Thirteen short stories of mystery and murder.

The Anthology of Cozy-Noir: Mystery stories with an edge

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Darkhouse Books

A collection of thirteen tales of murder, mystery, and mayhem from Darkhouse Books. Authors with stories in this volume are: Robert Lopresti, Judy Brownsword, Magdalena Jones, Herschel Cozine, L.E. Schwaller, Percy Spurlark Parker, Michael Guillebeau, Kate McCorkle, David Himmel, Bobbi A. Chukran, Lynn Kinnaman, Wenda Morrone, John Haas.

The Anthology of Cozy-Noir

Lawn Order

Too bad dead pigeons are only the beginning . . .  Margaret Welch is in her idea of heaven. She has what many people only dream of – a successful bookstore in a charming old house. Even better, she and her bookstore are located in Stonewall, a town nestled in the foothills of Tennessee’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Unfortunately, Margaret also has a sister – Bitsy. The morning Bitsy flings a dead pigeon on her sales counter Margaret redefines her mission in life. “Never assume anything as far as Bitsy is concerned” sound like sane words to her, and that’s good, because Margaret’s going to need them. Next on the scene is a mysterious stranger, quickly followed by the Dumpster incident, the renegade goats, and the exploding goldfish pond. When events take a murderous turn, Margaret realizes, for her own safety and sanity, she’ll have to pull her nose out of her bookstore and solve the crimes herself.  Margaret and Bitsy have entertained readers through seven short stories in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Lawn Order is a small town mystery that will keep you laughing and guessing from start to finish.

Literature & Fiction

MacRae, Molly

Literary

A shady museum curator, a small Blue Ridge Mountain town, burglary, rumors, and murder . . .  Lewis Wilder thinks he’s found an uncomplicated life when he takes the job as curator of the history museum in Nolichucky, Tennessee, a town snoozing in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He’s wrong in so many ways. While Wilder is getting to know his new neighbors, the Fox, a burglar with a sense of style, is getting acquainted with the neighbors’ portable antiques. Then, anonymous envelopes of cash start arriving at the museum. Coincidence? Complicating matters further are anonymous phone calls, a journalist asking too many questions, a lecherous guitar picker, a wealthy boor, the boor’s libidinous wife, and Wilder’s own tangled past. Wilder Rumors is a small town mystery with Southern Appalachian charm and humor. Lewis Wilder’s entanglements with rumors, burglary, and murder keep the inhabitants of Nolichucky entertained, as surely as they will the reader.

Wilder Rumors

Southern sisters Margaret and Bitsy have been entertaining mystery readers since 1990. Seven of their stories appeared first in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. The sisters live in Stonewall, Tennessee, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, where Margaret owns and runs a bookstore. Bitsy’s inclination to butt in and either wrest control or wreak havoc keeps Margaret contemplating rules for living, such as “lock all doors and windows anytime you see Bitsy coming.”

My Troubles

Stories of mystery and crime through the ages by:Albert Tucher, Anne-Marie Sutton, Caryn Sutorus, Debra Borchert, Dennis Palumbo, Joel Kuntonen, KB Inglee, Kevin Lauderdale, Lillian Csernica, Lorraine Norwood, Michael Allan Mallory, Michael Bracken, Jake Bates, RT Lawton, Susan Cummins Miller, Timothy O’Leary

And All Our Yesterdays

Sutton, Anne-Marie

Miller, Susan Cummins

Tucher, Albert

MacRae, Andrew

Sutorus, Caryn

Lawton, RT

BORCHERT, Debra

Bates, Jake

O'Leary,Timothy

First-century Smyrna comes alive as the scene of a horrific murder. Pliny the Younger, Tacitus, and Luke, travelers in a caravan bound for Rome, become investigators when no Roman magistrates are available. Suspects abound: gamblers, arcane priestesses and Christians. What is the secret of one of the victim'ss own slaves, a beautiful blond, and the German giant shadowing her?

All Roads Lead to Murder: A Case from the Notebooks of Pliny the Younger

Bell, Jr, Albert A

Welcome to the First Ladies White House Dollhouse Shop! Who would have thought that running a dollhouse shop could be so dangerous? Liv Anderson’s shop specializes in historically accurate recreations of the White House as it was in the era of famous First Ladies. Liv is thrilled when a famous department store owner asks to pay a visit – but death soon follows!

The Blood Spangled Banner: A First Ladies Mystery

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Schlichting, Barbara

Crafts & Hobbies

Twenty-three tales of crime and punishment told by current and rising stars of the mystery world.

Black Coffee

Buck, Craig Faustus

Gwin, Kenneth

Chandos, Michael

Bull, Warren

Denton, Peter H.

Lucas, JoAnne

Gough, Karen

Lamb, J.J.

This is a different kind of anthology. One bound together solely by the descanso, regardless of the genre or form of the piece. The poetry, flash fiction, essays, and short stories contained here are as varied as the theme they represent. From San Francisco to New Zealand to Greece, from a soldier saying goodbye to her helicopter to a musician in small town Texas whose life has just begun, to a woman taking supplies to the Water Protectors at Standing Rock, these pieces reflect their authors’ unique takes on themes of grief and love and sudden redirection. – Susannah Carlson, Editor – Wulf Losee, Poetry Editor Featuring Poetry, Flash Fiction, Short Stories, and Essays By: Jesse Sensibar, Terence Kuch, Cate McGowan, Armine Mortimer, Tyson West, Richard King Perkins II, Terresa Cooper Haskew, D. Dina Friedman, Frank Russo, Amber Colleen Hart, Brian Morgan, Ivan Faute, Ellaraine Lockie, Kurt Newton, Jon Black, Lita Kurth, C.A. Cole, Kevin Wetmore,Woody Woodger,Diana Brown, Jonathan Ochoco, Teressa Rose Ezell, Nick Bouchard, Fred Zackel, Dave Holt, Nicole Scherer, Nancy Brewka-Clark, Jack Mackey, John Z. Guzlowski, Scot Friesen, Pamela Ahlen, Catherine A. Lee, Mary Silwance, Hal Ackerman, Jackie Davis Martin, Karen Bovenmyer

Descansos: Words from the Wayside

Carlson, Susannah

Essays & Correspondence

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