short stories

 
 
Coming in Late Summer '08 -- 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.
 


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.
 
GONE COASTAL: AN ANTHOLOGY BY THE CENTRAL COAST MYSTERY WRITERS

Featuring my story, "Malibu Dreamin'," GONE COASTAL offers a complete menu of mysteries from cozy to hardboiled. Whatever your taste, you'll find something to satisfy your appetite for murder and mayhem. Contributors include K.M. Kavanaugh, Sunny Frazier, Earl Staggs, Margaret Searles and others

“Gone Coastal is a delightful set of stories that will intrigue and entertain readers of mystery fiction. Like a good meal, from appetizer to flaming dessert, there is something here for everyone in this generous serving of U.S. coastal stories. A wonderful read.” — Earlene Fowler, author of the Benni Harper mysteries.

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

NEVER SAFE: STORIES OF MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE. Featuring my Derringer Award-winning story, "Capital Justice," NEVER SAFE focuses on danger. Danger is everywhere – on the streets, at work, in our homes and at play. Death may follow us where we least expect it. We long for the good old days. But were they any safer? No. Seeking comfort and safety in a lover's embrace might prove fatal.Paranoid thoughts? Hardly. How can we protect ourselves and loved ones? We can't. The awful truth hits home – we are truly NEVER SAFE.

Contributors include K.M. Kavanaugh, Kathleen Delancy, Simon Wood, Victoria Heckman and others

" Never Safe lives up to its name with dark tales of desire, madness, cruelty and despair. Gritty and gripping.”
– Carolyn Hart, author of Dead Days of Summer

To order, visit The Well Red Coyote or Seven Sisters Press