I’ve been so lucky to be included in some wonderful anthologies over the years. Here are some of them:
MIDNIGHT MOUSERS
Fun. Frolic. Noir. Cats. My comic noir short story “Gorgeous Mess” is part of Midnight Mousers: 12 Original Cat Tales, featuring a dozen noir stories that dive into the darker corners of human nature, proving that cats are always watching us from the shadows of every city and quiet neighborhood. They see the crimes and the secrets that no one else notices. In the pages of these stories, cats aren’t just companions — they’re witnesses, survivors, and sometimes the only ones who know the truth.
Exploring the Shadows
They’re always watching….
In the shadows of every city and every quiet neighborhood, cats are watching. Midnight Mousers brings together 12 original noir short stories where whiskers, claws, and curiosity lead readers into the darker corners of human nature. Murder, betrayal, revenge, and redemption unfold through tales in which cats are far more than companions — they are witnesses, survivors, and sometimes the only ones who know the truth. Featuring the following tales of cat noir:
Gorgeous Mess by Devon Ellington
Partners in Crime by Julie Fasciana
The Case of the Missing Cat by Georgene Smith Goodin
Nine Lives by Susan Gray
Night of the Demon Cats by Kay Hanifen
Buddy by WR James
Pawprints on Wet Concrete by Diyora Kabilova
The Best Laid Plans by Richard Lau
Catch As Cat Can by Rob Lopresti
The Child by Hannah Marteeny-Vincenzi
Why I Should Have Listened to My Cat by Priya Sridhar
October 31, 1986: Layton, Utah by Bryan Stubbles
Note: Midnight Mousers features neo noir stories, some of which may contain violence and touches of horror.
About The Nine Lives Library
The Nine Lives Library is a short story anthology series dedicated entirely to the complex, clever, and mysterious world of cats. Designed for fiction lovers and feline devotees alike, the library explores the full spectrum of the human-animal bond across distinct genres and perspectives. Midnight Mousers is the second volume in this series and features stories that can be classified as neo noir. The details in some of its stories would be rated as PG-13 in the movie world.
Digital: $4.99
Print: $12.99
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CELLULOID CRIMES
Everyone has a past. When a crew member is murdered on her film set, screenwriter Ginger Race has to decide what to hide, and what to reveal. Ginger’s not the only one with secrets. And then, there’s that distracting detective. . .
Enjoy “Serious Acting” by Devon Ellington, and all the other wonderful stories in this anthology of Hollywood’s silver screen noir. Available in print and digital editions from your favorite distributor. Published by Level Best Books.
Digital $9.99
Print $16.95
BODY BE GONE (TM): ORIGINS UNEARTHED Anthology, edited by Nicole Fende.
Mopping Up Loose Ends Since 1927.
The new owners of Body Be Gone(TM), the premier body disposal business in the world, are trying to uncover the lost history of the franchise. We know the business started in 1927, but we don’t know where or how. Was it an accident? How did the original owners find their first customer? How did they dispose of the body? Writers of all kinds were invited to help us solve the mystery.
Twenty stories ranging from South Dakota to Hollywood, Chicago to Mississippi, take the reader on a fascinating study of human nature. A butler, a sarcophagus, and award-winning apples all make an appearance in this compilation of darkly humorous origin stories of a very unusual business.
My story is “Help, No Questions Asked”: A comic noir tale about women helping women dispose of the evidence when they snap in untenable situations.
I’m delighted to be included in this terrific collection!
Make sure you visit the Body Be Gone Website to keep up with all the fun!
(Released October 2024)
The essays
“Other People’s Kitchens”
“Wooden Spoons”
“The Thanksgiving Box”
“The Good China”
and
“Alphabet Soup”
under the Christiane Van de Velde name appear in Susanna Seton’s anthology Simple Pleasures of the Kitchen, available in bookstores and digitally
Amazon Link here.
My steampunk short story “Loyalty Strata” featuring dirigible Captain Tamllyn O’Hara is in the above collection put out by Visual Adjectives. Buy link information here.
Perfectly Plum
My essay “Exploding the Myth of the Jersey Girl” (by Devon Ellington) is included in this must-have for any lover of Stephanie Plum.
Amazon link here.
Ardeur
My essay in included in this collection of essays about Anita Blake.
Amazon Link here.
Horror, mystery, fantasy and more! So many ways to die . . .
My science fiction/mystery hybrid “Sea Diamond” featuring the kick-ass Fiona Steele, is included in this terrific anthology. Amazon link here.