Short Stories

I favor historical mysteries and usually focus on the Victorian,  Edwardian, and World War I periods.

"No Man's Land," Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley, 2003

Agatha Award, Best Short Story
Macavity Award Nominee, Best Short Story

Reprinted in World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, vol. 5, Tor, 2004

"Best of all, Elizabeth Foxwell combines vivid WWI background with a diabolical plot."--Kirkus

"Elizabeth Foxwell's 'No Man's Land'  gives a glimpse of the tough gals who drove ambulances in France in WWI and demonstrates how they could handle just about anything thrown their way." --Publishers Weekly

"Elizabeth Foxwell...excels in 'No Man's Land,' in which revenge is no casualty of war."--South Florida Sun-Sentinel
 

  • "The Last to Know," Chesapeake Crimes II, Tidewater Publishers, 2006
  • "Grave Ends," Chesapeake Crimes, Quiet Storm Publishing, 2004
  • "Keeper of the Flame" First-place winner, 2003 Cape Fear [NC] Crime Festival Short Story Contest
  • "Unsinkable," Crime Through Time II, ed. Sharan Newman and Miriam Grace Monfredo, Berkley, 1999 (set on the Titanic)

  • Two stories featuring Alice Roosevelt Longworth and FDR:
  • "Come Flit By Me," Crime Through Time III , ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley, 2000
  • "Alice and the Agent of the Hun," Death Dines In, Berkley, 2004

  • Two stories featuring Bunbury, the enterprising sleuth in a Bath chair, and his devoted valet Slade:
  • "A Roman of No Importance," Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg, and Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf, 1999   ["Giddy"--Kirkus]
  • Also available in German! "Ein Roman ohne Bedeutung," Das Kaetzchen der Heiligen Margret, Europa Verlag), 2001
     
  • "Lady Windermere's Flan," Crafty Cat Crimes , Barnes & Noble Books, 2000

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