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Dan Richter Books: Story List

Novels

List of the novels I've written and their current status

What We Carry

Agent Query

In a gripping tale reminiscent of Dan Richter's novels and short stories, a museum collections assistant discovers an artifact that harbors an ancient alien consciousness. This entity grants him fourteen days to determine whether humanity truly deserves to survive, adding a compelling twist to his story list.

What We Reflect

Agent Query

When Jeff and Linda Ashcroft inherit a sentient, century-old house built on a supernatural nexus, they discover that facing the darkness within themselves may be the only way to protect the light they're fighting for.

What We Forgot Book 1 - Resonance

First Draft Complete

When a quantum experiment produces impossible results pointing to Egypt, three unlikely researchers begin to discover that everything we think we know about ancient civilization may be wrong.


Short Stories

List of sort stories I've written

The Ripple

Complete

When scientist Sam Thompson invents a time-observation device, a single careless moment in 1928 erases the discovery of penicillin, and with it, over a billion lives. But as Sam stands trial for the greatest catastrophe in human history, a far more staggering truth emerges: his tinkering with time didn't just alter the past. It created it. A taut courtroom drama that spirals into a mind-bending meditation on cause, consequence, and the terrifying weight of one man's curiosity.

The Paperboy

Complete

When Steve's morning routine is thrown off by a missing newspaper, a chance encounter with a mysterious paperboy sets something unsettling in motion. The headline he reads stops him cold, tomorrow's date, and his own name in the story. Determined to cheat fate, Steve retreats home, only to find that the future has a way of writing itself regardless. A clever, lighthearted twist on destiny that will leave you laughing at the punchline.

The Park

Complete

Al Casco has worked twenty years for his big promotion, but one spectacularly tone-deaf proposal costs him everything: his job, and nearly his marriage. Humbled and locked out of his own home, he spends a long night in the very park he wanted to demolish, rediscovering what he'd lost sight of along the way. A story about ambition, values, and the consequences of forgetting what matters, with a final twist rooted firmly in the ground.

Left Home Alone

Complete

Casey is convinced he's been abandoned forever. A short, sweet tale with a twist you'll see coming, and love anyway.

The Carnival

Complete

When a free carnival comes to town, the Jenkins family jumps at the chance for a fun family outing. But as the day wears on, the crowds begin to thin in ways that don't quite add up, and finding the exit proves surprisingly impossible. A creepy, slow-burn tale that will make you think twice before stepping through the gates of any carnival that seems too good to be true.

The Shovel

Complete

A man walks down a quiet road with no memory of who he is, where he's going, or why he's carrying a shovel. When the police pick him up, the shovel turns out to be a murder weapon, making him their prime suspect in a crime he can't remember committing. A tense mystery that builds toward a surprising conclusion, where the truth may be far more complicated than a simple case of amnesia.

The Hamilton House

Complete

When Sarah inherits a crumbling Victorian mansion in Whitewater, Wisconsin, she expects nothing more than the burden of an old house. What she finds instead are the echoes of a family she never knew, hidden letters, faded photographs, and the lingering warmth of lives lived within those walls. As the house slowly reveals its secrets, Sarah discovers that some inheritances go far deeper than property. A gentle, heartfelt mystery about family, belonging, and the stories that old houses keep.

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