Dbpatterson Stories

After the passing of an old friend, author D. B. Patterson describes a preternatural experience that aided him through the grieving process.

"Start, Stopwatch" is the first chapter of the novel Epiphany Man. Accidental celebrity-in-residence Jonathan Christakos has been a Tarpon Springs legend since his parents drowned the week he was born. The rare brain cancer that nearly killed him as a teen is back. But now that he's on the wrong side of 40, his chances of survival are close to zero. How he'll navigate his last six months on earth is anybody's guess, but he won't go gentle into that good night. All his life he's been a lightning rod for the good, bad, and ugly things that have happened in and around the Sponge Capital of the Word. Lives, fortunes, and fates have changed because of his touch, his love, his ruin. Don't be surprised if there's an 11th-hour reprieve from Heaven by the time January rolls around. Epiphany is a sacred time of year for the Greek residents of Tarpon Springs, and Jon Christakos is long overdue a miracle or two.

A chilling short tale of a strange diamond and a moment of rage that twist the fates of two brothers. Fans of Shirley Jackson and W. W. Jacobs will likely enjoy this spine-tingler.

Two transients, a dead thief in a Santa costume, a sack filled with Tiffany gift boxes, and a freezing alley on Christmas. It's "The Little Match Girl" for the millennial generation.

Author and father D. B. Patterson claims to have an Old Soul for a daughter, two-and-a-half-year-old Sophia.