Marcelle Dubé
@marcelledube.bsky.social
Award-winning author of mystery and SFF short stories and novels. Visit me at marcellemdube.com
My latest short story, "Christmas at Stornay's," is now up at Black Cat Weekly #225.
All Alice wanted was her phone. What she found was something far worse.
Eight short stories, a solve-it-yourself mystery, and two novels: blackcatweekly.com/b/g2uTG
All Alice wanted was her phone. What she found was something far worse.
Eight short stories, a solve-it-yourself mystery, and two novels: blackcatweekly.com/b/g2uTG
Black Cat Weekly #225
Welcome to Black Cat Weekly. This is our final Christmas issue of 2025, and it features an extra helping of holiday stories. On behalf of the whole staff, we wish you a merry holiday season and much...
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December 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My latest short story, "Christmas at Stornay's," is now up at Black Cat Weekly #225.
All Alice wanted was her phone. What she found was something far worse.
Eight short stories, a solve-it-yourself mystery, and two novels: blackcatweekly.com/b/g2uTG
All Alice wanted was her phone. What she found was something far worse.
Eight short stories, a solve-it-yourself mystery, and two novels: blackcatweekly.com/b/g2uTG
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I don't know. Seems like much ado about mutton.
December 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I don't know. Seems like much ado about mutton.
A free, sort-of romantic Christmas short story to celebrate the season. “McKell’s Christmas” fits into my Mendenhall Mysteries series, which comprises six novels and five short stories (so far). Free until after Christmas. The link: books2read.com/u/brWJ8w
(Amazon should flip to free soon.)
(Amazon should flip to free soon.)
December 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A free, sort-of romantic Christmas short story to celebrate the season. “McKell’s Christmas” fits into my Mendenhall Mysteries series, which comprises six novels and five short stories (so far). Free until after Christmas. The link: books2read.com/u/brWJ8w
(Amazon should flip to free soon.)
(Amazon should flip to free soon.)
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December publications from my fellow members of the Short Mystery Fiction Society.
shortmystery.blogspot.com/2025/12/stoc...
shortmystery.blogspot.com/2025/12/stoc...
Stocking Stuffers from the Short Mystery Fiction Society
About Shortmystery, genre insight from every perspective: reading, writing, revising, submitting, editing, publishing, and publicity.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
December publications from my fellow members of the Short Mystery Fiction Society.
shortmystery.blogspot.com/2025/12/stoc...
shortmystery.blogspot.com/2025/12/stoc...
Next, a short story for this spooky time of year:
When Naomi’s car breaks down on a deserted road in the middle of a Yukon winter night, she’s lucky to stumble across Maggie’s cabin. Then Maggie shows her what’s hiding in the woods around the cabin…
books2read.com/u/mvvrX8
When Naomi’s car breaks down on a deserted road in the middle of a Yukon winter night, she’s lucky to stumble across Maggie’s cabin. Then Maggie shows her what’s hiding in the woods around the cabin…
books2read.com/u/mvvrX8
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Next, a short story for this spooky time of year:
When Naomi’s car breaks down on a deserted road in the middle of a Yukon winter night, she’s lucky to stumble across Maggie’s cabin. Then Maggie shows her what’s hiding in the woods around the cabin…
books2read.com/u/mvvrX8
When Naomi’s car breaks down on a deserted road in the middle of a Yukon winter night, she’s lucky to stumble across Maggie’s cabin. Then Maggie shows her what’s hiding in the woods around the cabin…
books2read.com/u/mvvrX8
A couple of offerings at this spooky time of year. First, a novel:
After six months on the run from her abusive husband, Ash Gantry finally finds a place to call home. But her new home hides a dark secret...
“Marvelous book, dark and rewarding.” – Kristine Kathryn Rusch
books2read.com/u/mYRKPd
After six months on the run from her abusive husband, Ash Gantry finally finds a place to call home. But her new home hides a dark secret...
“Marvelous book, dark and rewarding.” – Kristine Kathryn Rusch
books2read.com/u/mYRKPd
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A couple of offerings at this spooky time of year. First, a novel:
After six months on the run from her abusive husband, Ash Gantry finally finds a place to call home. But her new home hides a dark secret...
“Marvelous book, dark and rewarding.” – Kristine Kathryn Rusch
books2read.com/u/mYRKPd
After six months on the run from her abusive husband, Ash Gantry finally finds a place to call home. But her new home hides a dark secret...
“Marvelous book, dark and rewarding.” – Kristine Kathryn Rusch
books2read.com/u/mYRKPd
I'm thrilled that Black Cat Weekly #203 has published one of my very infrequent science fiction short stories, "The Epeius Trap." It features a new space drive, old friends, and a disturbing discovery aboard a salvage station. blackcatweekly.com/b/Uos3H
Black Cat Weekly #203
This time, we have another full issue, with classic novels by Victor Bridges and Justin Huntly McCarthy, a novelet by British horror maestro John S. Glasby, and shorts by Sierra Bibi, Ron Miller, Hal ...
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July 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I'm thrilled that Black Cat Weekly #203 has published one of my very infrequent science fiction short stories, "The Epeius Trap." It features a new space drive, old friends, and a disturbing discovery aboard a salvage station. blackcatweekly.com/b/Uos3H
My short story, “No Title, No Clout,” originally published in the Jan/Feb 2025 Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, is now on The Mystery Hour, read by the fabulous Rabia Chaudry. You can find it on your favourite podcast platform. I listened to it for free on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
No Title No Clout
Podcast Episode · The Mystery Hour (Nighty Night) · 07/09/2025 · 39m
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July 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
My short story, “No Title, No Clout,” originally published in the Jan/Feb 2025 Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, is now on The Mystery Hour, read by the fabulous Rabia Chaudry. You can find it on your favourite podcast platform. I listened to it for free on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
June round-up from the Short Mystery Fiction Society: shortmystery.blogspot.com/2025/07/june...
June News from the Short Mystery Fiction Society
About Shortmystery, genre insight from every perspective: reading, writing, revising, submitting, editing, publishing, and publicity.
shortmystery.blogspot.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
June round-up from the Short Mystery Fiction Society: shortmystery.blogspot.com/2025/07/june...
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Congratulations to Art Taylor, whose Murder, Neat story "Two for One" has been nominated for a Macavity Award.
June 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Congratulations to Art Taylor, whose Murder, Neat story "Two for One" has been nominated for a Macavity Award.
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We are in the last 8 hours of the Poker Boy @kickstarter.com. We’ve hit several stretch goals, so in addition to the 4 Poker Boy books, backers at the $20 level will get issues of Smith’s Monthly and lots of #writing workshops. So lots to #read and encouragement to #write. #Booksky
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POKER BOY
Saving The World Since 1987
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April 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We are in the last 8 hours of the Poker Boy @kickstarter.com. We’ve hit several stretch goals, so in addition to the 4 Poker Boy books, backers at the $20 level will get issues of Smith’s Monthly and lots of #writing workshops. So lots to #read and encouragement to #write. #Booksky
kck.st/3FRNqjY
kck.st/3FRNqjY
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Imagine your final summer break turning into a desperate fight for survival deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. maureenamiller.com/beneath-series #booksky #youngadult #adventure #fantasy #horror
March 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Imagine your final summer break turning into a desperate fight for survival deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. maureenamiller.com/beneath-series #booksky #youngadult #adventure #fantasy #horror
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Wow! Both titles in my Young Science series are trending at #1 and #2 among kids' books on biology at Smashwords!
(One of my focus group, my grandnotter, read Bat Poop Sparkles then sighed: "Can't you write about cute animals doing cute things?" Otters Hold Hands is for her.)
(One of my focus group, my grandnotter, read Bat Poop Sparkles then sighed: "Can't you write about cute animals doing cute things?" Otters Hold Hands is for her.)
March 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Wow! Both titles in my Young Science series are trending at #1 and #2 among kids' books on biology at Smashwords!
(One of my focus group, my grandnotter, read Bat Poop Sparkles then sighed: "Can't you write about cute animals doing cute things?" Otters Hold Hands is for her.)
(One of my focus group, my grandnotter, read Bat Poop Sparkles then sighed: "Can't you write about cute animals doing cute things?" Otters Hold Hands is for her.)
Some mighty good short fiction compiled in this Short Mystery Fiction Society post: shortmystery.blogspot.com
The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog
About Shortmystery, genre insight from every perspective: reading, writing, revising, submitting, editing, publishing, and publicity.
shortmystery.blogspot.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Some mighty good short fiction compiled in this Short Mystery Fiction Society post: shortmystery.blogspot.com
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Congraulations to Bernadette Calonego for the release of her new novel, Cold Dread.
A brutal assault in broad daylight. Young snowmobilers stalking a polar bear discover a bloodied woman unconscious in the snow.
Police chief Calista Gates is faced with a puzzle.
www.bernadettecalonego.com/eng
A brutal assault in broad daylight. Young snowmobilers stalking a polar bear discover a bloodied woman unconscious in the snow.
Police chief Calista Gates is faced with a puzzle.
www.bernadettecalonego.com/eng
February 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Congraulations to Bernadette Calonego for the release of her new novel, Cold Dread.
A brutal assault in broad daylight. Young snowmobilers stalking a polar bear discover a bloodied woman unconscious in the snow.
Police chief Calista Gates is faced with a puzzle.
www.bernadettecalonego.com/eng
A brutal assault in broad daylight. Young snowmobilers stalking a polar bear discover a bloodied woman unconscious in the snow.
Police chief Calista Gates is faced with a puzzle.
www.bernadettecalonego.com/eng
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So happy and proud to share this with you! Geist Magazine put my essay about #adoption, my #birthmother and her Viking spirit guide, #lgbtq in #evangelical churches, and the (sometimes) lonely, queer dating scene in the #Yukon and more online for you to read.
www.geist.com/fact/the-dea...
www.geist.com/fact/the-dea...
February 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
So happy and proud to share this with you! Geist Magazine put my essay about #adoption, my #birthmother and her Viking spirit guide, #lgbtq in #evangelical churches, and the (sometimes) lonely, queer dating scene in the #Yukon and more online for you to read.
www.geist.com/fact/the-dea...
www.geist.com/fact/the-dea...
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SinC-CW's 3rd anthology, Dangerous Games, is a fantastic collection of 15 short stories with something for everyone.
www.amazon.ca/Crime-Wave-D...
www.amazon.ca/Crime-Wave-D...
February 17, 2025 at 5:32 AM
SinC-CW's 3rd anthology, Dangerous Games, is a fantastic collection of 15 short stories with something for everyone.
www.amazon.ca/Crime-Wave-D...
www.amazon.ca/Crime-Wave-D...
My Nov/Dec 2024 Saturday Evening Post story, "Sky Lanterns," is now available as a free podcast: www.podcasts.com/the-west-val...
The Valley Talking News
KRUV Radio Sun is based in Arizona and is the voice of volunteers, agencies and services. KRUV is owned and operated by RRRB where every week dedicated and talented volunteers gather to produce the Va...
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February 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My Nov/Dec 2024 Saturday Evening Post story, "Sky Lanterns," is now available as a free podcast: www.podcasts.com/the-west-val...
Here's the latest post from the Short Mystery Fiction Society, announcing recent mystery publications: shortmystery.blogspot.com
The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog
About Shortmystery, genre insight from every perspective: reading, writing, revising, submitting, editing, publishing, and publicity.
shortmystery.blogspot.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Here's the latest post from the Short Mystery Fiction Society, announcing recent mystery publications: shortmystery.blogspot.com
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"The Gulf of Empathy," (11 x 15) watercolor and mixed media on paper.
Thank you, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for using your moment at the inauguration to ask for mercy, to speak for those who are afraid and vulnerable, for all of us.
*for those who have requested them, prints available asap
Thank you, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for using your moment at the inauguration to ask for mercy, to speak for those who are afraid and vulnerable, for all of us.
*for those who have requested them, prints available asap
January 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"The Gulf of Empathy," (11 x 15) watercolor and mixed media on paper.
Thank you, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for using your moment at the inauguration to ask for mercy, to speak for those who are afraid and vulnerable, for all of us.
*for those who have requested them, prints available asap
Thank you, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for using your moment at the inauguration to ask for mercy, to speak for those who are afraid and vulnerable, for all of us.
*for those who have requested them, prints available asap
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The second runner-up in the 2025 Great American Fiction Contest is Scott Davis Hendrix’s “The Breakout,” the story of a young boy, an old fisherman, and a lifelong bond.
The Breakout | The Saturday Evening Post
The young boy had never been fishing. Chief would change that, and a whole lot more.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The second runner-up in the 2025 Great American Fiction Contest is Scott Davis Hendrix’s “The Breakout,” the story of a young boy, an old fisherman, and a lifelong bond.
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I recently finished John Scalzi's Starter Villain, and posted a brief review on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
All in all a fun read. #startervillain, #scifi, #Scalzi
All in all a fun read. #startervillain, #scifi, #Scalzi
Lisa Timpf's review of Starter Villain
5/5: Ever since my first exposure to John Scalzi’s writing, which if I recall correctly might have been the novel Redshirts, I’ve enjoyed the Scalzi’s wit and world-building. Starter Villain, publishe...
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January 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I recently finished John Scalzi's Starter Villain, and posted a brief review on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
All in all a fun read. #startervillain, #scifi, #Scalzi
All in all a fun read. #startervillain, #scifi, #Scalzi
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FEMA has issued a guide on how to apply for federal aid if you've been impacted by the wildfires.
Aid may include money for food, water, baby formula, breastfeeding supplies, medication, or even with basic home repairs and personal property losses. www.huffpost.com/entry/southe...
Aid may include money for food, water, baby formula, breastfeeding supplies, medication, or even with basic home repairs and personal property losses. www.huffpost.com/entry/southe...
Impacted By The Fires? Here’s How To Apply For FEMA Assistance
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January 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
FEMA has issued a guide on how to apply for federal aid if you've been impacted by the wildfires.
Aid may include money for food, water, baby formula, breastfeeding supplies, medication, or even with basic home repairs and personal property losses. www.huffpost.com/entry/southe...
Aid may include money for food, water, baby formula, breastfeeding supplies, medication, or even with basic home repairs and personal property losses. www.huffpost.com/entry/southe...
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Preview the January/February 2025 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, where you'll find stories about Abraham Lincoln's Duel, the ongoing relationship between filmmakers and the U.S. Department of Defense, and fiction from our Great American Fiction Contest winner.
Preview Our January/February 2025 Issue | The Saturday Evening Post
Preview the January/February 2025 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, where you'll find stories about Abraham Lincoln's Duel, the ongoing relationship between filmmakers and the U.S. Department of Def...
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December 30, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Preview the January/February 2025 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, where you'll find stories about Abraham Lincoln's Duel, the ongoing relationship between filmmakers and the U.S. Department of Defense, and fiction from our Great American Fiction Contest winner.