~Writer~
Meet Chuck, an African Gray parrot who turns out to be the best wingman one cop ever had.
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Murder...and cute little puppies. Those are just two of the things Lake finds on the Pennsylvania farm she inherits from her grandmother.
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In The Christmas Goose, Butcher Heinrich Metzger gets in over his head.
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A case of sticky fingers leads to some Cereus Thinking.
How far would you go for the one you love? Would you lie? Cheat? Kill? Find out what some people will do for love in Exposure.
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In Partners in Crime, An old school hit man's last day on the job goes terribly wrong.
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A Mother’s Love: A mother’s love for her daughter is taken to the extreme.
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Good Golly Miss Molly is about my dog Molly and how we’re both getting older!
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My private eye story Dirty Hands, originally published online, is included in this compilation.
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Jenny’s relationship with Bill has been doomed from the start, but it won’t be over until one of them is dead.
Find out what happens in The Power of Positive Thinking, featured in the July 2018 issue of Flash Bang Mysteries
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K for Karen is about how one night six years ago changed little Kara Winslow's life forever.
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PA Game commission officer Adam Costenbader has a rough first night on the job in my short horror story, The Woman in White.
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Gumshoe Sully Maguire has to figure out who has Dirty Hands in this throwback private eye tale.
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Illustration by Jihane Mossalim for Crimson Streets
A Bit of a Twist features Eternal Youth, my short story about Madeline Henry. Something is not quite right at the department store where Maddie works. Can you figure out what it is before she does?
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The Christmas Insider is an essay about what's really important at the holidays. Hint: It's not the sales!
It's free to read in skirt! magazine. Click on the cover to read. Happy Holidays!
The Third Sunday in August, the true story of my son's encounter with a guardian angel at our family reunion, is featured in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels and Miracles.
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My Advocate, the story I wrote about my dog, Molly, is featured in Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Very Good, Very Bad Dog.
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My short story, Preserves, appears in A Readable Feast: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Tales for Every Taste. Preserves won the Bethlehem Writers Group 2014 short story award.
A Readable Feast is available at Amazon.com. Click on the cover for a link.
You can read the announcement here.
My first published work, Love Me Do , is part of the Unfinished Chapters anthology, available at Amazon.com. Click on the cover for a link.
You can read an interview with me about the piece here.