I’m nine years old, and life is pretty good. For an early September day in the ‘burbs outside Chicago, the weather is stunning. The winds are milder than usual, and the great northern chill has yet to descend. My classmates and I adore it. A mob of us have just walked a few miles to […]
What’s the value of a few little lives?
July 27, 2017 | Life, Philosophy, Short Stories | Permalink
Lys & the Heart Stopper
July 19, 2017 | Books!, Hollow Empire, Short Stories | Permalink
Lys & the Heart Stopper A new $0.99 short story * * * Imprisoned as a little girl, Lys awakens in the world’s lowest prison. She’s to become a concubine to a faceless noble in a land far from her native home. But when fate intervenes, she seizes her only chance at freedom. To save […]
A Collection of Small Shadows
November 23, 2015 | Books!, Flash Fiction, Short Stories | Permalink
Coming in early December… Machina Obscurum – A Collection of Small Shadows More than 20 shadowy shorts by authors: J Edward Neill, Chad J Shonk, River Fairchild, John R McGuire, Phil Elmore, JL Clayton, Robert Jeffrey II, F Charles Murdock, and Roy T Dodd Tread lightly into ancient, forbidden realms. Wander into the futures […]
Let the Bodies (Hit your Kindle)
October 13, 2015 | Horror, Old Man of Tessera, Short Stories | Permalink
From today until forever… my hit horror short story, Let the Bodies… is only $1.99 for Kindles worldwide… In the old world city of Ellerae, one person goes missing every day. Poor little Mia doesn’t stand a chance. …or does she? J Edward Neill
She’s the Dagger in Every Man’s Back
September 18, 2015 | Flash Fiction, Machina Obscurum, Short Stories | Permalink
The Stiletto A quickie by J Edward Neill * * * I knew it’d be a mistake the moment it was over. But I did it anyway. He was a ghoulish old king. He’d extorted, terrorized, and murdered to fill his coffers. His brothers were thieves. His wives…both of them…were daggers in every man’s back. […]
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