1970s for DC Comics. Originally published in JACK OF ALL COMICS: A FAN CONVERSATION ABOUT “THE KING OF COMICS” (Becky...
“Captain’s Log, Star Date: Fourth Grade”
My gradual discovery of the earliest iteration of STAR TREK in syndicated reruns on my local independent UHF station, just a couple years after the original series went off the air. Originally published in GALLOPING AROUND THE COSMOS: MEMORIES OF TV’S WAGON TRAIN TO...
“The Day the Light Went Out in Tokyo”
Memories of the original Ultraman, the intergalactic hero of Japanese television in the 1960s, and that one dark day when he finally met his match. Originally published in RISING SUN RERUNS: MEMORIES OF JAPANESE TV SHOWS FROM TODAY’S GROWN-UP KIDS (Becky Books, 2022)....
“Klaatu Barada Batman”
An in-depth examination of the 1960s Batman TV series’ second-season episode featuring veteran English actor Michael Rennie, best known for his iconic role in THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL in 1951. Originally published in BIFF! BAM! EEE-YOW! THE SUBTERRANEAN BLUE...
“Soldier of War, Soldier of Fortune”
Tracking my relationship with G.I. Joe as he transformed from a military action figure of the 1960s to an adventure hero of the post-Vietnam era of the ‘70s and ‘80s. Originally published in THE JOY OF JOE: MEMORIES OF AMERICA’S MOVABLE FIGHTING MAN FROM TODAYS...

















