Category Archives: Fiction

This is where I will post samples of stories I am working on, or other stuff, as I see fit.

NAGLER’S SECRET: ‘Here’s where you stand’

Quick review: Some books have characters so alive you think they’re someone you know, or maybe knew. Some books have plots that keep you guessing to the last word. Some books have settings so real you can feel them, hear … Continue reading

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NAGLER’S SECRET has it all: 5-star review

Some books have characters so alive you think they’re someone you know, or maybe knew. Some books have plots that keep you guessing to the last word. Some books have settings so real you can feel them, hear them, smell … Continue reading

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Best read: NAGLER’S SECRET, 6, 5-star reviews

Six reviews, All 5-star reviews. Thank you readers for seeing  NAGLER’S SECRET for what it is–more than just crime fighting, but a story filled with aching characters asking  hard questions as they seek the light. Available at: Amazon.com: Michael Stephen … Continue reading

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‘Nagler’s Secret’ has been published

 I am proud to announced the publication  of “Nagler’s Secret,” Book 6 the award-winning Frank Nagler Mystery series. It’s been a process, to say the least. After two years to republish the first five books in the series – and … Continue reading

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Until there is just you

I want to scream. I want to scream at you and tell you to stop hating To stop killing, to stop; Just stop. But to scream fills my voice with rage, Which is what you  do, rage. So screaming makes … Continue reading

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Festivals: Collingswood, Oct. 4; then Easton

It’s been quite a month of book festivals. A note of thanks to all who stopped by to chat, tell stories, or buy my books. Those are the moments that make the time at the events worthwhile. Thanks to Belvidere, … Continue reading

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The Ironton, N.J. conspiracy

We live in a world where that are as many conspiracies as breakfast cereals. The five-book, award-winning Frank Nagler Mysteries  are no exception. A sneaky, back-room conspiracy is introduced in the first book in the series,  THE SWAMPS OF JERSEY, … Continue reading

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The Frank Nagler Mysteries

The books are: THE SWAMPS OF JERSEY: Frank Nagler is called to the Old Iron Bog where the body of a young woman was found after a weeklong tropical storm flooded the City of Ironton. A gold ring suggests that … Continue reading

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Nagler’s Secret; To light

Driving in circles. Past the houses he knew. The train station, dark and hollow, the train yard grumbling, empty cars, lighted chariots. The darkness of the ghetto. Broken frames, leaning walls, cries sucked into the air, neither joy nor pain. … Continue reading

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DRAGONY RISING: How to steal a town, a country

In DRAGONY RISING, Book 5 of the Frank Nagler Mystery series Det. Frank Nagler and Lt. Maria Ramrez were warned that all the activity thay had been chasing had one goal: Take over by law of the City of Ironton, … Continue reading

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