Rosemary McCracken
Rosemary’s Short Fiction
Click on the links accompanying the cover illustrations to download the stories.

“One Helluva Lady” in The 13th Letter, Carrick Publishing, September 2024

“Farewell to the King” in In the Key of 13, Carrick Publishing, October 2019

“Dining Out” in Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Edible, May 2019

“Homebodies” in 13 Claws: An Anthology of Crime Stories, Carrick Publishing, October 2017

“Crossing Over” in
The Whole She-Bang,
Toronto Sisters in Crime,
October 2012

“In From the Cold” in Cold Canadian Crime, Crime Writers of Canada, May 2022

“The Passenger” in Mystery Weekly Magazine, September 2021

“The Fur Coat Conundrum” in In the Spirit of 13, Carrick Publishing, October 2022

“Hooked” in A Grave Diagnosis, Carrick Publishing, October 2020

“Weekend in Lisdoonvarna” in Kings River Life Magazine, March 2020

“Black Bear Country” in Mystery Weekly Magazine, July 2018

“Crazy” reprinted in Black Coffee, Darkhouse Books, May 2016

“Plastic Paddies” in Destination: Mystery!, Darkhouse Books, August 2015

“Antonia” in World Enough and Crime, Carrick Publishing, October 2014

“Crazy” in Mother Margaret and the Rhinoceros Café, Kaleidoscope
Anthology, 2003

“The Sweetheart Scamster” reprinted in The Best Laid Plans, Superior Shores Press, June 2019

“The Queen-Size Bed” in Passport to Murder: Bouchercon Anthology 2017, October 2017

“Nick of Time” in 13 O’Clock, Carrick Publishing,
September 2015


“The Sweetheart Scamster” in Thirteen, Carrick Publishing, August 2013