David Haywood Young

• Oct-2017
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Rick Santos has finally found his Christmas spirit. Or maybe it's the other way around, and all of a sudden he's got real problems. An uplifting story, if a bit twisted. If it jogs a memory or two, well. maybe Rick isn't the only victim here. Maybe y...

• Jul-2017
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T. Jesse Flannery is a small-time crook. Or at least he used to be. Nothing ever seems to go right for him, somehow. Then a buddy, or anyway a guy who's sort of a buddy, tells him about a train that really needs to get itself stolen.Well, why not? I ...

• Jan-2016
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In this second Owen Tremaine supernatural mystery, Owen's in bigger trouble than ever. Someone's dead on his boat--again. The local cops are obviously interested. Federal agents are circling 'round, and harassing Owen's partner. Somebody is spying on...

• Dec-2015
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Owen Tremaine is in more trouble than he ever imagined. 28 years old, the founder of a software company in Corpus Christi, Texas, he thought work-related burnout was a major crisis. After walking away from his company, he's spent a year trying to rei...

• Nov-2015
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Ranging from "hard" science fiction to supernatural/paranormal fantasy to a gritty YA crime story, from wildly optimistic to goofy to downright pessimistic, these thirteen tales were published at the rate of one per week as a self-challenge by the au...

• Nov-2015
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True love and tragedy, murder and betrayal. This can't stand.

John plays poker for a living. Jeanette is a college student majoring in Astronomy. What could go wrong? And then, after everything goes wrong, who knows what happened? Who knew a...

• Nov-2015
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"If you're reading this, I'm almost certainly dead..."

Jacob ("Ash") Ashton's ancestors built the town of Henge. He was supposed to grow up and become a leader of the community. But he went away to college, and when he came back he just didn...

• Nov-2015
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Seven stories, written in one month. Crime, fantasy, science fiction, humor...it's a sideways look into the strangeness of an author's mind.

The author's second collection, The Challenge, was published in October 2015. His third novel, The S...

• Oct-2015
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• Oct-2015
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Getting exactly what you want? Look out! Maybe it's not real. Or, worse...maybe it will be. Soon.Gray's a teenager in Henge, West Virginia. A carnival comes to town. He and his friends attend. Which is fine as far as it goes--but all of a sudden Gray...

• Oct-2015
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Mind-bending SF & Fantasy, with a bit of gritRanging from "hard" science fiction to supernatural/paranormal fantasy to a gritty YA crime story, from wildly optimistic to goofy to downright pessimistic, these thirteen tales were published at the rate ...

• Oct-2015
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Be careful! Sometimes appearances are...more real than you can imagine.Ever let your mind wander on an airplane? Ever arrived in a new airport, looked around, and noticed it didn't seem you'd really gone anywhere? Well...what if you were exactly righ...

• Oct-2015
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Freelance work has hidden perils? Who knew? A warning would have been nice...Zack's an assassin for hire. Hey--it's a job. Get over it. So his biggest problem has always been dealing with customers. He's generally found somebody to handle that area o...

• Oct-2015
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What if you could see yourself as others do? What if you could see them however you choose?The automobile, once upon a time, did a lot to revolutionize dating. So has the ubiquitous smartphone of today. Thing is, the march of technology has not stopp...

• Mar-2015
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Kids in trouble. Nobody around to help. So they'll try anything...once.Joe Keith, not quite eighteen years old, is doing his damnedest to get by. It's hard, especially since he doesn't really have a home to go to. But he has responsibilities, so he c...

• Mar-2015
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Seems like the end of the world to him. And, actually, it is...sort of.Harry Saunders wakes up to find an impossibly large egg in his apartment's bathtub. He'd love to believe it was a joke played by his friends--only he doesn't have any. Or at least...

• Mar-2015
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• Sep-2013
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Thomas Carruthers knows he's in a tight spot, but he has no idea just how bad his position truly is.He appears to be the last human left alive in some sort of bizarre post-apocalyptic nightmare.If only it were truly that simple...This story is includ...

• Nov-2012
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Jack, meet Bea. Your game just changed. Forever.In this short story somewhere between contemporary fantasy and horror, Jack Radney is a poker player with a history. And a fetish for keeping a rigid schedule.Until one night he meets Beatrice, who has ...

If you're reading this, I'm almost certainly dead...Jacob (Ash) Ashton's ancestors built the town of Henge. He was supposed to grow up and become a leader of the community. But he went away to college, and when he came back he just didn't fit in. His...

Underneath, there's always another layer… Owen, Johnny and Martina are running a thriving business. All's well. Maybe. Or maybe not. There's a new predator in town. Something is wrong with the software the team is putting together. T...

Under the waters…what if somebody can hear you scream? Owen Tremaine is in more trouble than he ever imagined. 28 years old, the founder of a software company in Corpus Christi, Texas, he thought work-related burnout was a major...

Okay, now there's magic. But what do you do about it? Owen's in worse trouble than ever. His world is upended. He thinks he knows what's going on, but is he right? Can he be right? Or is he losing his mind?His girlfriend is b...