donalee's short stories

ALLO VERA

Published in: British Bump Off

ANOMIE

Coming to: Queen's Quarterly in Fall 2026

BELTED KINGFISHER

Published in: Cottage Crimes

BON AMI

Published in: Signed, Sealed...Deceased: A Cozy Mystery Anthology

A New Orleans'-based story featuring retired lawyer Ruth Harper who now sells sex toys.

GOOSE

Published in: Dalhousie Review; Reach for the Stars: A Dragon Soul Press Anthology

I KILLED WYATT MCCORD

Published in: Black Cat Weekly

JACKDAW

Published in: Saturday Evening Post

LAISSEZ LES BONS TEMPS ROULER

Published in: The Perp Wore Pumpkin II

MALADAPTIVES ANONYMOUS

Published in: Midnight Schemers & Daydream Believers

MANNEQUIN

Published in: Four Corners Writers; Queen's Quarterly

MOIST

A woman notices that someone, or something, is watering her house plants and undertakes to find out who or what is doing so.

Published in: After Dinner Conversation; Beautiful Darkness; Chicka-Chicka Boomba; Kings River Life Magazine; MetaStellar; Santa Cruz Ghost Stories; Strangers in the Fog; The Antigonish Review; Thriller Magazine

OVENBIRD

Shortlisted for: Bouchercon 2026 Anthology

RETREAT

Published: Reach for the Stars Anthology; Soliloquies Anthology

SECOND LINE

Published: Black Cat Weekly

SHADOWBIRD

Published: JOURN-E: The Journal of Imaginative Literature

SWAN SONG

Iqaluit police chief Doug Brumal gets a call about a body found at a nearby hotel the third day on the job.

Published in: Black Cat Weekly; Close 2 the Bone; Cold Canadian Crime; Kings River Life Magazine; Malice Domestic Anthology; Mystery Most International

TROUBLED WATER

Iqaluit police chief Doug Brumal investigates the case of an environmentalist who ends up dead.

Published in: Black Cat Weekly; Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem: Betrayal: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem: Criminally Good

ZEBRA FINCH

Published in: The Most Dangerous Games