Fiction.

Suspense.

Quiet Horror.

Stories that stay with you after the lights go out.

Published & Forthcoming

Out now or on the way.

No Repent

Pain brings Jonathan Gentry back to consciousness. Sand, heat, and the sound of water tell him nothing he can use.

Reason

A cold night. A rooftop. A .38 revolver. Two strangers who weren’t meant to meet.

The Sound Came First

A dramatic monologue recounting the moments before and after a roadside accident, exploring how quickly ordinary life can change.

Submitted & In Progress

Stories with editors or still in the works.

Ol’ Hickory

A son visits his father in the final hours of his life, but what unfolds isn’t really about endings.

Phone Face

A quiet gallery. A morning meeting. A golden sky at dusk. In each moment, a choice: look up or look down.

Slam Gate

A quiet Saturday morning. A boy with a plan. Woods that feel familiar until they don’t.

Poet’s Eulogy

A man stands at a podium to say goodbye to someone the world barely knew. Archer Brownstone wrote like he was trying to outrun something, and maybe he was.

Killing Ichabod

Peter Brennan’s father died of a heart attack. Natural causes. Hundreds of witnesses, no foul play. Just bad luck. But thirteen-year-old Pete saw what they didn’t.

L.K. Secrist

Writes literary fiction, suspense, and quiet horror focused on guilt, pressure, and the burdens we carry. Based in Virginia.