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Published novels
Angels in Paradise
A fast moving sequel to Tarnished Angels that takes place on the island of Mauritius. Bonnie, Connie and Michael John, working on behalf of the British government, pit their wits against a secret society backed by the Chinese government who are intent on influencing local politicians to establish a strong Chinese influence on the island. Lots of shooting and even a cyclone.
Tarnished Angels
Take two unusual young women and a veteran soldier and pit them against an evil emerald dealer who is threatening to destroy an orphanage in London and you have the plot of ‘Tarnished Angels’. This exciting tale starts in London but rapidly moves to South Africa, Zimbabwe and then Mozambique until the emerald dealer is brought down and the orphanage is saved. Lots of gunfire and dangerous animals!
Chiasmata
Chiasmata is an intriguing story of two unlikely people meeting on a beach in the Seychelles. He is a thirty year old alcoholic American and she is an English teenager. They part, but both have a profound effect on each other’s lives. The twists and turns of their lives are revealed and a surprising end to this story.
Published short stories and poetry
Stories
Knot guilty
Caleb Goodman was half Oneida Nation and half White American. He was proud of his Iroquois heritage and…
Jeffrey died healthy
Jeffrey was a fifty looking, thirty-year-old man who was not good looking. He was overweight, with lank unkempt…
The Legend of Big Bad John
By Mike Paterson-Jones. I moved to Fayetteville in the fall of 2015. I went there primarily because I…
The Aspidistra and the Mock Turtle Soup
The letter that came in the post was intriguing. The envelope was pale green and was addressed in…
The Last Alien
Two grey haired men examined the object that sat on the bench top in the brightly lit laboratory.…
The Leopard
William Sampson lived on his own on a farm in the Rift Valley in Kenya. One day while…
The Good Old Days
It was a post-apocalyptic scene. There were hundreds of rusty iron poles standing in rows along curved tarred…
Food for Thought
Ma and Pa Gleeson lived on twenty acres just outside the town of Dalton, West Virginia. Pa Gleeson…Poems
Rhyme of Africa
I see the wet tracks across the mud down to the water side And beyond the reeds a…
The Witch doctor
Mike Paterson-Jones. He is old, so very old, his wrinkled skin appears not to fit, But hangs on…