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Short Fiction & Anthologies

** These are my "general" & mystery stories. See my latest horror & zombie fiction here. **

barry manilow, crime fiction
** New - New - New!  My story, "Some Kind of Friend," (based on the song of the same name), is in the anthology, A Killing at the Copa: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Barry Manilow, edited by J. Alan Hartman. 
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   About the Story:  Clarissa Simone was lucky to fulfill her dreams of dancing at the famed Copacabana nightclub. Those dreams soon tarnished, however, when she was blamed for the shooting death of fellow dancer and former friend Mina Ruiz's mobster boyfriend at another local club, The Bar by the Harbor. But was it Clarissa's fault? 
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One Hit Wonders mystery fiction
*  In "Wildfire," (based on the song of the same name), Ginger's dreams of adopting a horse she calls Wildfire go terribly wrong. In (I Just) Died In Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders, Volume I.  * * FREE paperback shipping anywhere via publisher's page.
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* Flash and Short Fiction samples  *  
* Online crime story: "Say It With Flowers" - King's River Life 
* See some short writing tips on my site blog:
* Flat and Fluffy Writing - * Seven Deadly Sins of Writing

Older Stories:

mystery weekly magazine
steampunk romance
steampunk'd romance
time travel romance
   * "The Nearly Ruined Thanksgiving" - Becca (from my book, Girl Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie) solves who stole the missing cranberries in Mystery (Weekly) Magazine, issue 12. Nov. 2015.  (* Site has discontinued publications. BUY: Paperback on Amazon.)
    * "Kinetic Dreams" in
Hot and Steamy: Tales of Steampunk Romance from DAW Books. 
Can newly married Alva Edison help her famous brother, Thomas, (introduced in STEAMPUNK'D) return to the past and escape a threat from the future?  Amazon Print/Kindle -   B&N-Print/Nook" 
    * "Edison Kinetic Light & Steam Power" in 
STEAMPUNK'D from DAW Books. An unexpected accident has Alva Edison assisting her brother Thomas in developing some of their time's most amazing discoveries, and improving on some of H.G. Wells' work. B&N Print/Nook - Amazon Print/Kindle 
    * "A Night to Forget" in
TIMESHARES from DAW Books.  Visitors to this time travel agency can travel almost anywhere, like the woman who finds a Titanic exhibit more real than she ever expected.  B&N Print/Nook - Amazon
 
Stories in Out of Print Anthologies:
* Puppy Love & Zombies" - Young Adventurers
* "Surf's Up" - in first version, Happy Homicides 3: Summertime Crime - * Find in HH3 Box Set.
* The Songbird's Search" - Athena's Daughters
* "Perfect Timing" - The Corner Cafe: A Tasty Collection of Short Stories
​* "My Dear Mrs. Jones" - The Bitter End, Tales of Nautical Terror
* The Dream Child" - Dragons Composed
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  • Home
  • About Me
    • Contact
  • Books
  • Fiction
  • horror-zombie-fiction
    • Fiction-samples >
      • A Zombie Short Story - CA Verstraete
  • Lizzie Borden Zombie Hunter
    • Lizzie-Borden-Zombie-Hunter-2
    • Lizzie-Borden-Zombie-book-reviews
    • Lizzie-Borden-Murders
    • Zombie-Book-Games
  • Dr. Bowen Mystery - Lizzie Borden's Doctor
  • Miniatures
    • dollhouse-miniatures-projects
    • Half Scale Dollhouse
  • cool-stuff
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