People of the Wind Mysteries - this series follows the Hamapa Neanderthal tribe as an Ice Age approaches.

Death in the Time of Ice - Enga Dancing Flower knows her tribe is in trouble. The dark seasons are becoming longer and the mammoth herds are fleeing south. When the tribal leader is found stabbed to death, the new leader thinks Enga did it. Expulsion and certain death looms. Enga must find the murderer to save her tribe -- and herself.

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For possible inclusion, an author's note.

Detective Duckworthy, PI, Series - humorous mysteries taking place in modern day Texas featuring Imogene Duckworthy who yearns to be a detective.

Choke - Immy longs to be a PI. When Uncle Huey is murdered in his diner in Saltlick, Immy's mother, Hortense, is taken in for the crime. Unclear of the exact duties of a PI, Immy starts a fire in the bathroom wastebasket to bust Mother out of jail. On the run from the law, accompanied by Immy's toddler daughter, Nancy Drew Duckworthy, Immy wonders, Now what? Time to consult her almost new copy of The Compleat Moron's PI Guidebook.

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Cressa Carraway Series - a mystery series featuring a musician and conductor.

Song of Death - When aspiring conductor Cressa Carraway arrives at her grandmother's resort home, she finds Gram dead. When Gram's best friend drowns in the same place, Cressa knows something sinister is at work in this idyllic setting.

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Requiem for Red - Cressa has just landed her dream job, conductor of a fledgling group that envisions becoming a major orchestra. To supplement her salary, Cressa takes a church organist's job. But when she finds the choir director murdered, she begins to uncover swirling currents of hatred and old wounds.

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Short Stories of Kaye George

Published in Crooked
Agatha Nominee
Kaye George's short story "Handbaskets, Drawers, and a Killer Cold" was accepted by a new ezine, Crooked. The story appeared in the magazine’s debut issue of January 2009. The story was nominated for an Agatha award for Best Short Story of 2009.

To be published in Dark Valentine
The story, "Shipwreck" which is not a mystery, but a darkish tale, has been accepted and will appear in September, 2010, issue of this new online magazine .

Published at Powder Burn Flash
Kaye George's short story "New TV" was part of a WalMart people project, tongue in cheek. The story appeared in January of 2010.

Published in MystericalE
"Retransformation" won first place in the Muse contest, themed Murder and Mayhem at a Writer's Conference. It was published in the Summer 2008 issue. "Levittown Louie" was published in the Spring 2007 issue of Mysterical-E online.

Published in Mouth Full of Bullets
Three stories were selected in 2007 for reprint and one original in the online magazine Mouth Full of Bullets. "The Fall" was published in March 2007, "Fat Guru" in June 2007, "Flash" in September 2007, and "Devil's Night" in the December 2007 issue. To read "The Fall," click here.

Published in Hard Luck Stories
George's story "West Texas Waitin" appeared in the Fall 2006 issue of the now-defunct ezine Hard Luck Stories. The themed psycho noir magazine was edited by Dave Zeltserman. To read "West Texas Waitin," click here.

Published in The Writers' Post Journal
George's "The Fall" originally appeared in the September 2005 issue of The Writer's Post Journal and won first prize in that month's Flash Fiction contest. "Fat Guru" was originally in the July 2005 issue and was chosen as a top 20 stories of 2005 and appeared in a special February 2006 issue.

Published in Web Mystery Magazine
"Flash Mob" appeared in the April 2005 edition of Web Mystery Magazine. This magazine hasn't had a new issue since 2005, "Flash Mob" is archived and can be read here. For George, it was a pleasure working with the wonderful and astute Rosalie Stafford.

Published in Future's Mystery Anthology Magazine
George was thrilled to place second in February of 2005 in FMAM's Fire to Fly short story contest with her story titled “Flash.” The story appeared in the July-August 2005 edition of this slick magazine. Another version of the story appeared in the April 2005 edition of Web Mystery Magazine.