John G. Stockmyer

• May-2013
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• Jan-2013
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What kind of detective would take on a case involving a haunted house, Mafia hit men, and a tiger on the loose ....?? That's right, one that has no choice in the matter. Both Detective Addison AND Johnny Dosso have requested that Z investigate an o...

• Nov-2012
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A serial killer is on the loose in Kansas City. The killer's prey: Young women.If that wasn't bad enough, the serial killer doesn't seem to be a normal serial killer. Oh no! Bags of bones left behind point to. . . . a cannibal??? Ridiculous! E...

• Sep-2012
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• Jul-2012
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• Jun-2012
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Not another occult case! On the other hand, that's the kind of work a lowly P.I. like Big Bob Zapolska had to expect. (It was his connection to out of this world specialist, Jamie Stewart, that got him mixed up in this kind of weirdness, the Z-man d...

• Jun-2012
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Another flatfoot has invaded Z's territory in Kansas City's Northland, Z's part of town a quiet backwater with hardly enough crime to support ONE, below-the-minimum-wage P.I.Then, there's that shoe sticking out from between the dented dumpsters behin...

• May-2012
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Once again, Big Bob Zapolska, lowly private eye, is having trouble with his friends. First, there is Susan, his true love and long-time girlfriend. It seems that gorgeous Susan has turned into an exercise nut and wants Z to share time with her enga...

• May-2012
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• Apr-2012
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Unfortuntely, Z has gained a reputation for solving crimes associated with the occult.Forced by top cop Willis Addison to once again team up with feisty Ms. Stewart -- this time, to explain the unexplainable -- is it a wonder the Z-man feels he's cra...

• Mar-2012
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One girlfriend -- trouble. Two girlfriends -- double trouble. Mafia vengeance -- multiple trouble.And yet he's able to muddle through, using the tools of the lowlife gumshoe: logic, persistence, and a disregard for legal "niceties."How does Z handle...

• Feb-2012
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• Feb-2012
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Ever work for a professional wrestler, a professional WOMAN wrestler? Z never had. And is not likely to again!Not to mention being plagued by witches and a satanic pimp.Murder? You bet!Ever had your apartment bombed? You won't like it.And finally, ...

• Feb-2012
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Big Bob Zapolska, small-time detective that he is, doesn't like dogs. Little dogs. Big dogs. Any kind of dog. So what's he doing trying to locate a savage dog that chewed up a child? Don't ask.The Z-man doesn't like working occult cases, either....

• Dec-2011
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A vampire loose in Kansas City? Ridiculous!Even though no blood was found at the crime scenes, causing some to speculate that a vampire had drunk it? Got to be some rational explanation for that!How, then, do you account for the bites on the victim...

• Sep-2011
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• May-2011
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Alexander Ashley Alastair is a vampire. No! Not the vampire of legend. A real vampire. Does he drink blood? Certainly not! Sleep in his coffin during the day? Absurd. Can't be seen in mirrors? Ridiculous. Can only be killed by having a wooden stake d...

• May-2011
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Once more, John Lyon (young history professor in Kansas City) returns to the other reality across the static-electric bridge under his hall stairs. Again, to enter the medieval planet he'd dubbed Bandworld --- finding it, once more, in crisis.But wh...

• Mar-2011
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• Feb-2011
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• Feb-2011
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Big Bob Zapolska. Bob Zapolska. Big Bob Z. The Z-man. Z.Call him what you will, a quick look at Bob Zapolska's credentials says he's a poor excuse for a private eye. He never went to sleuthing school, instead, reads P.I. paperbacks to learn the ...

• Feb-2011
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• Apr-2003
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A vampire loose in Kansas City? Ridiculous!But what of those women who'd been drained of blood? Absurd!Even though no blood was found at the crime scenes, causing some to speculate that a vampire had drunk it? Got to be some rational explanation for ...

• May-2001
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Low rent private eye that he is, Big Bob Zapolska does not usually get cases that turn into murder, to say nothing of multiple murder. Nor is he often called upon to help solve classy cases like the theft of a painting from Kansas Citys Nelson Art Ga...