Six-Pack: Short Stories and Wild Rides

by Ben Goodridge

A detective pursues a team of kidnappers into the woods. A peaceful monster shocks the sensibilities of suburban shoppers. A beast at the end of his rope accepts a ride from a stranger. A forest prince fails in his mission to feed his people. Barbarians roam Central Park. And the runt of the litter rebels against his Master.

In these six stories of werewolves and men, the battle between man and nature is intimate, comic, tragic, and ongoing, as the monsters struggle to find their role in a world managed, controlled, and sometimes protected, by humans.

83 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 4, 2014

About the author

While all the other kids in my class wanted to be rock stars, I wanted to be Jessica Fletcher from "Murder, She Wrote." Besides, I could only play keyboards, and there was no such thing as a sexy keyboardist. Still, this was the 1980s. Your mileage may vary.

My first story was published in 1993. My second story was...much better. I've published a bunch of short stories and a couple of novels since then, and I can still play several Duran Duran songs on the piano.