Short Stories

Short Stories and Non-Fiction

“Red Hats and Cummerbunds,” Tales from the Golden State of Mind (May 2023)
“So Beautiful, or So What,” Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon (October 2022)
“Death in the Hand of the Tongue,” An Element of Mystery: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Tales of Intrigue (September 2022)
“The Girls in Cabin Three,” Black Cat Mystery Magazine #12 (August 2022)
“Say It With Flowers,” Texas Gardener’s SEEDS (January 2022)
“Bucket List Dreams,” Murder by the Glass: Cocktail Mysteries (September 2021)
“Biff’s Place,” Jukes & Tonks: Crime Fiction Inspired by Music in the Dark and Suspect Choices (April 2021)
“Wabbit’s Carat,” 2020 Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Writing Competition Honorable mention published by Bethlehem Writers Roundtable – Winter 2021.
“Forensic Magic,” Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories (December 2020)
“Harvey and the Red-Head,” The Eyes of Texas: Private Eyes from the Panhandle (October 2019)
“Pig Lickin’ Good,” Malice Domestic Mystery Most Edible ( May 2019) – 2020 Derringer Short Story Finalist
“The Dinner Gift,” Bethlehem Writers Roundtable – 2018 Short Story Competition Award Winner – Honorable Mention – (January 2019)
“Christmas with the Shark,” The Birmingham Arts Journal (Summer 2018)
“Day After Thanksgiving Soup,” Mystery Weekly (November 2017)
“Fear, Passion, and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine,” Southern Writers Magazine – T Suite (August 18, 2017)
“A Golden Eclipse” – Day of the Dark: Stories of Eclipse (July 2017)
“The Night They Burned Ms. Dixie’s Place” – Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine (May/June 2017) – 2018 Agatha and Anthony Finalist
“Good-bye Nora Ephron” – Dearly Beloved – (March 2017)
“A Garden for Adonis” – SEEDS – (January 11, 2017)
“Thanksgiving I Do, I Don’t” – Kings River Life (November 2016)/reprinted Cooked to Death IV: Cold Cut Files (March 2019)
“Lesson Learned“ – Terrible Twosdays – Akashic Books (March 2016)
“Gracie’s Bucket List” – Over My Dead Body! (December 2015)
“Violet Eyes” – Over My Dead Body! (December 2015)
“He Didn’t Go With Her” – Birmingham Arts Journal (October 2015)
“This is Where I Buried My Wives“ – Bethlehem Writers Roundtable (September/October 2015)
“Exotic” – Kings River Life Magazine (2015)
“Power Play” – Birmingham Arts Journal (February 2015)
“Grandma’s Garden” – reprinted Texas Gardener, SEEDS (January 2015)
“Hot and Cold” – Kings River Life – (November 2014)
“Chocolate Velvet Pie Recipe” – Bake, Love, Write (2014)
“Thanksgiving in Moderation” – The Killer Wore Cranberry: a Fourth Meal of Mayhem (October 2014)
“Early Frost” – The Birmingham Arts Journal (April 2014)
“Who Dat? Dat the Indian Chief!” – Mardi Gras Murder (2014)
“The Rabbi’s Wife Stayed Home“ – Mysterical-E – Mystericale.com (April 2014)
“A Political Cornucopia“ – Bethlehem Writers Roundtable (November 2013)
“Meme’s Place” – It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (August 2012)
“Grandma’s Garden“ – Alabama Writers Conclave Short Fiction Award Winner published – www.Alalit.com (August 2012 – pg. 129)
“Legal Magic“ – AWC Humor Award – www.Alalit.com (2011 – p. 110)
“Malicious Mischief” – 2010 Chattahoochee Valley Writer’s Conference Short Story Competition Award
“More Hugs, Less Fear” – MORE Magazine Online (April 2010)
“Maybe I Should Hug You” — 2009 Alabama Writer’s Conclave Nonfiction Award

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