short stories

 

Now Available! THE ROSE IN THE SNOW: TALES OF MISCHIEF AND MAYHEM. A collection of thirteen of my short stories...some are new, some are my old favorites, and two are Derringer Award winners. Click to read more.

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Many of my longer stories are now available on Fictionwise. Visit Fictionwise if you'd like to read those. But some of my flash stories are available to read here. Click for my Story Archives.

If you read German, a number of my stories appear in German-language anthologies from Gerstenberg Verlag. They include Bei Ankunft Mord, Mord zwischen Messer & Gabel, Mord in Grünen and Mord Zum Dessert. Another is on the way -- more later about that. To order any of these, visit the Gerstenberg site

If you like to download audio fiction, my story "My World -- You're Welcome to it" is now available for download on Sniplits.

 
 
         

Coming in May '08 from Red Coyote Press:

MEDIUM OF MURDER: ORIGINAL STORIES OF MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE

Featuring my story, "Hocus Pocus on Friday the 13th"

Also featuring stories by Sarah Parkin, John Randall Williams, D.B. Reddick, Susan Budavari, Carole Sojka, Suzanne Harding, Gary Earl Ross, Gay Toltl Kinman, Gigi Vernon, Suzanne Flaig, Diana Catt, Warren Bull, Nancy Streukens, Frank Zafiro, Howard Carron, Judy Starbuck, and Rachelle Yeaman.

 
 
         
       
 
MAP OF MURDER: ORIGINAL STORIES OF MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE — Winner of the National Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards - Short Story Fiction.

Featuring my story, "Audition for Murder," MAP OF MURDER also contains stories by S.J. Smith, R.L. Coffield, Judy Starbuck, Suzanne Flaig, Susan Budavari and many others.

Kit Ehrman, author of the Steve Cline mystery series, says of it: "Buckle up for a suspenseful road trip full of mystery and mayhem."

To order, visit The Well Red Coyote or Red Coyote Press.