A 7-year-old Charles Splints is a private investigator at Brooksend Elementary. In this story he’s tasked with finding a student who went missing during a game of Hide-and-Seek.
Dan Leicht
Freelance Writer & Author
Have A Good One – New Poetry Available @ Spillwords
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New Poetry at Spillwords
A few of my recent poems are available to read on Spillwords.com, along with a wide array of other poets as well.
A few of my most recent:
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Man vs. Rock is back! – Plus Review of Volume 5
Man vs. Rock – By Kevin Bieber, Victor Detroy, Jared Lamp, Summer Fitzgerald
“Kill Buck Stone?! Who in Dwayne Johnson’s name are you?”
Are you aware of the inevitable rock invasion that will change our lives forever? Of course you are! I know you’ve all been reading Man vs. Rock since Volume 1, but did you know it’s already on its way to Volume 5? Buck Stone makes his return in another great issue of this series as writers Kevin Bieber and Victor Detroy bring in more laughs, along with useful rock combating tips. Something they’ve done well with in the series has always been to include current events within each story, with the newest installment being no exception (Bernie Sanders in Les’ Miserables, and plenty of Trump references). Read more ›
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Edmund E. Shannon – A Short Short Story By Dan Leicht
Edmund E. Shannon
A Short Short Story
By Dan Leicht
©Copyright 2016
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
“She never listens to me,” whispered Edmund to his stuffed bear once his mother left the room. For the fourth night in a row he tried to convince his mother that math homework was pointless, especially long division.
“Finish your homework and you can watch your shows,” said his mother, her voice trailing as she walked back downstairs. Edmund rolled his eyes and looked down at the sheet of paper covered in ridiculous shopping lists.
“Who buys fifty watermelons?” he asked his stuffed bear. “Beats me,” the bear replied, making Edmund laugh. Read more ›
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Book Review: Black Sails, Disco Inferno
By: Andrez Bergen
Renee Asher Pickup (Chapters 7-8)
From the author of Bullet Gal, Andrez Bergen, comes the novelization of his hard-boiled comic series Trista and Holt. In the comic series Bergen would often take clips from the media and apply filters to them in order to showcase the scenes, but this time around it’s all up to the words to tell the tale, and Bergen does a great job in keeping with the noir setting. Bergen even starts off with a scene of destruction as he sets of the landscape of the story. “The sweat caught in Trista’s eye. She’d been listening to the fire brigade sirens across town for something like three hours. They bothered her. Made the woman sense something had changed, and she didn’t mean just the architectural landscape surrounding a building aflame.” Read more ›
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Thomas E. Harrison – A Short Short Story – By Dan Leicht
Thomas E. Harrison
By Dan Leicht
©Copyright 2016
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
She took her first steps off the bus and rushed straight into his arms. They had dated years before and found themselves going down different paths in life, but when he reached out to her through letters she knew he was still the one. Her husband, Henry, couldn’t know what she was truly up to, he’d do anything to win her back and she knew it would be best to leave him be. The thought of him realizing she wouldn’t be coming back crushed her, but there was something she had to know. She had to know if Thomas was truly meant to be the one. She had to give it one more shot. Read more ›
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Henry E. Jenson – A Short Short Story By Dan Leicht
Henry E. Jenson
By Dan Leicht
©Copyright 2016
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
Every December he’d visit the bus stop in the morning and stay there until eight at night. Over the years he made friends with the regulars. Most of them referred to him as Old Hank and would bring him food and conversation before boarding the bus.
“Have too much leftovers from last night again, Old Hank. I hope you’re hungry,” said Sheila at least once a week. Hank would nod politely and place the tupperware on his lap. Others would offer him food and drinks as the day went on, assuming he spent the month here because he knew everyone would be in good spirits. Those waiting at the bus station wondered if he was homeless, though he looked well groomed in his white button-up and suspenders keeping up his tan slacks. His hair was thinning, but he had enough to gel down and kept it parted in the middle. Read more ›
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