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”ย  – Day of the Dark: Stories of Eclipseย  (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)
  • โ€œLesson Learnedโ€œ โ€“ Terrible Twosdays โ€“ Akashic Books (March 2016)
  • โ€œGracieโ€™s Bucket Listโ€ โ€“ Over My Dead Body! (December 2015)
  • โ€œViolet Eyesโ€ โ€“ Over My Dead Body! (December 2015)
  • โ€œHe Didnโ€™t Go With Herโ€ โ€“ Birmingham Arts Journal (October 2015)
  • โ€œThis is Where I Buried My Wivesโ€œ โ€“ Bethlehem Writers Roundtable (September/October 2015)
  • โ€œExoticโ€ โ€“ Kings River Life Magazine (2015)
  • โ€œPower Playโ€ โ€“ Birmingham Arts Journal (February 2015)
  • โ€œGrandmaโ€™s Gardenโ€ โ€“ reprinted Texas Gardener, SEEDS (January 2015)
  • โ€œHot and Coldโ€ โ€“ Kings River Life โ€“ (November 2014)
  • โ€œChocolate Velvet Pie Recipeโ€ โ€“ Bake, Love, Write (2014)
  • โ€œThanksgiving in Moderationโ€ โ€“ The Killer Wore Cranberry: a Fourth Meal of Mayhem (October 2014)
  • โ€œEarly Frostโ€ โ€“ The Birmingham Arts Journal (April 2014)
  • โ€œWho Dat? Dat the Indian Chief!โ€ โ€“ Mardi Gras Murder (2014)
  • โ€œThe Rabbiโ€™s Wife Stayed Homeโ€œ โ€“ Mysterical-E โ€“ Mystericale.com (April 2014)
  • โ€œA Political Cornucopiaโ€œ โ€“ Bethlehem Writers Roundtable (November 2013)
  • โ€œMemeโ€™s Placeโ€ โ€“ It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (August 2012)
  • โ€œGrandmaโ€™s Gardenโ€œ โ€“ Alabama Writers Conclave Short Fiction Award Winner published โ€“ www.Alalit.com (August 2012 โ€“ pg. 129)
  • โ€œLegal Magicโ€œ โ€“ AWC Humor Award – www.Alalit.com (2011 โ€“ p. 110)
  • โ€œMalicious Mischiefโ€ โ€“ 2010 Chattahoochee Valley Writerโ€™s Conference Short Story Competition Award
  • โ€œMore Hugs, Less Fear” โ€“ MORE Magazine Online (April 2010)
  • โ€œMaybe I Should Hug Youโ€ โ€” 2009 Alabama Writerโ€™s Conclave Nonfiction Award

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