Books & Stories
The Butterfly Collector
he Butterfly Collector is full of people you know: a beautician, a lawyer, a man with Alzheimer’s who takes his first nightcap at three in the afternoon. But each of these thoroughly knowable protagonists is faced with a situation that causes them to become extraordinary.
Recycled Glass and other short stories
In Recycled Glass, his new collection of stories, Fred McGavran extends his fictional territory beyond the subtleties of The Butterfly Collector, introducing further twists and turns into otherwise normal urban behavior, astutely observed with a touch of satirical humor.
A Portrait From Life - Society of Misfit Stories
An ancient painting of the Dormition of the Blessed Mary may or may not procure the salvation of a Russian gangster in the Midwest.
Gone - By Fred McGavran
“Gone,” a fable about the annihilating power of indifference, was published by Spank the Carp.
A Homecoming
“A Homecoming,” about a mother’s return after a mysterious 30 year absence, was published by Storgy Magazine.
Corrine, or a Journey of the Magi
“Corrine, or a Journey of the Magi,” published in Crux Literary Journal, is about an eye doctor, a priest, a madman, and a dead woman, who meet in a hospital a few days before Christmas.
"A Start Up" - By Fred McGavran
about raising marijuana in the front gardens of a wealthy suburb has appeared in Fiction on the Web at http://www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/.
"The Seduction of Wags"
Fred’s story “The Seduction of Wags Fackman has appeared in Fiction on the Web.
"The Victim of a Stroke"
Fred’s story “The Victim of a Stroke,” about murder and retribution in a retirement center, has appeared in New English Review.
"A Descant for St Simeon"
Fred’s story “A Descant for St Simeon” about a Christmas pageant in a nursing home has been published in Fathom Magazine.
"A Honeymoon's End"
Fred’s story “A Honeymoon’s End” will appear in the April issue of the Ignatian Literary Magazine published by the University of San Francisco.
More of Fred's Stories
Many of Fred's stories had appeared at The Laughing Satirist.
“The Judge, the Law Clerk, and the Hippogriff”
“The Judge, the Law Clerk, and the Hippogriff” has been published by New English Review. The title and the image above it on the site should be enough to entice you.
"Light From Light"
A story about the search for information about Soviet mathematician Dmitri Baklanov in the files of the Soviet secret police, has appeared in Evening Street Review.
“Lawyer Assisted Suicide,”
The story of an imaginative attorney who knows how to make the will he writes prevail over competing wills, has been republished by Defuncted Journal.
“The Programmer"
“The Programmer,” a story about a programmer’s struggle to contain his computer, has appeared in Idle Ink.
“Erebus Kincaid and the Devil"
“Erebus Kincaid and the Devil,” a story about a devil’s struggle to drag an unrepentant old man to hell, has appeared in New English Review.
"The Vanishing Point"
“The Vanishing Point,” a story about unraveling a math professor’s last words, has appeared in Spank the Carp.
“Confessions of a Department Chair"
“Confessions of a Department Chair,” a satire of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing degree and of academic politics, was published in Euphonia Spring 2019.
"The Landfill"
“The Landfill,” a story about waste management technology bringing about the end of the world, has just appeared in Forge Journal.
“Beethoven’s 10th”
“Beethoven’s 10th,” about a man who discovers he has Beethoven’s 10th Symphony embedded in his genome, has just appeared in Spank the Carp.
“Endangered Species"
“Endangered Species,” about chasing iguanas during a cold snap in Florida, has appeared in Storgy.
"The Water Trap"
“The Water Trap” about clearing a golf course water trap of snapping turtles with dynamite, has appeared in Medusa Laughs Press’ Twisted anthology. The anthology is available on Amazon.com.
"King Solomon's Ring"
“King Solomon’s Ring” about a link between heaven and earth that connects the chapel in an American church with an ancient church in Croatia, has appeared in Alcyone I. The anthology is available on Amazon.com.
"The Wilburn Plot"
Fred's latest story "The Wilburn Plot," about stolen gold and a leaky grave, appeared in the November issue of New English Review. Read it here.
More Coming Soon...
More coming soon....