ANTHOLOGIES
"There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place.” ― J.K. Rowling
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PASSPORT TO MURDER
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CAROLINA CRIMES
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MYSTERY MOST HISTORICAL
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Who hasn't felt like a fish out of water at some point in life? This story follows Gin and Diamond, twins who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks.
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I always wondered what it would be like to find a message in a bottle. What would it say? Who would have written it? In this story, my protagonist Odie Dinkle has to figure out just that.
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A snowbound house, a room full of suspects, with a murderer among them. In this story I tried to include all the elements of the classic mysteries I grew up reading.
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DESTINATION MYSTERY
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FISH OR CUT BAIT
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MAGAZINE & EZINES
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” ― Stephen King
WOMAN'S WORLD - A Thieving Masseuse (August 5, 2019)
BLACK CAT MYSTERY MAGAZINE - Mud Season (issue 4, January 2019)
THAT'S LIFE! WEEKLY - The Christmas Spirit (December 2018)
OVER MY DEAD BODY - The Surprise (May 2015)
WOMAN'S WEEKLY - Baby Steps (July 2010)
WOMAN'S WORLD - A Matched Pair (September 2009)
WOMAN'S WORLD - Schooled in Murder (August 2009)
PEOPLE'S FRIEND - Fragile Beginnings (April 2009)
THAT'S LIFE, FAST FICTION - The Lightkeeper (October 2008)
THAT'S LIFE, FAST FICTION - Raspberry Fields (March 2006)
My first short story sale was July 1992 to TRUE ROMANCE magazine. Pat Byrdsong was the editor. She called my house, back before cell phones, and left a message with my mother. When I got home I called her back. Yes, they put me right through to her! And she told me she loved my story and they would like to buy it. I went on to sell 8 more stories to the TRUE magazines including: TRUE EXPERIENCE, TRUE STORY, TRUE LOVE, and TRUE CONFESSIONS. There were about 16 other stories after that which sold to various anthologies and magazines.
“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit