Looking at the 2024 version of this post and reflecting on 2025, a theme is emerging: life is unpredictable and this has an effect on my ability to get stories out to you all.
I’m in the middle of a huge transition (which I will leave at that for now) which explains why it’s so deep into the year before I got to this post.
In any case, here are the stories of mine, short and long, that came out in 2025. You can see all the previous years here .
March
I might have gotten a late start to 2025, but started out with not only a full novel, but with the wild end (for now) to the Carterville Mystery Series. So much fun! Read more.
May
Haunted by the Past: A Conner Bright Mystery
From Henry Carter in Carterville we jump to Phoenix private detective Conner Bright with the short story “Haunted by the Past.” In this mystery, Conner must face his past. Read more.
August
Another appearance in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, this one with a reprint of “Writing Until the End.” This is a curious story about a writer whose characters really want him to do something for them (something, I can relate to). Read More.
The Devil You Know: A Conner Bright Mystery
With The Devil You Know, we wrap up Conner Bright’s story (at least for now, that is). Conner is a truly interesting character, and this is the story where it all pays off. Read more.
September
I Am Conner Bright: Four Essential Conner Bright Mysteries
This is not a new Conner Bright story, but a collection all the Conner Bright stories. Together they form a novel-length story of one of my most interesting characters. Read More.
October
The Ghosts and Hauntings Bundle
Always fun to be in a book bundle. This time it was my first novel, Shuffled Off: A Ghost’s Memoir, Book 1, taking its place beside a bunch of other great ghost stories!. Read more.
November
Winter Wonders: Twelve Magical Holiday Stories
After years of writing holiday stories, I finally got my own collection of them out, even in time for the season! Read more.
December
But I was just getting started on the holiday season. “A Major Christmas Eve” appeared in Romance for All Seasons: Winter Warmth. Read More.
What it Takes to Make it In Hollywood
And finally, a different kind of holiday story, one that is dark and dangerous. “What it Takes to Make it In Hollywood” appeared in A Dark and Stormy Holiday. Read More.
Well that was 2025 and here we are already well into 2026. I better get busy with those publishings plans because I have a bunch more stories in the pipeline for you!
