Archive - Miscellaneous short stories of The Tidewater Papers

I wrote this in response to the prompt for the July Flash Fiction Contest for Silence and Starsong. To be fair to these characters, however, I decided…

Aug 9, 2023 •

Joseph W. Knowles

June 2023

Midnight in Pungo

A flash fiction story

Jun 28, 2023 •

Joseph W. Knowles

February 2023

Beneath the Hill (part 4)

In the third part of the story, our hero began to uncover a dark secret that lurks beneath the surface in Jackson Hollow. Will he discover the true…

Feb 28, 2023 •

Joseph W. Knowles

Beneath the Hill (part 3)

In the previous installment, Abishai’s unease about Jackson Hollow began to grow, as he parried questions from the local lawman and fought off an…

Feb 21, 2023 •

Joseph W. Knowles

Beneath the Hill (part 2)

Last time, Abishai Godfrey happened upon the small town of Jackson Hollow. The timing of his arrival in the mountains overlooking the town was…

Feb 14, 2023 •

Joseph W. Knowles

Beneath the Hill (part 1)

Shadows crept over the valley, darkening the motley canvas of deep greens and flaming reds that forested the area around the little town. It was getting…

Feb 7, 2023 •

Joseph W. Knowles

January 2023

Sheriff Moultrie and the Sulfur Springs Bandits

Sheriff C.R. Moultrie had seen more than a few bank robberies in his time, but never one quite like what he saw that afternoon at the First Bank of…

Jan 26, 2023 •

Joseph W. Knowles

December 2022

Triumph of the Skies

A flash fiction story

Dec 20, 2022 •

Joseph W. Knowles

July 2022

The Magical Magistrate

I suppose you could pigeonhole this story as an “urban fantasy,” but I actually think the niche is somewhat smaller than that. I was inspired to write…

Jul 19, 2022 •

Joseph W. Knowles

June 2022

The Road to Pine Tree (part 6, conclusion)

Recap of Part 5: Wilcox hops on a train full of GIs that’s headed from New York City to Pine Tree, Vermont. He follows the flow of people to a crowded…

Jun 7, 2022 •

Joseph W. Knowles

May 2022

The Road to Pine Tree (part 5)

Recap of Part 4: Wilcox is hot on the trail of the elusive Haynes sisters and finds himself sniffing around the swanky Regency Room, one of the Big…

May 17, 2022 •

Joseph W. Knowles

The Road to Pine Tree (part 4)

Recap of Part 3: Jack follows the trail of the Haynes sisters back to Miami, but so does the henchman sent to stop him. Wilcox eludes a second encounter…

May 5, 2022 •

Joseph W. Knowles

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