Hi! I’m Jim Heskett, and I write stories about outsiders who fight crime.
In my career, I’ve mostly written novels that blend espionage, mystery, and suspense into crime thrillers.
But, I’ve written lots of short fiction, and my bite-sized stories run the gamut of thriller, comedy, satire, coming-of-age drama, and more. Much of it has a zany, satirical Wes Anderson style.
If you only want to see the thriller stuff, click here. But, I hope you’ll read them all.
I’ll be publishing new stories from time to time on this page, completely for free. Some old, some new, and some exclusive to this blog. So if you want to know when they come out, drop your email in the field below.
Thanks, and enjoy!
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Being Gary Wingo: a Comedy Short Story
Once upon a time, I had a new phone number. I repeatedly got calls for the wrong number. For months. Collect calls from jail, random people, text messages. Later, I found out... well, you'll see. Here's Being Gary Wingo, an experimental comedy story loosely based on [...clicky!...]
Squirrel Massacre (a zany thriller)
What would you do if you came back from vacation to find a monstrosity across the street in the neighbor's yard? You start a war, that's what you do. 3400 words. ___________ Squirrel Massacre ~I~ Herb always drove too fast in the neighborhood. Even with those [...clicky!...]
Thigh High: a thriller short story [Serena Rojas]
An operation gone wrong leads to a life-or-death situation in a dark cave. Serena Rojas stars in THIGH HIGH, a thriller short story. 2200 words. ___________ She checked the wound in her side as she bent down and opened the box. Her flashlight was almost dead. [...clicky!...]
Drinking Game: thriller short story [Layne & Serena]
A harmless whiskey-guzzling contest turns into a tense question and answer session. Layne Parrish and Serena Rojas star in DRINKING GAME, a thriller-ish short story exclusive to this blog. This is the only place you'll ever find this free story! 1900 words. ___________ Layne Parrish sat back [...clicky!...]
Salt Shaker (Layne Parrish thriller short)
Layne Parrish stars in five thriller stories I wrote that all start with the same situation... he walks into a restaurant in a little mountain town. And then, each story branches off into its own thing. This is one of those short stories. This is 1600 [...clicky!...]
To Build a Helicopter (drama/comedy short story)
If you've never built a LEGO helicopter while on cocaine, this story will give you the exact same experience... (2,300 words) ___________ To Build a Helicopter She’s in the back bedroom, laughing. Maybe she thinks her voice won’t travel past the kitchen and into the living [...clicky!...]