I’ve been so lucky to be included in some wonderful anthologies over the years. Here are some of them:
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.