The hardest part of committing a murder is getting away with it, especially when the case is assigned to a detective who is a relentless pursuer, a half-Cajun, half-Sioux investigator at the top of his...

Whispering Gulch wasn't much of a town. Didn't even have a boot hill like Tombstone. On a dusty day, near the end of the 19th Century, a Pinkerton man arrives in Whispering Gulch on a wandering daughter...

He calls himself 'The Wolf' and he is cunning and ruthless and has gotten away with murder until he finds himself doggedly pursued by a most accomplished homicide detective – a man half-Cajun and half-Sioux,...

This collection of mystery stories set in New Orleans features O'Neil De Noux's recurring characters — 1940s Private-eye Lucien Caye, 1890s NOPD Detective Jacques Dugas as well as NOPD Homicide Detectives...

Set in 1948 – New Orleans private eye Joe Torres, on a wandering son case, pulls out of a rainstorm along US 90 and runs into a silver diner that looks like an oversized Airstream camper with a red and...

A woman is murdered in her home shortly after her husband takes out a large insurance policy. Her husband is an assistant district attorney and the cops quickly catch the killer (a hobo); but the insurance...

Trail guide Willie Beedle is on a fool's errand, taking a tenderfoot writer to the Dragoon Mountains in search of the elusive and vicious wild chihuahuas of old Arizona. Cover art by Dana De Noux.

Something eerie is happening in the swamps of south Louisiana and journalist Jay Gatsby Jones, accompanied by photographer Jillian Jones (no relation), are sent from New Orleans to the bayous where they...

The murder scene was inside Turenne's Antique Jewelers, a narrow, stucco building on Royal Street in the old French Quarter. Det. John Raven Beau is sent to canvass the neighborhood and is shadowed by...

How to write –a novel,a short story,great opening lines,characters, conflict, plot,titles, theme, point of view, person,setting, dialogue, show – don't tell,structural devices, outlines, critiquing,and...

Sounds like an easy gig for New Orleans private eye Lucien Caye. Escort a pretty lady to the bayous to confirm her father had died accidentally. Gator got him. Ann Kinzer does not believe it was an accident...

Mr. Happer is pushing seventy, a skeleton-of-a-man with razor-sharp cheek bones, sunken cheeks and withered arms that gives him cadaverous appearance. Happer has the annoying habit of watching Agatha...

The Date: September, 1947.The Location: Outdoor café in the seedy lower French Quarter of New Orleans.The Players: Private Eye Lucien Caye and a fine-looking redhead in a tight, black skirt and a red...

Could the case of body-guarding the wild daughter of a wealthy invalid be connected to five brutal murders in uptown New Orleans? Private Eye Mike Gonzales meets the daughter when he steps into her father's...

Homicide Detective Harry Roberts had seen a lot of bodies but nothing like the dismembered woman lying just outside a cemetery in the middle of the night. His partner, Det. Lydia Brown, proves to be a...

As the officers and soldiers of the United States have been subject to repeated insults from the women [calling themselves ladies] of New Orleans, in return for the most scrupulous non-interference and...

This story asks the question - How cruel are we? A law enforcement officer in a small Louisiana village learns a painful, illuminating lesson in human nature. Cover art by Vincent De Noux.

New Orleans Irresistible – Erotic Mystery FictionIn the hands of crime fiction writer O'Neil De Noux, these genre-blending journeys are part mystery, part science-fiction, part suspense, but all erotic....

Three love stories by New Orleans writer O'Neil De NouxCover art by Martha Landry"Language of the Heart"How would you feel, if you knock on the door of the house of the girl you should have married twenty-five...

Planet Octavion, a bright blue-green orb that lies along the backwash of the Milk Way, is magnificent in its beauty – from the Cobalt Sea to the Cinnamon Hills, from the Spearmint Forest to the Majestic...

A lady park ranger at the Battle of New Orleans National Park spots a man in a British army uniform at 2 a.m. He stands next to one of the cannons and she thinks he's one of those re-enactors who come...

A haunting romance, an obsession with a beautiful woman, a thundering heart that feels as if it will burst is played out against the backdrop of Tchaikovsky and Bizet. Is that a derringer in her hand?...

A Christmas Love Story for Adults.Sam hasn't seen Tyler in nineteen years but when she steps into the Klamath Hotel in the little town of Grayville, Kansas, nestled between the Big Blue and Little Blue...

Two stories for the price of one. Both 2017 Derringer Award Finalists. Derringer Awards are given annually by the Short Mystery Fiction Society to recognize excellence in short mystery fiction.Effect...

September, 1947. A young brunette with dark brown eyes stands shivering in the rain, a pretty blonde poses in a bikini. There is also a desperate boyfriend and a murdered doctor – all drawing New Orleans...

FOR HALLOWEEN we offer two ghost stories for the price of one."The Shadow of White Death" – City Park Police in New Orleans do not have a dangerous beat, except for the occasional apparition, nebulous...

The original Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine published stories in a twisted, Twilight Zone style. Sort of a half-beat off kilter, yet still high-quality fiction and great stories. And most of all highly...

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up ten fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern...

We really like our mystery stories in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine.In Alibi Murder, some of the best short story writers working today illustrate the various types and styles of mystery stories that grace...

Want to read a twisted take on historical fiction? Well, look no further than stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine!From a skillful historical baseball story to masterful historical fantasy stories...