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Laura M. Hartman

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Read my short story in The Killer Wore Cranberry: A Second Helping. Available at Untread Reads (http://store.untreedreads.com) and on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com)

My other works have appeared in Flashshot, Eclips Ezine and Penwomanship Magazine. My short stories are available in Tree Magic, a Sunshine Press CD Anthology and on http://www.sniplits.com.

A Woman’s Touch: 11 Short Stories of Murder and Misdemeanors includes my short story “Crazy”, download from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com.

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	The Killer Wore Cranberry: A Second Helping by J. Alan Hartman (Editor), Arthur C. Carey, John Weagly (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Woman's Touch: 11 Stories of Murder and Misdemeanors by Anne Stuessy (Editor), Libby Fischer Hellmann (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), M.M. De Voe 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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