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  1. Harming Obsession:
  2. Out of the Blue: The Archives of Arrissia, 23 House (eBook anthology – “Make a Wish” Foundation fundraiser)
  3. Ghost Ship: Suddenly IV, Jackie Pelham, ed., Martin House Press, August, 2001.
  4. Harder
    • Dark Funeral, April 2001
    • Peep Show, November 2001
  5. Replay: Royal Aspirations III, Catalyst Press, April 2002
  6. Before the Fall:
  7. Answer Me:The Murder Hole, September 2002
  8. Time and Tide
  9. Dig In: Judas e-zine, November 2002
  10. Death of a Lover: The 3rd Degree, November 2002
  11. The Short, Sad Life of a Blue Ceramic Bowl: Suddenly V (2003), Jackie Pelham, ed., Martin House Press.
  12. The Rendezvous: Scorched Wings #3, July 2003
  13. Something in Store:
  14. Missing Evvie: The Murder Hole, September 2003
  15. The Doorbell Rang: Dark Krypt, October/November 2003
  16. One of Those Weeks:
  17. Everyone Comes to Rex, In the Outposts of Beyond, November  2003
  18. What David Was Doing When the Lights Went Out
  19. Diver Down
  20. Aeolian Winds, To Troy and Back: An Anthology of Very Short Stories, Essays and Poems Inspired by The Works of Homer, Daniel & Daniel Publishers, January, 2004
  21. The Lady of Lost Lake
  22. Unknown Soldier, All Hallows #36, June 2004
  23. Kane’s Mutiny, Fedora III, Wildside Press, Fall 2004
  24. Music Hath Charms, Amatory Ink, March 2005
  25. Special Delivery
  26. Your Shoes
  27. Motel Hell, Red Scream magazine, Spring 2005
  28. Two Hands, Then Four
    • 2nd place winner, Darkness Descending short story contest
  29. The Smell of Fear, Corpse Blossoms, 2005
  30. Eliza, Here and Now #7, 2006
  31. Garden of Earthly Delights Damned Nation, Hellbound Books, January 2006
  32. Looking Glass (round robin novella), Cemetery Dance Signature Series, 2006
  33. The Deer of St. Barts, Shivers IV, 2006
  34. False Witness
  35. Sufficiently Advanced, Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest, issue 9, March 2007
  36. Sturm und Drang, A Dark and Deadly Valley, Silverthought Press, June 2007
  37. Leap Second, Doctor Who, Destination: Prague, Big Finish Productions Ltd., June 2007
  38. Screaming Jenny, Legends of the Mountain State: Ghostly Tales from the State of West Virginia, Woodland Press, October 2007
  39. Talking Old Solider, Espresso Fiction, October 16, 2007
  40. Popup Killer, Gratia Placenti, Apex Publications, December 1, 2007
  41. In a Country Churchyard
  42. Change of Plans, Nossa Morte #2, February 2008
  43. Overtoun Bridge
  44. Rule Number One, The Blue Religion, edited by Michael Connelly, Back Bay Books, April 14, 2008
  45. A Post-apostrophic Tale, Jack Haringa Must Die!, Merricat Publications, May 2008
  46. Groundwood
  47. The View From The Top
  48. Wake Me Up For Meals
  49. Ten Little Phobias, Afterburn SF, May 2009
  50. Charlie’s Voice, Story Station, July 2009
  51. Bed & Breakfast, New Love Stories, Fall 2009
  52. A Murder of Vampires
  53. Knock ’em Dead
  54. Silvery Moon
  55. Purgatory Noir, When the Night Comes Down, Dark Arts Press, March 2010
  56. The Fingernail Test, Close Encounters of the Urban Kind, April 2010
  57. Zombies on a Plane,
  58. Centralia is Still Burning
  59. The Bank Job, Thin Ice, Level Best Books, November 2010
  60. Chain Reaction, New Scientist’s CultureLab, December 2010
  61. It Is the Tale
  62. Matthias Comes Home From the War, AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review, 2011
  63. Red Planet, Evolve Two – Vampire Stories of the Future Undead, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, August 2011
  64. Blue Plume, The Mothman Files, September 2011
  65. The Crane House (round robin novella), Cemetery Dance, April 2012
  66. The Case of the Tell-tale Black Cat of Amontillado (with Zombies and an Ourang-Outang), The Spirit of Poe, Literary Landmark Press, 2012
  67. Therapy
  68. Sitting Up with the Dead
  69. Severance Package, Shivers VII, Cemetery Dance Publications,  August 2013
  70. Road Rage, Chilling Tales 2: In Words Alas Drown I, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, Fall 2013
  71. The Honey Trap
  72. Phantosmia, AE Micro 2014, April 2014
  73. The Boy in the White Sheet, October Dreams II, March 2015
  74. The Bottle of Red Zinfandel, Sci Phi Journal, Issue 6, 2015
  75. Phase Shift, X-files: The Truth Is Out There, March 2016
  76. Truth or Dare?, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, Necon E-books, July 2017
  77. Pain-Man, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, July/August 2017
  78. The Halloween Tree
  79. Sticky Business,  Snowbound: The Best New England Crime Stories 2017Level Best Books, November 2017
  80. The Illusion, The Shadow Over Deathlehem, Grinning Skull Press, December 2017
  81. Ray and the Martian, Fantastic Tales of Terror, Crystal Lake Publishing, October 2018
  82.  Aeliana
  83. The Shrieking Woman
    • Shivers VIII, Cemetery Dance Publications, April 2019
    • “Die Kreischende Frau” – Shivers VIII, Cemetery Dance Germany, February 2019
    • “La Donna Urlante” – Shivers, Cut-Up (Italy), September 2019
  84. The Dungarvon Whooper, Nothing’s Sacred Volume 5, April 2019
  85. The Invisible Man, A Time for Violence, Near to the Knuckle Press, May 2019
  86. The Patience of Kane, The Eyes of Texas: Private Eyes from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods, Down and Out Books, October 21, 2019
  87. Game Seven, Across the Universe, Gray Rabbit Publications,  December 2019
  88. Expiration Date, The Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths, Mango, June 16, 2020
  89. Kane and the Candidate, Low Down Dirty Vote, Volume II, July 4, 2020
  90. The Hound of Bracketville, Places We Fear to Tread, September 2020
  91. Halloween Funeral, Something Good to Eat, September 28, 2020
  92. The Fugitive with the Dragon Tattoo, Black  Cat Mystery Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 3, October 2020
  93. Bloody Sunday, The Book of Extraordinary Sherlock Holmes Stories, Mango, November 2020
  94. Reflections of the Past, Mickey Finn, December 14, 2020
  95. The Lobster Trap, Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories, Level Best Books, December 15, 2020
  96. An Invisible Christmas Spectacular, Halldark Holidays, Cemetery Gates Media, December 2020
  97. The Ogilvy Affair, Amazon, January 5, 2021
  98. Tupilaq, The Cemetery Gates Society, January 13, 2021
  99. The Dead of Winter, Dissonant Harmonies, Cemetery Dance Publications, April 2021
  100. Blaze of Glory, Voices of Varuna, June 5, 2021
  101. Superspreader, 99 Tiny Terrors, Pulse Publishing, 2021
  102. The Vacuum Gang, Die Laughing: An Anthology Of Humorous Mysteries, Mystery Weekly, Summer 2021
  103. Escape Velocity, Autumn Noir: An Unsettling Reads Anthology, October 2021
  104. The Vengeance, Smoke in the Stars, Hawks Barrow Press, October 2021
  105. The House of Sad Sounds, Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, Vol. 6, Stygian Sky Media LLC, December 2021
  106. Kane and Averill, Black Cat Weekly #18, January 2022
  107. Kane’s Theory, Low Down Dirty Vote, Volume III: The Color of My Vote, May 2022
  108. Double Play, Summer Bludgeon: An Unsettling Reads Anthology, June 21, 2022
  109. Kane’s Alibi, The Book of Extraordinary Femme Fatale Stories, Mango, July 12, 2022
  110. Date Night, Picnic in the Graveyard, Cemetery Gates Media, 2022
  111. The Unburied Past, The First Line, Vol 24, Issue 2, Summer 2022
  112. Cold Case, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Vol. 3 No. 4 (#12), 2022
  113. Death Sentence, Black Cat Weekly #51, August 2022
  114. Something Strange, Land of 10000 Crimes, September 2022
  115. A Grave Issue, FOUND: An anthology of found footage horror stories, October 8, 2022
  116. When an Alien Calls, Campfire Macabre Volume 2, Cemetery Gates Media, October 2022
  117. Good Neighbors, Gone, Red Dog Press, November 2022
  118. The Lagrange Point, Fans Are Buried Tales, Crazy 8 Press, November 2022
  119. A Woman Called Rage, The Place Where Everyone’s Name is Fear, Anxiety/Outcast Press, December 28, 2022
  120. Life Saver, Still of Winter, February 2023
  121. A Girl and Her Dog, Shortwave Magazine, Feb 8, 2023
  122. Chapter 2, Sunny Pines (round robin novella), Cemetery Dance Publications, March 2023
  123. The River Heights Ripper, Black Cat Weekly #84, April 2023
  124. Crocodile Tears, More Groovy Gumshoes, Down and Out Books, April 2023
  125. His Father’s Son, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, July/August 2023
  126. Freya Goes Viral, Mirrors Reflecting Shadows, July 29, 2023
  127. Grand-Père’s Last Transmission, Rhapsody of the Spheres, Third Flatiron Publishing, August 15, 2023
  128. Jurisdiction, The Perfectly Fine Neighborhood, September 2023
  129. Turning to Stone, Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, Vol. 8, Hellbound Books, 2023
  130. Gemini, Mickey Finn Volume 4, December 11, 2023
  131. Helen Wheels, The Binge-Watching Cure III, Claren Books, December 16, 2023
  132. Somebody’s Watching, (I Just) Died In Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders, Volume I, January 2024
  133. The Cheshire Cats, Quantum Shorts, January 2024
  134. Houston, We Have a Problem, TBA, 2024
  135. Payback, A Killing Rain, April 2024
  136. The Voynich Manuscript, TBA, April 2024
  137. In The Box, Killer Crimes, Cemetery Dance Publications, TBA

Series

Short story series

The Benjamin Kane stories

The Inept Criminals stories

  • The Bank Job, Thin IceLevel Best Books, November 2010
  • Sticky Business,  Snowbound: The Best New England Crime Stories 2017Level Best Books, November 2017
  • The Lobster Trap, Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories, Level Best Books, December 15, 2020
  • The Vacuum Gang, Die Laughing: An Anthology Of Humorous MysteriesMystery Weekly, Summer 2021

The Vicky and Burt stories

The Cassandra (“Sandy”) Parker stories

  • Crocodile Tears, More Groovy Gumshoes, Down and Out Books, April 2023
  • Gemini, TBA, 2023

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