Tom has written a number of short stories, although he considers himself a novelist first and foremost. These short stories are much like classical composer's etudes. They are a means for Tom to explore new characters, or new ways of telling a story. He uses them to work on techniques of style and to explore character voices and personalities.


Recently, Tom's mystery heroes, Peyton McKean and Fin Morton, appeared in "Blood Tide," the lead-off story in the 2009 anthology, Seattle Noir. In this short thriller, a Duwamish Indian shaman's recipe for making a poisonous potion from red tide algae falls into the wrong hands, and its victims begin to fall…


Not all of Tom's stories have appeared in magazines or books. If you are an editor with an interest in seeing them, please get in touch with Tom to see if any are available for publication.

You can contact Tom by e-mail. Copy this:

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into the address line of your e-mail program. Then replace the anti-spam X with an @. We’ll see that he gets your note.