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)
- โLesson Learnedโ โ Terrible Twosdays โ Akashic Books (March 2016)
- โGracieโs Bucket Listโ โ Over My Dead Body! (December 2015)
- โViolet Eyesโ โ Over My Dead Body! (December 2015)
- โHe Didnโt Go With Herโ โ Birmingham Arts Journal (October 2015)
- โThis is Where I Buried My Wivesโ โ Bethlehem Writers Roundtable (September/October 2015)
- โExoticโ โ Kings River Life Magazine (2015)
- โPower Playโ โ Birmingham Arts Journal (February 2015)
- โGrandmaโs Gardenโ โ reprinted Texas Gardener, SEEDS (January 2015)
- โHot and Coldโ โ Kings River Life โ (November 2014)
- โChocolate Velvet Pie Recipeโ โ Bake, Love, Write (2014)
- โThanksgiving in Moderationโ โ The Killer Wore Cranberry: a Fourth Meal of Mayhem (October 2014)
- โEarly Frostโ โ The Birmingham Arts Journal (April 2014)
- โWho Dat? Dat the Indian Chief!โ โ Mardi Gras Murder (2014)
- โThe Rabbiโs Wife Stayed Homeโ โ Mysterical-E โ Mystericale.com (April 2014)
- โA Political Cornucopiaโ โ Bethlehem Writers Roundtable (November 2013)
- โMemeโs Placeโ โ It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (August 2012)
- โGrandmaโs Gardenโ โ Alabama Writers Conclave Short Fiction Award Winner published โ www.Alalit.com (August 2012 โ pg. 129)
- โLegal Magicโ โ AWC Humor Award – www.Alalit.com (2011 โ p. 110)
- โMalicious Mischiefโ โ 2010 Chattahoochee Valley Writerโs Conference Short Story Competition Award
- โMore Hugs, Less Fear” โ MORE Magazine Online (April 2010)
- โMaybe I Should Hug Youโ โ 2009 Alabama Writerโs Conclave Nonfiction Award
Anthologies
- Murder by the Glass: Cocktail Mysteries
- Jukes & Tonks: Crime Fiction Inspired by Music in the Dark and Suspect Choices
- Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories
- The Eyes of Texas: Private Eyes from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods
- Cooked to Death: Vol. IV – Cold Cut Files
- Mardi Gras Murder
- The Killer Wore Cranberry: a Fourth Meal of Mayhem
- It Was a Dark and Stormy Night