As a fifth generation Colorado native, the author’s novels and short stories are set in nineteenth-century Colorado gold and silver mining towns, using supernatural elements and time travel to tell history in a unique and engaging way.
He lives on a remote mountain ranch and travels to Central, City, Leadville, Aspen, local museums and graveyards to research the history of lesser known pioneers like his ancestors.
Awards and Publishing Credits
Three-time top pick for the Claymore Writing Award.
The Balcony Seat: National Short Story winner featured on the Haunting Season Podcast.
Spirit of the Mountain: A short story featured in Ghostwatch Paranormal, April 2024
The Prodigy: A paranormal novel, will debut in early 2026
Ida Chatfield. Aspen's Oldest Unsolved Mystery will be available soon
As a fifth generation Colorado native, the author’s novels and short stories are set in nineteenth-century Colorado gold and silver mining towns, using supernatural elements and time travel to tell history in a unique and engaging way.
He lives on a remote mountain ranch and travels to Central, City, Leadville, Aspen, local museums and graveyards to research the history of lesser known pioneers like his ancestors.
Awards and Publishing Credits...
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Fifteen-year-old U.S. National Champion figure skater Jackie Ellis is among the favorites to win the World Championships in Boston. Her mother, Anne, a former Olympian, coached her daughter’s inexplicable rise to the pinnacle of the sport. But Jackie’s near-perfect performance comes to a devastating halt when she fails to execute a difficult...
Ida Chatfield
Ida Chatfield, a nineteen-year-old girl, goes missing three years after her dear friend dies from poisoning, and the day after, another young friend falls fifty feet from the fire bell tower in Aspen, Colorado. The authorities ruled Ida Bell’s death a suicide, but her parents and those who knew her know better. This novel is based on factual...
NO WINTER MAINTENANCE
Aspen, Colorado, held secrets during the late nineteenth century. Owen Stewart, a retired current-day newspaper reporter, intends to spend his retirement writing historical nonfiction. But the ghosts of the distant past have found him.
A forgotten file box from the local historical society holds memorabilia, letters, and newspaper articles...