Redemption
Short Fiction:
Ghostly Séance
Japanese Alien
Lady Crow
Short
Stories
Short stories with big impact, each one a world of its own
Richter's War:
Case of the Japanese Alien
Book 1 of Richter's War
A battle engulfs Los Angeles and sweeps a hard-boiled detective into dangerous and out-of-this-world action and intrigue.
Originally published as part of an anthology by Geminid Press, LLC, under the title, Well, Haruki, Looks Like It's Just You and Me, Kid, this short story features a hard-boiled Los Angeles detective of German heritage, Karol Eugen Richter, aka Geno Richter.
Geno's used to taking down Nazis for the War Department, but during one late night in February 1942, circumstances sweep him into unexpected wartime action involving something much more than the typical Nazi conspirators.
Richter's War:
Case of the Lady Crow
Book 2 of Richter's War
Geno Richter hunts down a supernatural Nazi foe, one he must stop before it can deal a deadly blow to the American war effort.
After narrowly surviving a fight with a vicious Nazi thug, Geno Richter soon learns he's on the trail of a dangerous, racist-inspired assassination plot.
But then the mystery deepens as Richter encounters a Nazi agent whose evil talents are unlike anything he has ever seen or imagined.
In addition to his tough, no-nonsense approach, Richter has a few tricks of his own, and he'll need them more than ever to stop the Nazi plan and hunt down this new, devious enemy.
Richter's War:
Collect All 3 of the Series
Glimpse
In 1950 New Mexico, a small group of agents who will become known as the "Men in Black" deploy...
...in response to an event that will provide a harrowing glimpse into humanity's apocalyptic future...
Scientists have cracked open secret alien technology from the wreckage of four crashed flying saucers. They've pieced together a device that creates a "glimpse" into future space-time awareness.
Cold War forces collide in Farmington, New Mexico. Who will survive, and just what will everyone Glimpse?
Night Lights
An Anthology of Short Fiction: First Contact, Conspiracy, & Space Opera
Night Lights are populated with aliens, high and low technology, spaceships...
...including one with divine aspirations and one helmed by an otter— humans and not-so-human artificial intelligences, Earth locales, and far-off new worlds.
With 21 original stories from talented, new authors about extraterrestrials, conspiracies, and space exploration, Night Lights is full of moments that will make you gasp, shudder, laugh, and wonder.
“My characters are often what we call ordinary people. They just happen to find themselves on a collision course with destiny and taking courageous, extraordinary action.”
Daniel P. Douglas
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Daniel P. Douglas
More than a Mystery & Suspense Author
Daniel P. Douglas enjoys writing pulse-pounding, edge-of-your seat science fiction, conspiracy, mystery, suspense, and thriller books and screenplays.
Born and raised in Southern California, Phillip moved to Arizona to attend college, and Paul moved to Virginia to further pursue his museum career. Both have travelled extensively across the United States and around the world. They now reside in New Mexico with their families and many pets.
About The Author
Daniel P. Douglas is the pen name for identical twins Phillip and Paul Garver.
Phillip is a U.S. Army veteran who also served as a senior analyst in the U.S. Intelligence Community. He retired from federal service in 2023.
Paul’s career includes over 30 years in the museum profession. He has worked for cultural and historic sites in California and Virginia, as well as for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. He currently works as a mental health counselor.
Phillip and Paul enjoy writing science fiction, conspiracy, mystery, suspense, and thriller books and short stories. Their characters are often ordinary people who tread into a collision course with destiny, where survival means confronting personal flaws and fighting for good in the eternal battle against evil.
Daniel P. Douglas has been named a Foreword Reviews 2014 IndieFab Book-of-the-Year Awards Science Fiction Finalist and is a Readers’ Favorite Award winner.
They explore this theme in a number of published works. Their first novel, Truth Insurrected: The Saint Mary Project, centered on a decades-old government cover-up of contact with extraterrestrial life. Coming in 2025, the first two books of their Space Western series, Wild Frontier Chronicles, will be released. Also arriving in 2025 will be the first volume of Tales from the Noir Side, an anthology of noir tales involving different characters, places, time periods, and even genres.
Their Richter’s War series blends sci-fi with hard-boiled intrigue in Los Angeles during World War II. Their first non-fiction endeavor, Six-Shooters and Starships: A Comprehensive Guide to Crafting Space Western Stories, explores the rich history of the Space Western genre in fiction and entertainment media.