William F. Aicher: Independent Author

Paint By Numbers (A Short Story)

A boy’s birthday is a special day. But for Danny Lansman, this day was no ordinary birthday. On this June the 23rd, Danny Lansman hit a milestone. The big one. Double digits. And with that milestone came the one thing

Happiness in Nothing (A Short Story)

Every night at 11:17 p.m., Johnny would fall asleep. He’d sink down into the mattress of the twin-sized bed of his little cabin in the woods. As he descended and sleep came, the world around him disappeared. The forest. The

Frosting: A Free Surreal Short Story

Sofia licked the frosting from her fingertips. Two minutes ago, the cupcake had been there in her hands, borne of a strange conflagration of flour and sugar and god knows what else. Eggs. Probably eggs. And butter. Animals in the

Read This Book: ‘Diary of an Oxygen Thief’ by Anonymous (Book Review)

“I like hurting girls.” That’s how Diary of An Oxygen Thief by “Anonymous” begins. And from a lot of the reviews of this book that I read before picking up a copy of my own, it sure seems like that’s about

My “Poetry and Other Musings” Are Now Online and Free to Read

Though I primarily consider myself an author of novels and short stories, I (like many others) also write poetry and other notes and random musings as a way to express myself creatively. Up until now, I’ve mostly kept these “raw”

‘Fairy Tale Ending’ – My First Creepy Little “Novelette” Is Now Available!

What happens when a writer with a penchant for suspense, who also happens to be the father of three boys reads ‘Goldilocks’ as a bedtime story to his youngest son? He thinks to himself “You know what would be cool?