An elderly man is browsing a second hand bookshop when he discovers an inscription on the inside cover of Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World.

On the fourth day of December in 1872 a small British brig the ‘Dei Gratia’ was sailing under the captaincy of David Morehouse when he spotted another ship close by that was sailing erratically but at full sail. What happened next would result in one of the biggest maritime mysteries ever at sea.

Written 1980, this was just my 2nd play. I think it still stands up pretty good after 30 years.

A short story about a Albuquerque PI who solves a theft case for his client.
Moss Murphy the main character is a white male about 6′1" slender build, sharp
mind who got his training in the Army during Nam as an MP. He has a secret
from that war that he can’t share even with his girlfriend Elizabeth a college
professor.

Sherlock Holmes parody written before the Bell Mysteries.