Short Stories
So far my published short fiction has mostly been in the crime genre. I feel the dark twists of plot and the extremes of human behaviour found in this area of writing complements my interest in dark fantasy and the supernatural very nicely.
Click on the linked titles to read the stories in either pdf form or via links to the Sisters In Crime website, where the first five stories listed below are available to read.
HAIL MARY (winner of The Kerry Greenwood Prize and third prize in the Scarlet Stiletto, 2003)
Writer Gabrielle Lord presents my 2000 Scarlet Stiletto prize
BIRTHING THE DEMONS (winner, Scarlet Stiletto Prize, 2001. Published in the anthology of Scarlet Stiletto winners Scarlet Stiletto: The First Cut and Crime Factory magazine No. 6, 2002)
BAIT (runner-up, Scarlet Stiletto Prize, 2000)
TADPOLE (winner, Kerry Greenwood Prize, 2004)
THE MEMORY OF SCARS (from Sisters In Crime website)
MR GALLOWS’ CHRISTMAS GIFT (published in Festive Fear, 2009)
FIVE THINGS I’M GRATEFUL FOR (published in Queen Of Crime 2001)
WINGS (published in Queen Of Crime 2000)
Jan 22, 2012 @ 20:20:44
Your site is really awesome!
Apr 23, 2012 @ 08:57:31
Hi Josephine,
Could you please help me find a place or site to purchase your books “Tadpole”and “Hail Mary”
Thanks
Apr 24, 2012 @ 11:45:31
Hello Patrick,
Thanks for your query. Both Tadpole and Hail Mary are short stories. You should be able to track them down online if you would like to read them if you Google the title and Sisters in Crime. They both won awards through the Sisters in Crime and they are published on their website. I would love to have a whole book of all my short stories as I’ve won quite a lot of awards for them and it would be lovely to have them in one place. Be warned. The short crime stories are darker than my longer mystery novel. Hope this if of help to you. Thanks for your visit. I just realised that there are links above to the stories. Shows how well I know my own website! xx