Short Stories

historical mystery short stories

“Warpath”

Adultery and murder in the Adirondacks among the 17th century Mohawk Indians

Adirondack Mysteries: And Other Mountain Tales from North Country Books, October 2009

bibliography of historical research

“Maddie in the Middle”

Prohibition, West Virginia

in Medium of Murder from Red Coyote Press, 2008

“Solomon’s Wedding”

One man, two women in 1950s any town USA.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (Jan/Feb 2007)

“One for the Road”

In Prohibition Detroit, a gun moll runs afoul of bootleggers.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (Jan/Feb 2006)

“The Maidservant’s Letter”

Paris, 1742
Vincent de l’Amour, professional letter-writer, and Radnor, royal police officer

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (Jan/Feb 2004)

“Grave Doubts”

Diocese of Nantes, France, 843 A.D., Aeneas, priest and Bishop’s nephew, battles Viking ghosts

The Ghostbreakers: New Horrors (2003) anthology from Cyberpulp, available POD from Lulu