No-Tell Ink

Herein lay the words and imagery collected and created. Stories best unsaid. But written nonetheless.

Welcome to My World

Along with the mini stories that spring to mind, there will be the occasional update or tease about my book in progress: The Tourist

Welcome to No-Tell Ink. Grab your bags, and I will lead you to your room.

I regret to inform you, but there is only one room available. Room 13.

  • Mummy Porn

    This is for Helder, whether he wants it or not. Woodsy Johnson looked at the book. Then he looked at the circle or red candles marking the shape of a circle around the crudely drawn five-pointed star inside the circle. Red candles with bits of silk and lace embedded on the outside? Check. Pentacle drawn…

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  • The Hotel- Stirred and Fried

    Ep. 6 Joe had run the All-Nite Chineze Buffet for the last 20 years. He bought it from some weird guy who had opened it at least 30 years before that. He didn’t know if he was Chinese, Japanese, or some other ‘nese’, but his accent never senses seemed to stay the same. Joe himself…

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  • The Hotel- Floor 13

    Ep 5 Doug Nichols parked his unmarked cruiser in the lot of The Hotel, a few rows back and around the corner from the front desk. The long-term clientele knew who he was, but most of the rest were nervous when a cop, even if off duty, walked into the lobby. It was not a…

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  • The Estate Sale: Final Chapter

    “Miss, are you alright?” The concerned voice of the elderly gentleman drifted into her consciousness. “You seemed to have had a bit of a tumble.” June found herself sitting on the bottom steps of the grand staircase, nearly where she saw the woman fall after she was shot. She pushed herself up quickly, not wanting…

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  • The Estate Sale Part 6

    June giggled, it felt like she was becoming the ghost, not so much that she was seeing them. “Nope, saw no ghosts,” she said, gathering herself mentally. Trying to deflect his attention, she walked to the stairs, asking, “I saw the door to the basement, are there any tools? I have a few friends that…

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  • The Hotel- It’s a G(wagen) Thing

    Ep. 4 “Why did you decide to take 281 north?” “Because I wanted to have a nice, scenic route home. Would you rather we drive through the city?” He sighed. It was a common disagreement when they travel. He just wanted to get to the destination. For him, the travel was a nuisance. His wife,…

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