Mercy for a MartyrWhen Father Declan encounters the caged ghost of a martyred archbishop in a Dublin park, he risks life and limb—but mostly limb—to help the earthbound spirit fulfill a 400-year-old dying...

Not playing with a full deck!After a recovering priest is exiled to a small casino and mining town in the Colorado mountains, he discovers the perfectly preserved body of a young nun buried under his...

Footloose in a Bingo Hall!Following a riot of sexagenarians at a south Dublin bingo hall, Father Declan must cleanse Jack Pott's Star Crumlin of a restless nest of pubescent psychic echoes implanted by...

Entangled in Terror!When a gifted priest discovers a petrified ghost dangling outside Sligo Cathedral's belfry, he must go to dizzying and dangerous heights to help the frenzied phantom down. Or rather,...

Never Bargain With a Banshee! A Franciscan friar must defend a philandering fiancé from a judgment of doom pronounced by an enraged fairy queen. Featuring guest appearances by Saint Flannán and Aoibheal,...

Battling Brothers Need a Keeper Mirth and mayhem ensue when a Franciscan friar is recruited by two guardian angels to rescue a pair of ghosts who are cursed to endlessly spar on an ancestral ruin. The...

No Strings Attached! When a shabby antique puppet begins to move on its own at a Dublin pub, an unconventional Irish priest strives to discover what manner of spirit is animating the wooden dancing doll. Set...

A Macabre Musical Mystery. When a restless ghost's incessant playing of bawdy tunes on her phantom tin whistle drives the elderly Benedictine Sisters to distraction, a Franciscan friar is summoned to...

When a gifted Irish priest and his pagan companion visit a remote village to explore the ruins of a cursed convent, they discover a dark arts disciple whose infernal powers threaten them with fates worse...

Spiritual warfare at its silliest!A gifted Irish priest engages in silly spiritual warfare with a swarm of mischievous imps that are turning an obnoxiously inclusive Anglican church's Lessons and Carols...

A Vicarious Dream. In this flash fiction memoir story, a loving son recalls his flawed father's devotion to the post-war house he built in California's San Fernando Valley. Rated G. Approximately 13 pages.

Frenzied Furry Phantoms!A Franciscan friar and his psychic companion investigate reports of poltergeist activity at Leixlip Castle, only to stir up  a ravenous horde of zombie ghost rats.The Father Declan...

A Scots-Irish Protestant recruits a gifted Franciscan priest to stage a mass liberation of earthbound spirits at a holiday event in Dublin's Temple Bar district. A Christmas ghost story.Featuring cameo...

A jolly ghost enlists the aid of a gifted Franciscan priest to help thwart a malevolent phantom's dastardly plot at one of Ireland's most haunted castles. Featuring a cameo appearance by Sir Sly the Sacred...

Uncanny Creatures in Father Declan's Supernatural Mysteries Franciscan Father Declan O'Shea, with his spiritual gift of Insight, has encountered a variety of supernatural beings. His ministry of reconciliation...

An Irish Franciscan priest with the spiritual gift of Insight and the heavenly assistance of popular saints pursues his ministry of helping the haunted and releasing earthbound spirits.In these six long-form...

A warrior monk with a mechanical hand hunts a shape-shifting, blood-sucking creature that has been slaughtering goats at San Antonio de Padua Mission. Chupacabrón is part of the "Weird Tales of the California...

In the barren, unforgiving desert outside Las Cruces, New Mexico, a sadistic Irish immigrant exacts gruesome revenge on the English lord who wronged her family. (This is a western horror short story,...

When the legendary Hairy Man abducts a teenage girl from her Quinceañera, a Dominican priest, a German muleskinner, and a lovesick young tailor mount a rescue mission. Their pursuit takes the unlikely...

Dandy Danny Sheehan is raking in a fortune, thanks to his Pot o' Gold Saloon in the remote California Gold Rush town of Downieville. But when feisty Sister Bedelia steps through his batwing doors to take...

After the All Souls Mass at San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe, Dominican Inquisitor Aidan McGrath receives a visit from the only girl he ever loved. Molly, it appears, has followed him from Ireland, causing...

A dying man clutches a stuffed dog and recalls the loyal "best friends" who enriched his life, taught him about unconditional love, and how to let go. This sad, honest, heartfelt short story is approximately...

When the mysterious Night Nurse at a hospice for dying miners selects Sister Angela as her successor, the young nun must walk the fine line between faith and fear to discover the truth about the Night...

A Leprechaun's Afoot! Moments before families and tourists in the attractive medieval seaside village of Carlingford Town head to the hills for the famous and fanciful National Leprechaun Hunt, an actual...

When a clever clairvoyant and the ghost of a murdered Indian girl ask a wandering warrior priest and his remarkable mule for help with a burial, resistance from the locals threatens to make them all permanent...

In 1880 Socorro, vampire bounty hunter The Sundown Kid goes undercover as a cardsharp street urchin to swindle and seize a low-life outlaw."Quicker Than the Eye" is a standalone weird western tale set...

A Peat Faery Frenzie! Father Declan O'Shea, a Franciscan friar with the spiritual gift of Insight, investigates a bizarre cattle mutilation in County Carlow, Ireland. But more than cows are on the block...

Stick it to the Vikings!When an Irish priest accidentally triggers a soul snare at Dunmore Cave, a pack of ghostly Viking marauders engages in a fiercely funny battle for Valhalla with the Kilkenny Kittens,...

In this short memoir story, a young boy finds a cigarette on the sidewalk and wonders what to do with the "coffin stick." Rated G. Approximately 1400 words.

In this short memoir, a dedicated dad goes all in to help his daughter fulfill a phlebotomy class requirement for nursing school. Rated G. Approximately 1975 words.