Author Archives: John Daly

Thoughts from the Desk of Striker (a guest post by Striker)

Greetings.
My name is Striker. I’m a fictional character in the Mason Series written by John Daly.
There are three books in the series so far, Murder Murder Murder, Now You See It, Now You Don’t and Hoist up the Jolly Roger.
I like John Daly. I don’t want to denigrate his talent in any way. After all [...]

A Big Yellow Dog, Chapter 12

A Short Story by John Daly
Copyright © 2009 by John Daly
This revised version was originally published in The Fiction Writer and Other Short Stories, which is copyright © 2007 by John Daly. No part of this story may be used without permission of the Author.
A few thousand miles away, Nancy Patterson was walking home from [...]

A Big Yellow Dog, Chapter 11

A Short Story by John Daly
Copyright © 2009 by John Daly
This revised version was originally published in The Fiction Writer and Other Short Stories, which is copyright © 2007 by John Daly. No part of this story may be used without permission of the Author.
The next morning he was gone.
They could not find him [...]

A Big Yellow Dog, Chapter 10

A Short Story by John Daly
Copyright © 2009 by John Daly
This revised version was originally published in The Fiction Writer and Other Short Stories, which is copyright © 2007 by John Daly. No part of this story may be used without permission of the Author.
The end of the school year approached. It had been a [...]

A Big Yellow Dog, Chapter 9

A Short Story by John Daly
Copyright © 2009 by John Daly
This revised version was originally published in The Fiction Writer and Other Short Stories, which is copyright © 2007 by John Daly. No part of this story may be used without permission of the Author.
Now that David’s business was doing so well his son felt [...]

A Big Yellow Dog, Chapter 8

A Short Story by John Daly
Copyright © 2009 by John Daly
This revised version was originally published in The Fiction Writer and Other Short Stories, which is copyright © 2007 by John Daly. No part of this story may be used without permission of the Author.
David rushed into his house and swept Janet up into his [...]

A Big Yellow Dog, Chapter 7

A Short Story by John Daly
Copyright © 2009 by John Daly
This revised version was originally published in The Fiction Writer and Other Short Stories, which is copyright © 2007 by John Daly. No part of this story may be used without permission of the Author.
David did complete the assigned work and he loved doing each [...]

A Big Yellow Dog, Chapter 6

A Short Story by John Daly
Copyright © 2009 by John Daly
This revised version was originally published in The Fiction Writer and Other Short Stories, which is copyright © 2007 by John Daly. No part of this story may be used without permission of the Author.
“I want to talk to you about my son, William Joseph [...]

A Big Yellow Dog, Chapter 5

A Short Story by John Daly
Copyright © 2009 by John Daly
This revised version was originally published in The Fiction Writer and Other Short Stories, which is copyright © 2007 by John Daly. No part of this story may be used without permission of the Author.
And so Magic came to live with them and their lives [...]

A Big Yellow Dog, Chapter 4

A Short Story by John Daly
Copyright © 2009 by John Daly
This revised version was originally published in The Fiction Writer and Other Short Stories, which is copyright © 2007 by John Daly. No part of this story may be used without permission of the Author.
Janet and Billy Joe were still talking about their disappointment in [...]