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Wherefore Love's Shadow

by Kurt Ulmer

A dramatic thriller novel propelled forward by mystery, suspense and violence interspersed, necessarily so, with romance and erotica. He was looking for love in all the wrong places. He wasn’t asking for the...

The Stolen Childhood

by Kurt Ulmer

Despite a difficult upbringing and hardships, Kitty made good. She had two secrets, one of which was her own doing and the other a lifelong challenge.

The Foreshadowed Land

by Kurt Ulmer

Australia: the island continent. Strange animals, unfamiliar plants, beautiful beaches and scenery plus: a trap for young players. Beware, all is not as it seems.

Chick Magnet

by Kurt Ulmer

Being a chick magnet is fine as long as it doesn't get you into trouble. Albert had some serious explaining to do as things went awry.

The Masked Transformer

by Kurt Ulmer

“The Masked Transformer”. Be scared, be very scared: this is the “classic universal tale” of good and evil, power and corruption.* This unabridged version of the “Highly commended” short story in...

The 23rd June

by Kurt Ulmer

The Queensland sun does things to people. Everybody is tanned, relaxed and wants to talk. That’s alright with me. I am a waiter in a busy tourist restaurant and it’s my job to listen. People want me to know...

The Judas Kiss

by Kurt Ulmer

London tourists: beware.

400 Words

by Kurt Ulmer

This is a brief (400 word) guide to writing and assessing short stories. Especially my own. Some writers object to a structure for stories. That is fine as long as you realize that no structure is a structure...

Looking for Miss Allen

by Kurt Ulmer

English is not my first language so finding Miss Allen proved to be... well... difficult! Not my fault!

Gary H., not quite the real thing

by Kurt Ulmer

Gary H. had a lovely wife, a good business and everything looked fine. Then why make calls from a public phone, every weekday at 10.05 AM? He had a perfectly good telephone at home and an iphone as well. Gary,...

Master of all Time

by Kurt Ulmer

An Australian public servant had the audacity to tell world leaders to disarm. While he was around, there would be no nuclear war. He held all the trump cards and so would his son. Penberthy was a happy man...

Safe at a Distance

by Kurt Ulmer

There was only one way her daughter would ever be safe from me. Will love conquer all?

Muriel and Udolpho

by Kurt Ulmer

The young actress Muriel Casterton celebrated her stage debut with cast and crew back stage after opening night. The audience’s thunderous applause was still ringing in her ears when the well meaning party...

Gillian's Prison

by Kurt Ulmer

A dramatic Australian short story with an explosive mix of passion, devotion, betrayal, violence and retribution. How far does a woman go to support her man? And what happens when love is betrayed? Gillian forgave...

Blackface Sheep

by Kurt Ulmer

How Australian sheep got their black faces.

Rainbow Thief

by Kurt Ulmer

A short story about a boy who, when the colour violet in rainbows vanishes,searches and finds the thief who has stolen also indigo and blue.

First Bite

by Kurt Ulmer

Station Pier, Port Melbourne on a cold, wet early winter’s morning in 1962 is not a welcoming place. Meat pie! I must have a meat pie. And there was the sign: ‘Four ‘n Twenty’, the meat pie I must have....

Rabbiting with Jack

by Kurt Ulmer

Be careful when you want to net rabbits in Australia. Sometimes you catch more than you bargain for.

Big John's Long War

by Kurt Ulmer

He made good on a promise to come home from the war to take care of his family. The war never ended for this poor soul.

Tourist Traps

by Kurt Ulmer

If you’re good for a laugh, wear a name badge in Tasmania. Otherwise-don’t. If your name is Smith or Jones or Williams, the tour guide will leave you alone. He picks on people named Gilberthorpe, Worthington,...