The forever rebellious Clothilde’s gravestone only mentions her first name and date of death. A small bump in the ground next to her grave marks former police officer Robert’s last resting place.And in thirty years, no visitors for either of them.Confined within the cemetery borders and yearning for closure to move on, the two ghosts can’t go after the people who killed them.Until Clothilde receives her very first visitor — and along with it, the means to escape the...

Not everyone can attend their own funeral. Not consciously and calmly, anyway.Even Robert, a long-time ghost and something of a pro when it comes to final rites, finds it disconcerting. In the company of his long-time friend and fellow ghost Clothilde, Robert watches as his mother accompanies his remains to the grave — thirty years after his demise.But why does Clothilde’s frail old uncle do the same? Does he know about the link between Clothilde and Robert’s deaths?

Captain Emeline Evian reluctantly finds her neighbor’s guest bedroom a near-idyllic setting for speaking with the dead — even if the ghost she aims to help is, well, resistant.On the other end of Evian’s Ouija board, Ghost Detective Robert and his rebellious friend Clothilde do their best to contain the unpredictable Constantine and help this old, worn soul find peace — all while investigating their own decades-old cold cases in an elusive search for justice.Can the ghost d...

When someone dies with unfinished business, their souls linger until they find closure.A rather tall order when the ghost is stuck within the confines of the cemetery, with minimal means to affect the world of the living.Robert and Clothilde know their way around the limitations, though. While waiting for their own release, they help the other ghosts deal with their unfinished business and find peace.Unfinished Business is the first collection of short stor...

All detectives search for clues and take testimonies when working a case. Ghost detectives are no different. And they have an advantage: They can depose other ghosts — the actual victims.Robert and Clothilde’s current interviewee occupies a tiny cemetery in the depths of the Pyrenees. Alone since her burial over a decade ago, she willingly tells the detectives about the circumstances around her death.Louise’s story sets Robert, Clothilde, and Captain Evian on the path to un...

A murdered mayor. A second body reduced to skeleton and dust. The public display so horrific that the police are baffled.Everyone assumes uninterested heir Louis Saint-Blancat will finally settle down and focus on the politics of Toulouse, France. Louis becomes the center of attention in the press while his mother and sister pressure him to follow the family's political tradition when all he wants is to track down his father's killer, then return to his globe-trotting lifestyle.

Be sure to define the rules before you play…Tristan will come out to his colleagues when he meets the right guy. He just hasn’t met him yet.Fidi, out and proud, plays a game with his colleagues to prove that they treat him differently because of his sexuality.But what happens when someone doesn’t play by the rules?

The majority of her crew having perished in a flu outbreak, Captain Kovak is in desperate need of a friendly port.She finds a planet on the map with the tags fuel and crew for hire, figuring she’s home safe.Until she ends up quarantined.

Raising an army of ghosts may not be a traditional method for investigating crimes, but Robert, Clothilde, and Captain Evian believe it’s their last hope in the search for justice.The first of many obstacles? To free the ghosts from their cemeteries, they need Commander Diome’s signature on the exhumation orders. This means convincing Evian’s no-nonsense boss that ghosts do indeed exist.In this final installment of the Ghost Detective novel series, Robert and Clothilde clos...

A Twist of a KnifeMystery Stories from the Pages ofPULPHOUSE FICTION MAGAZINEStories in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine cover all genres, from science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, romance, and literature. And just about everything in between all of those. Editor Dean Wesley Smith looks for great stories that don't fit, that just feel sort of different, but in a good way.This volume contains ten great mysteries from all the mystery stories published in the f...

Most experienced cemetery ghosts develop an opinion on "ideal funeral weather." Robert always preferred a gloomy day with a faint drizzle, but today may change his mind when a violent thunderstorm upends the service.Lowering the newly deceased into his grave is delayed, and four elderly gentlemen use the opportunity to rummage through the dead man's pockets.Surely the answer lies in the newly minted ghost's unfinished business…

We love ghost stories. Flat love them.But finding ghost stories that meet the unique qualities of a Pulphouse Fiction Magazine story proves a daunting task indeed.Even with that, editor Dean Wesley Smith found a bunch of stories that fit perfectly into this fun reprint anthology, including stories from the fantastic Annie Reed and a story each from New York Times bestselling writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Kevin J. Anderson.Ten fantastic, fun and perfect Pulphous...