:: Short Story Publications   "Checkmate" - Two brothers wage an enchanted game of Chess for the highest stakes while the Gods patiently await the outcome. Gothic Light, 1993.   "Hotline" - A social worker takes a frightening call. Crimson, Jan. 1999.   "The One Below" - A helicopter pilot disrupts a human sacrifice, unwittingly allowing a monstrous deity back from the depths in this H.P. Lovecraft inspired tale. Mythos Collector, 2002.   "Seeker" - a tortured scientist's noble creation, the ultimate criminal deterrent, goes horribly wrong. Black Moon, 1997.   "Under Hypnosis" - The veiled woman came to him seeking relief from her unusual phobia; what he uncovered in her mind was beyond anything in this world. Spellbound, 1995.   "Vestige" - their world was threatened by a cosmic cataclysm. Only one young boy's grandfather could foresee the devastation and plan a way for their history to survive in the coming darkness. The Boundless Realm, 2001.   "The Reunion" - A meeting of hijacking survivors at a remote mansion. A perfect murder and a house full of suspects. The Venetian Quarterly, 1993.