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MY SHORT STORIES
by Elena
Santangelo
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Lieutenant Mills Stories
| Kay & Karen Mystery
Stories | Mayhem in
Corporate America Stories | Other
Short Stories
LIEUTENANT MILLS STORIES
(Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, historical mysteries)
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"True
To His Country"
A German music master
drops dead after a hot rum toddy at Berry's
Tavern.
Publication: Death Knell III anthology, Oct 98
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"Ginseng
Tea"
A young free black girl,
hunting up herbs by the burned out forge,
finds herself accused of treason.
Winner of the National Council for
Literature's 1996 Fiction
Award.
Publication:
Potpourri Magazine,
Summer 1997
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GEN &
SARA ZIEGLER MYSTERY STORIES
(twin psychologists)
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"Up
On The Housetop"
On Christmas Eve,
the Zieglers find evidence of Santa on their roof.
Publication: Murderous
Intent Magazine,
Fall 1997
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"Rapid-Eye
Murder"
A sleepwalker livens up a week of dream research as her
subconscious
tries to warn her of what?
Publication: Murderous Intent,
Winter 1997
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"Kill,
With Personality"
The wealthiest—and
most eligible—man
in the county summons Gen to find out who has it in for him.
Publication:
Murderous
Intent,
Spring 1996 |
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"Ring
of Truth"
The sisters suspect a neighbor of domestic violence, but what
does that
have to do with the ring Gen finds in her vegetable garden
or the
bunny that's eating the lettuce?
Publication:
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine,
mid-December 1995
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"Mirror,
Mirror"
A man sees premonitions of
serial murders but no one believes him,
until Sara is sure that Gen's the next victim.
Publication: Death Knell
anthology, October 1994
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MAYHEM IN CORPORATE AMERICA STORIES
"Job
Interview"
The boss is blown off his
Harley during rush hour. Second place in the
1995 Sudden Death Contest.
Publication: Murderous Intent,
Fall 1996
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"Shades
of Intolerance"
The night security guard
checks out a rash of hate mail aimed at a
black accountant.
Publication: Red Herring Mystery Magazine,
Spring 1996
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"Rocky
Road to Murder"
Surviving in the workplace means
taking charge.
One of 14 finalists in MWA's Short Story Contest.
Publication:
Murderous Intent,
Fall 1995
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"The
Ultimate Layoff"
The boss dies just as
he's about to downsize his staff.
Publication: Murderous Intent,
Summer 1995
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OTHER
SHORT STORIES
"Favorite
Haunt"
A poltergeist haunts an
apartment bathroom.
Publication:
Murderous Intent,
Spring 1999
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"Swan
Song"
The only clue to the
murder of a famous soprano is her last encore.
Publication: Red Herring,
Summer 1997
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"Cliff-Hanger"
After hiking the Cohab
Canyon trail in Capitol Reef National Park, the author decided this cliff was the perfect place to push
someone to his/her death. Like her protagonist, she was hiking with her brother at the time.
Publication: Murderous Intent,
Summer 97;
Hayakawa Mystery
Magazine
(Japan), June
1999
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"Who
Ate Billy Penn?"
A tale of chocolate and
building tall in the City of Brotherly Love.
Publication: Death Knell II
anthology, October 1996
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