Was That a Pet Rat?

It’s a drizzly, chilly Saturday morning. With only one cup of Folgers down, I am in need of another. But first, let me tell you about a goofy dream. Do you dream after you go to sleep or are you one of those rare people who doesn’t dream or who doesn’t remember them?  Anyway, there […]

An Old Feud and Tragedy

“It’s not as if I’m in any sort of danger,” I told Ulysses, the next day after the fire. “I’m not out trying to find a guilty party or anything. The crime that happened fifty years ago at the Saunders house has already been investigated. But, I admit I’m curious about the Saunders and Newton […]

Grateful to Be Alive

This morning, I’m posting a chapter from By the Fright of the Silvery Moon, when Ned was thankful to just be alive. Chapter 5 The next day passed peacefully. I kept an eye out for questionable people, invited Pat and Jackie over and stayed close to home. It wasn’t that I was scared or intimidated; […]

Caught Between Two Dangers

Darcy Campbell, in The Cemetery Club, was caught up in more than one perilous situation.  Such was the time she and Flora found themselves between two killers and a very dark cave. Would we suddenly step off into a bottomless pit and disappear forever? Silently, I prayed that God would guide us. What a time […]

Murder By Moonlight

Murder By Moonlight

Sitting and waiting for my flashlight batteries to die was not an option. No one knew where I was, but at least I was alive. I had to try to escape on my own and going back the way I came in wouldn’t work. If this was  a tunnel instead of a room, there had […]

Secret of Singing Pines

Secret of Singing Pines

This is an excerpt from the fifth book in the Ned McNeil series, The Secret of Singing Pines. It is a work in progress.  The fourth one, Murder By Moonlight is on Amazon. Have you read it?   Strange house, strange bed—it was no wonder I had a tough time falling asleep that night. Of […]