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?

New Interview on My Writing Process and ‘The Unfortunate Expiration of Mr. David S. Sparks’

The other day I sat down with fellow writer, Liv Archer, to answer a few questions about my writing process and the evolution of my novel ‘The Unfortunate Expiration of Mr. David S. Sparks.’ She asked quite a few great