by Elena Santangelo


  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, Elena 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. This short story features the odd crime-solving team of an obstetrician and a middle school earth science teacher.
                 Publication:
Murderous Intent, Summer 97
                      
  Hayakawa Mystery Magazine (Japan), June 1999

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"Mrs. Fanaglio and The Body On The Beach"
At the South Jersey shore community of Beaver Point, a nosy Italian landlady helps the police solve the murder of a young woman while trying to figure out what her tenant is keeping secret.
                
Publication: Death Knell V Anthology, October 2013

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"Showdown At Sundae Gulch"
A mysterious salesman is murdered in a room full of bus tour tourists at a local cafe in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
             
Publication: on Kindle, February 2007

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"Here's Blood In Your Rye"
A tongue-in-cheek short mystery about a federal agent goes undercover (so to speak) in a topless bagel shop. The        investigation's just beginning to reveal all when an unexpected   murder threatens strip away all Nuka's worked for.
                 Publication: Death Knell IV Anthology, January 2007
          

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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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