Dan Murphy is a storyteller, editor, and artist raised in a river city by a lactation consultant and former mayor.
Plum Knights
When the kingdom is overrun, you learn to work for plums.
Biography
Stories
31 total
Red Night, New You
To let go, Tina might need some unknowns.
Tomatillos for the Target Demos
You’re thinking about seeing yourself again.
Lemon Yellow Moon
Janine is waiting for a scream.
Halved in Blue
Camille contemplates what’s left to halve.
Your Apocolypse
Before it’s upon you, it’s prolly best to introduce yourself.
A Narrow Escape
What if you could just slip out? What if you could disappear?
You Black Kettle
Roderick makes another him, and everything goes perfectly fine.
The Lady Upstairs
The downstairs kids get to know a little more about the upstairs lady.
MECHISLAV AND SVETLANA
When Svet and Metch dip into the salted slugs, there’s always a mess to clean up.
Back at Your Place
We meet again, under cover.
To Blave: A Re-tale
A nighttime tell-tale of a big-time bride guy with pirate eyes and outsized worm types.
Last Campaign
One final meetup in the lonesome tower on the big horizon raises the end-times stakes.
Above the Flamenco Club
Back then, sometimes the Instamatic captured the whole vibe.
Carson's Yellow Period
Carson needs a one-on-one.
Two Portraits
Rat visits lady, forcing lady to reckon with rat.
A Quarter for Delores
Delores meets her match when a quarter slips down the hatch.
Ask Brad
Brad's appetite gets the better of him.
Prequel Sequel
Some quick revisions for the new archeology movie.
Rancho Manteca
You can be an anyman on Rancho Manteca, where life is an all-out brawl.
Warming
A woman must make the most of a medium temp.
Maze Goblins: A Re-tale
A classic re-tale of the goblin-maze rescue mission for the kid brother in the over-there place.
Dictated but not Read
A memo is made for a maybe.
Raison D'être
Every little thing serves its purpose.
Wormulet
Some hotshot steals a big book and digs deep in the quest pages to keep away from the dumpster kids.
This Young Dad
This young dad in the room. This young dude with the lights out. Dancing alone, of his own volition.
Where We Feed Them Carrots
There’s a whole lot more in store in the plaid room.
Mr. Bricolage
A man makes the extra effort to live his very best with a pair of double lefts.
The Vegetable Department
Knitting fruit is demanding, but heading to the vegetable department is a whole other ball of yarn.
Rutherford Kensington
Rutherford Kensington faces his fate.
SEÑOR FLÓRMA
A man wrestles with the classics.