Going HomeFrom the distinctive mind of writer, Rob Vagle.Being homeless in a desert college town is hot, dirty, and unforgiving. Miles survives because he is not alone. He still has Sammy and as for Jessica, she is missing and he writes messages on the pavement for her to please come home. Until one day a man overdressed in a long trenchcoat claims he knows her and it is Jessica who wants Miles to come home. For Miles, the street has been home for years. Wh...

Dangerous Frontier MagicFrom the extraordinary imagination of acclaimed writer, Rob Vagle.There is magic under the earth in the American frontier as accessible as gold. Mages collect the raw magic matter and create potions, tonics, and elixirs. Bannerman is a peddler of such goods to make one’s life better and safe. But in the town of Pratt another peddler named Greystone is selling the townfolk things too powerful and dangerous for mortal beings. Products ...

Passing OnThe astounding, Rob Vagle, spins a fantasy tale.Josiah walks the soybean field with his father’s cane, looking for something called the benevolent drum. This same field where Josiah sometimes feels a hand grab the scruff of his neck and chills run down his skin. By the end of the day, Josiah will learn the truth about the benevolent drum and the source of that cold chill gripping his neck.A short story about magic and family history in the...

Cat NoirFrom the acclaimed writer, Rob Vagle, a short noir tale.Cleo the cat rules over her territory at the back of Sherman’s Fish Market and avoids humans. Until one dark night when a couple of young thieves cross her territory. Cleo must face the human monster.A dark and gritty crime and animal tale.

Breaking Her StrideKaren runs when the sun goes down in the summer. She runs with just the heat radiating off the pavement. Karen loves to run and tonight her canal path run detours into terror.A horror slice of life tale.

Time travel in a variety of ways. Through a secret government project, through a time tunnel in the back of a school locker. With a watch, whether fancy or cheap. And in the final story, a man joins a corporation covered in dust. Five science fiction stories presented here come packed with wonder.

Escape your own world into these wondrous and imaginative places in these six science fiction short stories by Rob Vagle.In a world . . .Where a new form of execution transforms more than just the condemned.Where a being made of gears and scales calculates a human life’s monetary worth.Where a stranger courts away mirror reflections of others, leaving one narcissist desperate andalone.Where the Earth holds what completes each of us to fill th...

Ghost Lighter Than AluminumA ghost haunts Brian’s bicycle shop. Her name is Ally. And the two of them had been lovers before she died.She haunts him because she still loves him. When Brian seeks help with the haunting, he finds he cannot keep her in the dark. He too loves her still and there must be a way to bring her into the light.Part ghost story, part love story. A heartfelt tale of love and bicycles.

Tyrfing And The Sword SwallowerTanisha’s family comes from a long a long line of sword swallowers.When Charu, a fellow student, knocks on the door of her father’s home, he carries an elegant sheathed sword. A cursed sword, he claims, and calls it Tyrfing.Once unsheathed, Tyrfing will kill upon the wielder’s first stroke, and Tanisha’s life will never be the same.A suspenseful contemporary fantasy about envy, pride, and family tradition.

A Vulture WaitsStunning crime author, Rob Vagle, spins a dark tale that will make your heart race.Guillermo Tavarez is more than a private detective. He is a fixer. A fijador. In Phoenix, the city in the desert, full of devils preying on the innocent. Guillermo has identified one of the men who had killed his father. The drive for vengeance fills his heart with darkness and Guillermo faces both the devils surrounding him and the devil inside of him...

Magnitude And InsignificanceThe crowleys in their tiny ships landed in the backyards. Their ships no bigger than toys and the humans loom large and frightening. The colonization begins. If the humans will have them. If they bow down and serve. Otherwise, human extermination is on the table.The crowleys may be small, but they are mighty.A fun romp of an alien invasion.

Walking NonexistentInventive writer, Rob Vagle, dazzles with a transcendent short story.Jessie leads a fragile existence. For your eyes only, if you can keep a promise and a secret.A bittersweet study on the nature of human existence. A story of love and the drive for human connection.