Samples

       Everyone likes a free sample. Below are links to a sampling of my writing, both novels and short stories, published and yet-to-be-published. I hope you like what you read and come back for more.

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SHORTS

• Click here to read an excerpt of "Insieme,"      Black Cat Mystery Magazine, April 2022:  Opposites attract? Two detectives work different angles to resolve who murdered a young woman. The stark differences in how she lived and what they discovered is chilling. But working together proves to be the better way to settle differences.

• Click here to read an excerpt from "Blue Suede Shoes," the story of two private eyes who face off against a wily blond and a mob of egotistical gangsters, in GROOVY GUMSHOES: PRIVATE EYES IN THE PSYCHEDELIC SIXTIES, Vol. 2, from Down and Out Books, in late 2022.

• Click here to read an excerpt from "Just Call Wally," from the anthology ASININE ASSASSINS, published by SmartRino Publications. "Just Call Wally, " which has been nominated for a 2022 Derringer Award.

• Click here to read an excerpt from "The Driver," from the anthology CRIMEUCOPIA: CARELESS LOVE, published by Murderess Ink Press. "The Driver" has also been nominated for a 2022 Derringer Award.

• Read "No Matter" (pdf), the 3rd place winner in the BOULD* Awards 2020 Short Story Anthology . It’s not your usual mystery or romance. Meant to fall into the category of Bizarre, Outrageous, Unfettered, Limitless, Daring….

• Read "Deer Hunting" (pdf): Love and marriage...Not always made in heaven. Grace and Ted are working out their differences one snowy night in Northern Michigan. Grace has her mind set on resolving their problems... hunting season has just begun and this season she's not going to worry about meat on the table.

       For a full list of my short stories, including some that you can read for free, please see my SHORTS page.

NOVELS

• Read an excerpt from DIMINISHING RETURNS. A vacation in Paris ends unexpectedly when two friends are abducted and held for ransom. Approximately, 80K and in a contemporary setting, this mainstream novel is ready for publication.

• Read an excerpt from TWO LANE HIGHWAY. Allen and Rosie's story continues in the third book in The Rosie MacIntosh Series.

• Read an excerpt from SUMMER WAYSIDE. Allen finally finds his way home in the last of The Rosie MacIntosh Series novels.

       For more on the Rosie MacIntosh Series, beginning with AUTUMN ROSE (Orignally published as TAKING ROSIE'S ARM), please see my  Rosie MacIntosh Series page.

       For more information about my other novels, please see my NOVELS page.

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