Writing room


This is where I come to write many of my short stories and to escape from my cat, Salem. Unfortunately, he always finds a way inside. Not even boarding up the fireplace has kept him out! In the bottom drawer of the Chippendale desk, you'll find 25 stories to help you escape reality.

The Cat Woman - (May 2007) After breaking up with her married boyfriend, Josie Braden goes to live with a great aunt, but the old woman has a house full of cats.
The Cauleter - (February 2007) After losing both her father and the man she hoped to marry, an heiress leaves New England and moves to Virginia. She soon discovers she is not alone in her new home.
Chatterbox Chimp - (July 2007) A dead child's favorite toy may hold a secret for her grieving father.
A Circumstantial Case - (June 2007) When a pregnant woman disappears, suspicion falls on her husband. Because he is having an affair with another woman, he becomes the prime suspect.
Closure - (September 2007) When an eight-year-old girl disappears from home, her parents seek the help of a psychic to locate her.

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Disturbing Images - (March 2007) A Boston cop discovers a woman's body and later sees her alive in a small New England town.
The Ending - (March 2007) When a famous director wants to make a movie about a legendary unsolved murder, he looks to his screenwriter to come up with a plausible ending.
The First Wife - (November 2006) A mystery writer meets a handsome man at a press party. After they marry, she learns his first wife had been murdered.
A Jealous Mistress - (September 2007) A wealthy Louisiana planter has a jealous mistress who tries to use voodoo against his New England-born wife.
Knock on Wood - (September 2007) By wishing on an old oak tree, Jody Newell wins the heart of the woman he loves. But the course of true love does not run smoothly.

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The Light Keeper's Daughter - (May 2007) With the man she loves fighting in the Pacific, a nurse befriends an elderly patient in a nursing home. Despite the difference in their ages, the two women have much in common.
The Little Boy Next Door - (January 2007) A childless woman is upset by the way her new neighbors mistreat their young son.
The Lonely Belle - (April 2007) With her husband fighting for the Confederacy and the slaves headed North toward freedom, a wife must care for the family plantation. It is backbreaking work, but it is also a labor of love.
The Mall at Laurel Grove - (June 2007) An ambitious architect is accepted into a prestigious firm, but his wife and teenage daughter, try though they might, don't seem to fit in with the other architects' families.
The Mariner's Tale - (August 2007) In a retelling of Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a wedding guest meets an aged mariner and stops to hear his strange tale.

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The Master Craftsman - (April 2007) After his church burns to the ground, a priest journeys to a faraway village to ask a master craftsman to build a new organ for his congregation.
A Matter of Luck - (April 2007) A factory worker heads to the Foxwoods Casino where he meets a young woman who will change his luck.
One-Way Ticket - (July 2007) A high school girl decides to run away from home. On the bus out of town, she meets a kind man who is willing to listen to her troubles.
The Phipps Mansion - (August 2007) A successful interior designer leaves New York and settles in a small New England town where she plans to restore a 1760 mansion to its former glory. Like many old houses, the mansion is believed to be haunted.
The Role of a Lifetime - (June 2007) In a story reminiscent of Shakespeare's Macbeth, an ambitious wife is willing to commit murder to further her husband's career.

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Unsolved Crime - (March 2009) A wealthy, elderly woman pays a visit to the world's leading Ripperologist and gives him a journal that supposedly reveals the identity of Jack the Ripper.
What If? - (April 2007) A man involved in a fatal car crash is tormented by guilt that will not allow him to get on with his life.
When Johnny Came Home - (December 2006) A sailor returns home at the end of the war but is unable to escape the consequences of a top-secret military experiment.
Wild Child - (November 2006) A British lord is astonished to learn that the son who went missing in Australia sixteen years earlier has been found alive.
Witch-Finder - (October 2007) When a witch-hunter accuses an innocent girl of witchcraft, the wife of the town's richest man decides to rid the world of his evil influence.

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