Category: Featured Item
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An unlikely action hero! Fr. Declan story #13 is now available
The Jester of Malahide Castle A jolly ghost enlists the aid of a gifted Franciscan priest to help thwart a malevolent phantom’s dastardly plot at one of Ireland’s most haunted castles. Featuring a cameo appearance by Sir Sly the Sacred Eel. The Father Declan Supernatural Mysteries are a series of standalone upbeat, redemptive, and often…
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Now Available: A new weird western anthology featuring my “exploding outhouse” story!
Six-Guns Straight From Hell 3 is now available in paperback and Kindle! My “exploding outhouse” story is featured! It’s a gas. In “A Taste of Purgatory,” a disgraced parson gets one last hellacious chance at redemption. Saddle up for a wild ride through the weird, weird west. As you ride our trails you’ll want to…
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A fast, fun read.
Quicker Than the Eye A “Holy Heretics” Weird Western In 1880 Socorro, vampire bounty hunter The Sundown Kid goes undercover as a cardsharp street urchin to swindle and seize a low-life outlaw. “Quicker Than the Eye” is a standalone weird western tale set in the “Holy Heretics” universe. Rated G. Approximately 1425 words. CLICK HERE…
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Quarantined? Try my new Father Declan story to pass the time
The Skibbereen Famine Man In an Irish village once ravaged by the Great Hunger, a Franciscan friar risks body and soul to save an anorexic young woman from the legendary Famine Man’s insatiable curse. Approximately 8,500 words. CLICK HERE to purchase The Skibbereen Famine Man on ALL digital platforms for just 99 cents. CLICK HERE…
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This week, a short memoir story…
Needles & Pin: A Tender Memory In this short memoir, a dedicated dad goes all in to help his daughter fulfill a phlebotomy class requirement for nursing school. Rated G. Approximately 1975 words. CLICK HERE to purchase Needles & Pin on all e-book platforms. Only 99 cents!
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A nostalgic summer story with minor injuries
Bush League In this nostalgic short story, a boy’s summer vacation plans are cut short by an unfortunate incident with hedge trimming shears. Rated G. Approximately 1700 words, and only 99 cents! CLICK HERE to purchase on all e-book platforms.
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A super-quick read…
A man with a gift for being in the right place at the wrong time awaits a paranormal encounter under the Chalk Cliffs of Colorado’s Mount Princeton, oblivious to the natural beauty around him. Approximately 975 words, and only 99 cents! Available on Amazon-Kindle. CLICK HERE to purchase Right Place, Wrong Time.
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What? Another newsletter? Yes, it’s been three months.
The quarterly Patrick Dorn Author Newsletter just dropped today. It’s available only to subscribers. If you’d like to receive occasional updates on my writing and receive a FREE play or story, sign up. You can always unsubscribe. How else will you find out the latest info on my weird westerns, Catholic supernatural fantasy, and one-act…
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‘Heaven Sent’ to play in Dublin. Still-living author (me) to attend!
Clontarf Players in Dublin are performing my full-length religious comedy “Heaven Sent” in March. Looks like I’m going to Ireland! I’ll be there from St. Patrick’s Day to Palm Sunday, with my son Jacob Dorn and daughter-in-law Alexis Dorn. A dream come true. Heaven Sent (Tobit) Read for FREE on Kindle Unlimited! — The Book of Tobit is the…
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Legendary cave man abducts a girl, and three unlikely heroes come to the rescue
The Ugliest Man in Albuquerque READ FREE on Kindle Unlimited. When the legendary Hairy Man abducts a teenage girl from her Quinceañera, a Dominican priest, a German muleskinner, and a lovesick young tailor mount a rescue mission. Their pursuit takes the unlikely heroes into the steep and treacherous Sandia Mountains above Albuquerque. This is a…
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Gold Faever, a Weird Western short story, now available
Gold Faever READ FREE on Kindle Unlimited Dandy Danny Sheehan is raking in a fortune, thanks to his Pot o’ Gold Saloon in the remote California Gold Rush town of Downieville. But when feisty Sister Bedelia steps through his batwing doors to take up a collection for an orphanage, it will take more than the…
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‘Chupacabrón: A Weird Tale of the California Missions’ is now available
Chupacabrón A Weird Tale of the California Missions A warrior monk with a mechanical hand hunts a shape-shifting, blood-sucking creature that has been slaughtering goats at San Antonio de Padua Mission. This is part of the Weird Tales of the California Missions series, featuring the exploits of Teutonic Knight Otto Eisenschaf, “peculiar intercessor” for Father…
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