Not every story has a Hollywood ending. Sometimes the dark envelops the light.

Writer on Demand Vol. 4: Grim, Fair e-Tales includes four dark stories:

"Suburban Legend" (approximately 6,400 words) rips from the headlines and twists the classic tale of a suburban husband accused of murdering his beautiful wife.

"Artists Only" (approximately 3,500 words) tells the tale of a little girl who unhappily goes with her brother to the local traveling carnival.

"Stew" (approximately 3,900 words) deals with a boy who decides it is right to go to war without understanding what it is truly like.

"Grok" (approximately 4,000 words) is a the story of the mud-man of the local Renaissance Faire.

About the Author:

Best known as the world's top-ranked player of classic role-playing games for the last fifteen years of the last century, Donald J. Bingle is an oft-published author in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, thriller, steampunk, romance, and comedy genres. He has ten published books (The Dick Thornby Thriller Trilogy (Net Impact; Wet Work; Flash Drive); Forced Conversion; GREENSWORD; Frame Shop; Morse Code Mysteries and Missives; Morse Code Memories and Musings; and (with Jean Rabe) The Love-Haight Case Files, Books 1 & 2) and more than seventy published stories.

Many of his stories are gathered by genre in his Writer on Demand TM and other collections.

A growing number of his books and stories are available in audiobook format. The more such audio productions are listened to and favorably reviewed, the more he hopes to produce in such format.

You can find out more about Don's writing and link to all of his books and stories at donaldjbingle.com.