fiction

  • A Taste of Home by Rev. Dare Cloud, Chapter Two

    Welcome back to Twin Oaks, my friends! This was my first fiction novel published back in 2010. In the last chapter, we lost poor Ryan Weldon and a couple of ambulance jockeys to a strange beast. Now, ten hours before that event, we meet our main character, Toby Liberman and his best friend Johnny Haynes……

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  • The French Mistake.

    The French Mistake.

    I’m disgusted. Sick to my stomach. Seriously hurting. As an Army veteran, a disabled one at that, I truly thought our military would be the final barrier between our president and chaos. I was wrong. Certainly the Republican party wouldn’t stop him because they’re all profiting. Certainly the Democratic party, the one in which I…

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  • A Taste of Home: Chapter One

    But first, let me explain…

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  • Home.

    Home.

    Toby Liberman is nearing the end of his rope. After a fateful confrontation with his wife’s lover, he is chased into the woods only to be discovered by an unidentifiable creature. He is attacked and rendered unconscious. Upon waking at the scene of a gruesome triple homicide, Toby is arrested as the sole suspect and…

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  • A Highland Park Christmas

    A Highland Park Christmas

    This is a little short story I pecked out a couple of years ago. I was taking a shortcut through the wealthy part of Dallas to skip some traffic. I got to thinking about how many small town girls I knew who claimed to have paranormal abilities. Then I imagined what the spirits tell them…

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  • Blood & Fascism

    Blood & Fascism

    Finally! A REAL Christmas Story!

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  • Christmas Gifts For Grandma

    The scariest bathroom ornament at the nursing home.

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  • Happy Trails…

    Happy Trails…

    Happy trails…

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  • Christmas Fangs? Fangs-Giving?

    This little angel. We got her as a gift for our son on Christmas 2020. Knee-deep in the pandemic. We didn’t even know if we were going to have a Christmas that year. Honestly, I was frightened for the future at that point. I still am, but for completely different reasons. Her name was Lyla,…

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  • Capturing Life: Spending Moments in Memories

    The color Purple doesn’t make me think of Whoopi, and I watch The View. Daily.

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  • Stu, Stu, Studio.

    Stu, Stu, Studio.

    Their condo’s a museum, and no one comes to see ‘um, they really got the ’tism, the Cloud-Miller family. Da da da dum, snap, snap…

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  • One Foot In Front Of The Other

    Reviews. Write them.

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  • Navigating Indie Bookstores as an Author

    Most prefer to just get their kicks from reading vanity plates on BMW’s

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  • Discover Katie’s Journey in Far From Home – 50% Off

    Luckily, I live near a post office

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  • It’s a weird world, boo.

    It’s a weird world, boo.

    At least that’s how I tried to explain it.

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  • Today’s Offering? A Taste Of Home

    50% off is a great way to start the weekend

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  • Unlisted Number.

    Unlisted Number.

    Same wounds; better bandaids.

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  • It’s Here! Saddle Up!

    Like audiobooks? Like the old west? Like the scary/gory? If you answered “yes”, then this is your lucky day. Tumble Bleed hits Audible!!! What do you get when fabulous western authors blend a twist of terror into their western stories and horror authors add a touch of the American Old West to their scary horror…

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  • LATE Rise & Run

    LATE Rise & Run

    I feel like doing nothing. No gaming, no guitar, no writing. I don’t kiss and tell anymore; just know that it sucks. I felt the snap, and now I need to repair it. Enjoy some Dead Cells! Also…don’t forget your book! Today’s offering? “This profound collection of horror brings classic monsters into new light in…

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  • Rev-iew: Texas Author & Reader Con 2025

    Irving Convention Center, Los Colinas, Texas July 19th & 20th I’m finally winding down. The unloading and inventory is complete and I’m exactly where I need to be: A stomach full of leftover pork and green chile enchiladas, a head full of spirit trees, a hot cup of Earl Grey with 2 ice cubes and…

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  • If you’re willing to overlook the C. Derick Miller name on the covers, then I have a deal for you. Several of my titles are leftover from before “the change” and I’d like to be rid of them. These books are seven bucks each plus $5 shipping. Here’s what I got… This anthology, now published…

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  • Revisiting A Dead Horse

    I was laying in bed, staring at the ceiling in deep thought like every other morning, when I stumbled across a couple of memories. These memories found their place within the existing story and brought the entire scenario down an alternate timeline. This angering event will forever live rent-free inside my head for the rest…

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