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Teen Angel
by James Hartley

Angie, a teen aged girl, was killed in a tragic accident. As a ghost she became convinced her boyfriend Dickie still loved her, so she decided to return to Earth and win him back. But her timing was a little off -- thirty years off! -- and she found him grown, married, and with teen aged daughters of his own. When she discovered she was stuck there and couldn't return, she figured there was no choice but to break up Dickie's marriage ...

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James Hartley is a former computer programmer. Originally from northern New Jersey, he now lives in sunny central Florida. "Teen Angel," a fantasy, is his first novel. He has had stories in Illusion's Transmitter, Written Word Online, Clonepod, Every Day Fiction, Lorelei Signal, KidVisions, Raygun Revival, and the "Desolate Places", "Strange Mysteries", "Book of Exodi", and "A Time To ... v3" anthologies. He is currently working on a second novel, "The Ghost of Grover's Ridge." He is a member of the IWOFA and the Dark Fiction Guild. James does all his writing on his computer, using Linux, OpenOffice, and other free and open-source software.

Free Stories by James Hartley
New story September 8, 2009 - Breakfast
New story September 5, 2009 - The Road Too Long
New story July 1, 2009 - A Proud Thing
New story June 5, 2009 - Weeds
New story April 19, 2009 - Recycled
April 19, 2009 - added audio narration of Accident Prone

The Thursday Night League has been nominated for
Best Short Fiction in the British Science Fiction Association awards
and has received an Editor Nomination for
the 2009 Million Writers Award

Other books with stories by James Hartley
Available for purchase:

"Avenge Me!" in the A Time To ... v3 anthology

"Get Those Witches" in the Strange Mysteries anthology

"Someone Is Dying" in the Desolate Places anthology

"Cauldron to the Stars" in the Book of Exodi anthology,
an audio preview of this story is available at the publisher's page