Thanks for stopping by. I’m a Florida author of mystery, suspense and dark fantasy with several published short stories. The completed novels listed below are available for agents and editors. This site will be revised to target readers as soon as one of the aforementioned editors buys something. Hope you enjoy!

The Guardian of Eden
55,000-word mystery

Watch out, there's a snake in the grass.

I also felt guilty, because for a moment, at the most an hour or two, I had believed that Jimmy did what the police claimed he did. What father wouldn’t fantasize about clobbering the man who killed his only child? I know I would. And so often in this life, a bit too much adrenaline or a lot too much booze will make you go from merely fantasizing to walking across the street with your nine-iron and doing some Old Testament eye-for-an-eye justice.

Monster Boy
84,000-word dark fantasy

They'd always called him a monster.
He doesn't disappoint .

She tossed her pad and pencil toward the window and he caught it so quickly she barely saw his hand move.

“Now tell me if I can help you.”

He disappeared into the darkness of the shed. A few moments later the pad and pencil dropped to the ground a few feet from the window. She snatched them up and backed away to safer ground. The note was perfectly spelled but crudely scrawled as if his claws were not suited to holding pencils.

I’m tired of people trying to help. No one can help.

©2006 Ward Parker