Already Published Short Stories
"Cruise from Helheim"
Published May 23, 2023
Former celebrity chef Jackie Norwood sets sail on a budget, Norse-themed cruise line to
judge a seafood festival. With high stakes and cutthroat competitors, it doesn’t take very long
until things get fishy.
Included in Destination Murders Murder at Sea Anthology
"Courting Disaster"
Published in August, 2022
A story about Merlin and his manipulation of King Arthur's Court.
Included in Chesapeake Crimes Magic is Murder anthology in August 2022.
"Follow Your Nose"
Published April 2022
Lauren Chase and her dog Tigger are learning a new sport: nose work. This allows Tigger to use his keen sense of smell to find odors like anise, clove, and birch. But this time, he needs to use his nose to find a missing teenager.
Included in Harbor Humane Big Fang anthology in April 2022.
"One Flew Over the Cocoa's Nest"
Published on February 1, 2022
A blizzard interrupts former celebrity chef Jackie Norwood’s from judging a Hot Cocoa festival at a Utah ski resort. Murder makes it even worse. Included in Destination Murders Murder in the Mountains anthology
"The Frog Days of Summer"
Former celebrity chef Jackie Norwood’s attempt to revive her career goes badly when murder interrupts a food festival on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana. Included in Destination Murders Murder on the Beach anthology
"The Trouble with Open Ended Invitations"
"The Trouble with Open Ended Invitations"
"The Trouble with Open Ended Invitations"
Published on Oct. 6, 2020
by Chesapeake Crimes and Wildside Press
"And Then There Were Paradoxes"
"The Trouble with Open Ended Invitations"
"The Trouble with Open Ended Invitations"
Published Dec. 8, 2019
(International Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day)
by Barb Goffman and Wildside Press
"Curiosity Killed The Cat Lady"
"The Trouble with Open Ended Invitations"
"Curiosity Killed The Cat Lady"
Published March 26, 2018
by Chesapeake Crimes and Wildside Press
"Dead Men Tell No Tales"
"Dead Men Tell No Tales"
"Curiosity Killed The Cat Lady"
Nominee for 2015 Derringer Short Story Award
Published Sept. 24, 2014
by Chesapeake Crimes and Wildside Press
"Miked for Murder"
"Dead Men Tell No Tales"
"Miked for Murder"
Published July 11, 2012
by Chesapeake Crimes and Wildside Press
