I've been anthologized again! Three of my very best short stories are included in Off Ramp To Hell. Here's the link and synopses of the stories:
https://us.amazon.com/OFF-RAMP-HELL-Final-Twist-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0GM4N588V/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.SNigos3t5Eb45mqk7FNlNcvhivRMg5q421IaXeAfodZjvof5KRhqSw_Feb744lcCdk5cM0DaIEewCmsocdddk03Ubdmjy_-Y7onnRGVHMVI5JVVypmLSPndjIRGI_diEDrJvYAr66iOXzMxuUcTapm4qkbPaglsorEGjJXRSGWCTPp1qWPmCeC2cOZtxrNCpUblkuW_qJuVQBjoEhdyv3g.RzIOs6TnL-7CuW--itjNjPnpxKScj6mCmiB89jwJayk&dib_tag=se&qid=1771356170&refinements=p_27%3ADr+Jack+Phillips&s=books&sr=1-3
Off-Ramp to Hell
Adrift, by C.J. Sweet
A woman obsessed with her love for a man and fighting drug addiction finds out the man is married. Now she must choose between three deadly options, one of which includes revenge.
Feuersturm, by Mark H. Phillips
A bumbling twit and a beautiful airplane designer in Weimar Germany track down a lost super-plane. Think a dieselpunk version of The Philadelphia Story meets Frankenstein, or Cabaret but with cyborgs, or maybe the I Love Lucy version of Gravity’s Rainbow. Enjoy!
Home to the Dogs, by Laura Elvebak
When Open Palms’ teen counselor, Niki Alexander, gets a call asking for her help, she doesn’t recognize him at first as the runaway teen who disappeared ten years ago. She must now reunite him with his dying mother before it’s too late for them both.
Jynx, by Leif Behmer
A cursed child goes undercover in a war between two powerful vampires. Everything was going to plan, until she said the wrong thing.
Nothing Like the Real Thing, by Adam Cole
Rosalind is distressed by Robert’s regular conversations with their son via computer. Perhaps because he’s dead.
Occupied, by Dr. Gail Clifford
Armed squatters exploit squatter’s-rights loopholes to hijack a quiet cul-de-sac, forcing two physician families to fight for home and safety. With fentanyl on the table, drones in the trees, and a dawn search warrant looming, a pit-bull-in-pearls attorney leads a pulse-pounding suburban thriller.
Shark Bait, by Cash Anthony
When a teenage girl obsessed with sharks becomes the target of a Louisiana con man and his unstable enemies, biker chick/PI Jessie Carr must navigate a museum filled with human predators.
Switch Hitter, by Cash Anthony
When a sports journalist is caught feeding insider tips to gamblers, his wife plots the perfect exit — one that ends with his death by “natural causes.” But as she flees with the money and her secret lover, she discovers she’s not the only one playing both sides of the game.
The Ghostly Doubling, by Adam Cole
Mediocre composer Jakob Schiff is given the opportunity of a lifetime when he is tasked with copying the unknown manuscripts of the mad deceased composer Gabewasser. As the manuscripts decay, his own obsession to preserve them takes a terrible toll.
The Iron Grappler Versus the Three Invincible Warriors, by Mark H. Phillips
In 1875 San Francisco, two luchadores save a bordello from a ruthless Tong. A luchador, wuxia, time travel, steampunk, weird western story, dialed to eleven.
The Ululation of the Pursy Madonna, by Adam Cole
For Latifo Hernandez, nothing is ever over. Not a conversation, not a fight, not a business deal. But this time Latifo will learn that there comes a time when everything is over.
Tin Man, by C.J. Sweet
What happens when a newly-transitioned robot, implanted with feelings and sensory receptors, faces a human being determined to take him down? Does he defy Asimov’s First Law of Robotics in order to survive, or does he kill the human before anger overwhelms his mind and body with emotions?
The Final Reunion, by Jack Strandburg
In the affluent heart of Miami, two detectives try to solve two brutal murders that sent shockwaves through a community. Each victim bears a cryptic message, echoing sins buried in a shared past. As the detectives race to uncover the truth, they find themselves confronting the enduring scars of cruelty—and the darkness that festers when humiliation turns to hate.