C.O.D : A Bible-quoting investigator investigates the lynching of a union agitator.
Nominated for the Anthony Award for Best Short Story.
Ciro the Fox and the Treasure in the Mountains: A mafioso is sent west for a ‘vacation.’ What he thinks is a quick score, hidden in the mountains, isn’t.
Where All The Bodies Are Buried: Someone’s in Olive Goodrich’s grave, and it isn’t her A widower and cemetery caretaker and his wolfdog Cerberus solve a mystery.
Burnt Ends: A barbecued delicacy isn’t the only thing New Orleans has to offer visitors. A stranger comes to town to settle business that one world war and a pandemic interrupted years before. Nominated for the Anthony and Derringer Awards for Best Short Story.
Elysian Fields: Justice was never colorblind, not in Los Angeles. Winner of the 2021 MacCavity Award for Best Short Story. Nominated for the Agatha and Anthony Awards for Best Short Story 2020.
Goodbye, Beautiful: A tale of political interference, inspired by events during the historical 1948 Italian election. Charity anthology benefits the
Star of the Sea: Two fishermen board an abandoned ship, only to learn they are not alone. Charity anthology benefits the .
The Last Royal: A buck tabloid reporter scores an interview with the last of Hollywood royalty.
Monsters Don’t Sleep at Night: The seminal Police Strike of 1919 in Boston is around the corner, and an Irish cop realizes surviving the daily grind isn’t very different than the battlefields he left behind in Europe. A anthology for .
Popcorn: A legendary moonshiner visits ’s in Hillsborough, North Carolina for an interview.
First Day of the Year: An opinionated food critic doesn’t show up his daily jog with a friend. A mystery ensues. A anthology.
Sardines: Old friends meet up for dinner. One has a secret and the other has a request. A childhood game turns very adult, and very lethal. A anthology for .
Saving Grace: The fierce New England winter and Native Americans are not the only thing colonists set on revenge have to fear when they venture into the woods. A anthology for .
Clean Windows: Everyone knows of Lizzie Borden. This story that reveals what really happened on that fateful day in Fall River, Massachusetts. A anthology for .
Don’t Tell: Daddy’s little girl has an issue with the most important man in her life.