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Just Desserts in Pulphouse Magazine Issue #9

If you like stories that are a little…different…this magazine is for you. Pulphouse Magazine is not specific to any genre, but it is specific to having great stories with a bit of a twist.

I have the great pleasure of seeing one of my stories – Just Desserts, the very first story in my Ghost Detective series – in issue #9!

Pulphouse Magazine Issue #9

There will be more Ghost Detective stories in Pulphouse – quite a few of them, in fact!

The print version should be available shortly and the ebook is already ready for download in all the right places. You can find it right here.

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All Short Stories at $0.99

I’ve set the price of all my short stories to $0.99 for the duration of the current confinement, however long that might last. So if you’re looking for some short and easy reading while waiting for the world to go back to normal, maybe give one of them a try!

Unexpected Consequences (Young Adult Urban Fantasy)

Size Matters (Adventure)

Out of Sight (Mystery)

First Impressions (Young Adult Mystery)

The Vanguard (Weird Science Fiction)

Gertrude and the Trojan Horse (Mystery)

Sitting Duck (Mystery)

Quarantine (Science Fiction, Lollapalooza #1)

Common Enemies (Science Fiction, Lollapalooza #2)

Two’s Company (Mystery)

Let Them Eat Cake (Young Adult Mystery)

Critters (Mystery)

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Unexpected Consequences: An Urban Fantasy Short Story

Another short story but in a new genre: urban fantasy. It’s set in Grenoble, where I lived for one year when I was in high school. It was fun to be back for the duration of a story!

Unexpected Consequences

Greg has had it with his parents fighting. He’s had
enough of being blamed and criticized for everything.

Greg wants a new life. Preferably one without his father.

And the bubbles in Grenoble promise just that.

 

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Common Enemies: A Lollapalooza Short Story

Another short story that I published without any sort of fanfare. We’re back with the Lollapalooza and their search for a crew…

Common Enemies

Yosu Gaal is very reluctantly in charge of recruiting a new crew for the Lollapalooza.

One of the new hires, a pink-haired mechanic named Anouk Roux, turns out to have an even more interesting history than her resumé implies.

A history that Yosu knows all too well.

 

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Two’s Company: A Mystery Short Story

This short story has actually been out a while but it’s possible I forgot to announce it here on the website… So, anyway. Another mystery short story set in Norway, in one of those remote places that I like so much.

Two’s Company

Officer Belamy travels to a tiny island on the Norwegian coast to help clear up the murder of a French citizen.

The island offers an awful boat ride, tall, blond Norwegian police officers, and a talkative lady desperate for company.

And silence. Lots of silence.

 

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Size Matters: An Adventurous Short Story

When I finished this story, I couldn’t figure out the genre. I usually write Mystery, but that wasn’t it. There’s also some Science Fiction, but this is definitely not Science Fiction. So basically? It’s a story… With some adventure, so that’s what I’m going  with.

I hope you’ll enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it!

Size Matters

Somebody thought it would be a good idea to bring me kayaking. This someone is at least a head taller than me, is a great swimmer, and doesn’t have an irrational fear of water.

Just like everybody else in the group.

If I survive this trip, I might need a new group of friends.

 

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Gertrude and the Trojan Horse: A Geriatric Short Story

I have no idea how this story popped into my head, but once I got going, I certainly had fun with it – as did Gertrude!

I guess it’s a Mystery, since there is a crime and the search for justice. But mostly…it’s an old lady using new technology to troll people she doesn’t like.

Gertrude and the Trojan Horse

Gertrude has a lifetime of experience in trolling the trolls.

Internet presents an infinite number of tools, only a click away. Especially with her grand-daughter’s help.

Today’s target: a young man praying on the elderly because of their lack of computer smarts.

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Quarantine: A Lollapalooza Short Story

Another Science Fiction story! Like The Vanguard, it’s a little weird, but not as weird…

For inspiration for this story, I sat down with my Thesaurus and picked out two random words. I got lollapalooza (which was really fun but impossible to place) and quarantine (which apparently got my writing juices running).

Let me know what you think!

Quarantine

The majority of her crew having perished in a flu outbreak, Captain Kovak is in desperate need of a friendly port.

She finds a planet on the map with the tags fuel and crew for hire, figuring she’s home safe.

Until she ends up quarantined.

 

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First Impressions: A Young Adult Mystery Short Story

Here comes yet another short story. This one is a Young Adult story, but that shouldn’t stop the not-so-young adults from reading it!

I wrote the story in September, when the kids went back to school. It’s possible that the teacher’s name is weirdly similar to my daughter’s teacher – but the similarities stops there!

Anyway…let me know what you think!

Being the new girl in school is never fun.

I’m used to it, though. Spotting potential new friends, identifying the cliques to avoid, figuring out the school’s layout… Been there, done that.

Being accused of murder before the first class even starts? That’s new.

 

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Out of Sight: A Mystery Short Story

The next short story is out! Inspired by householding tasks, of all things…

Out of Sight

A Mystery Short Story

If Christine doesn’t leave the vacuum cleaner out after having vacuumed, her husband won’t realize she did the work.

If there’s no proof, he’ll be completely blind to any householding tasks she’s done.

Among other things.

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