Cora Buhlert

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  • Bibliography:
    145 Books (10 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2011
  • Latest Book:
    December 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life

1 - The Four and a Half Minute Boiled Egg (Apr-2015)
2 - The Faulty Television Receiver (Jul-2015)
3 - The Tinsel-Free Christmas Tree (Dec-2015)
4 - The Three Quarters Eaten Dessert (Jul-2016)

The Falcon and the Rose

1 - Hostage to Passion (Apr-2013)

Helen Shepherd Mysteries

1 - The Cork and the Bottle (Aug-2014)
2 - Overdose (Sep-2014)
3 - Bank Job (Oct-2014)
4 - Open Season (Nov-2014)
5 - A Bullet for Father Christmas (Dec-2014)
6 - Paris Green (Dec-2014)
7 - Dead Drop (Feb-2015)
8 - Egg Hunt (Apr-2015)
9 - Mightier than the Sword (Dec-2015)
10 - Kitchen Witch (May-2017)

In Love and War

1 - Dreaming of the Stars (Aug-2016)
2 - Graveyard Shift (Sep-2016)
3 - Courting Trouble (Sep-2016)
4 - Bullet Holes (Oct-2016)
5 - Dead World (Feb-2017)

Shattered Empire

1 - Mercy Mission (Jul-2013)
2 - Seedlings (Sep-2014)
3 - History Lesson (Jul-2014)
4 - Debts to Pay (Sep-2014)
5 - Partners in Crime (Feb-2015)
6 - Conspirators (May-2016)

The Silencer

1 - Countdown to Death (Aug-2011)
2 - Flying Bombs (Oct-2011)
3 - The Spiked Death (Dec-2011)
4 - Elevator of Doom (Dec-2013)
5 - The Great Fraud (Apr-2014)
6 - Mean Streets and Dead Alleys (Jul-2014)
7 - Fact or Fiction (Oct-2016)
8 - St. Nicholas of Hell's Kitchen (Dec-2016)
9 - The Milk Truck Gang (Sep-2017)

The Star of Aronna

1 - The Hidden Castle (Jul-2012)

Two-Fisted Todd Adventures

1 - The Crawling Death (Jan-2018)
2 - Flesh Trade (Feb-2018)

A Year on Iago Prime

1 - Valentine's Day on Iago Prime (Feb-2016)
2 - Christmas on Iago Prime (Dec-2017)

Zebediah Smith & Shoushan Kariyan

1 - The Dark Lily (May-2013)
2 - The Other Side of the Curtain (Jul-2011)

Book List in Order: 145 titles

  • Courier Duty

    Courier duty is not really one of spy extraordinaire Carrie Ragnarok's top ten assignments. Ferrying an object from point A to point B â€" that's stressful, but not very exciting. Not even if the object in question is Shape No. 8, a hideously ugly an...

  • Outlaw Love

    Once Lola Laverne was the toast of Europe, singer, dancer and mistress to kings and millionaires. But those days are long over, and now Lola is rotting in a cell in Silver Dollar City, a mining town in the Old West, sentenced to hang for killing the ...

  • Rites of Passage

    Philon, heir to a pirate empire, is determined to take a wife. And not just any wife either. No, he has set his eyes on Arianna Delora, a green-eyed beauty with a tongue as swift as her blade. Unfortunately, Arianna also happens to be the only child ...

  • The Other Side of the Curtain

    Zebediah Smith & Shoushan Kariyan - 2

    East Germany, 1966. Major Werner Gottwald has dedicated his life to Communism, keeping western visitors under constant surveillance as an agent of the secret police Stasi. His latest assignment is the American millionaire Zane Smith as well as Smith'...

  • Countdown to Death

    The Silencer - 1

    Once upon a time, Richard Blakemore led a double life. Hardworking pulp writer by day and the masked vigilante only known as the Silencer by night. Those days are over, for Richard Blakemore, in the guise of the Silencer, was found guilty of murderin...

  • The Butcher of Spain

    Spain during the Napoleonic Wars: Captain Jonathan Farnsworth of the Rifle Brigade only wanted to meet with some Spanish allies and spend a few stolen hours with Comandante Teresa, rebel leader and the woman he loved. But instead Jonathan stepped int...

  • The Kiss of the Executioner's Blade

    France in the year of the Lord 1516: Born a nobleman but long since reduced to the dishonourable profession of executioner, Geoffrey de Bressac is the most skilled headman in all of France. But when he is called to the town of Charentes to put a trai...

  • Flying Bombs

    The Silencer - 2

    1936: A madman calling himself the Master of the Air threatens to let death and destruction rain down upon New York City. No one takes him seriously, until an airship taxi suddenly explodes the very next day. But was it an accident or sabotage? Polic...

  • Letters from the Dark Side

    Who would you ask for advice if your new boyfriend suddenly started howling at the full moon? Where does a teenaged vampire turn, when his hunger starts interfering with his love life? How can a reanimated corpse find friends? Where would you complai...



  • Whaler

    The premature explosion of a rocket harpoon fatally damages the spaceship Starbuck III during a whaling expedition in the asteroid belt. But was it an accident or sabotage? For hunting space whales is controversial, even though the giant beasts show ...

  • The Spiked Death

    The Silencer - 3

    All Constance Allen wanted was to dance with her fiancé at the annual charity ball for police widows and orphans. But when your fiancé is Richard Blakemore, the man hiding behind the steel mask of the mysterious vigilante only known as the Silencer...

  • The Apocalypse Protocol

    Once upon a time, he was the coolest radio DJ at WKPX Harveyville. He always played the really good music and not the plastic pop pap that the corporate overlords wanted him to play. Until the day that he launched the apocalypse protocol, almost trig...

  • He has come back to me.

  • He has come back to me...

    At the age of five, Steffi saw an UFO landing in the car park of the local bank. Of course, the UFO might just have sprung from the imagination of a lonely child missing her best friend who had recently moved away. But Steffi's older sister Carrie sa...

  • Seraglio

    The peaceful life of sisters Naira and Margarid is shattered when their Armenian village is raided and their family slaughtered. Sold into slavery, the sisters are separated. Naira eventually ends up in the harem of the mighty Sultan Abdul Selim, rul...

  • Muse & Crisis

    MuseTwenty-three years ago Alicia offered Mark fame and fortune as a rockstar, in exchange for an early death. Mark refused, walked away from Alicia and from music altogether. He walked away and made a life for himself, a success of himself.But now A...

  • Under the Knout

    Russia during the reign of Catherine the Great: The sisters Natasha and Irina had been born serfs, property to the wealthy lords, destined to be worked to death on the fields. Yet Natasha and Irina had been lucky, for their talent at dancing caught t...

  • The Hidden Castle

    The Star of Aronna - 1

    The Hidden Castle:Once the bloody battle of Yarra was over, the black-garbed mercenary known only as the Traveller wanted nothing more than to ride away and find himself a new employer and a new war to fight in. But then a dying man reached out to th...

  • Heartache

    Three tales of broken hearts and love gone wrongMatt was the great love of Lydia's young life. But how can she possible survive, knowing that he loves another, that red-headed bitch Jeannie?They got their happy ending, the white wedding, the house, t...



  • Murder in the Family

    Nine tales of love, death, vengeance and murder. He got to keep the minivan, but lost the family he bought it for. But sometimes, murder is a cheaper solution than divorce…A travelling salesman vanishes, leaving behind a wife, two children, countle...

  • Family Car

    Alex got to keep the minivan, but lost the family he bought it for, his wife Helen and little daughter Sandy. But though Alex has long fallen out of love with Helen, if he was ever in love with her in the first place, he would never give up his daugh...

  • Honeypot

    Peter Simmons is everybody's favourite neighbour, always willing and eager to help. But he's also a man of roaming hands, a man who won't take "no" for an answer, a man who takes whatever he wants, whether it's cookies from a jar or the sweet as...

  • Loot

    Jack Slater is the worst sort of criminal lowlife, a pursesnatcher who hangs out on cemeteries to relieve little old ladies of their handbags. But when he snatches Eudora Pennington's purse, Jack gets far more than he bargained for.This is a short st...

  • Thirty Years to Life

    Thirty years ago Jimmy Donnelly was sent to prison. Now he's free again and eager to finally avenge himself on Detective Charles Maryham, the man who put him behind bars. And then there's Maryham's beautiful wife Carla, the subject of many of Jimmy's...

  • Cartoony Justice

    It's Saturday morning. Time for the Dead End Show, everybody's favourite cartoon program. Hosted by Linda and Dead End Cat, with special guest star Diane, the Vitamin Queen.It's Saturday morning and Stella is trying to sleep. When she is rudely awake...

  • He never brings me flowers...

    He never brings me flowers...Waiting for your boyfriend to finally come home from work can be hell, especially if it's your anniversary and you suspect he forgot â€" again. But does the ringing of the doorbell promise roses and sex and the long overd...

  • He never brings me flowers.

  • Flight of Madness

    Five flights, five stories, five descents into madnessA suicidal banker takes one last flight to end his life in a place where no one knows him. But the lady in the seat next to him might just make his suicide plans obsolete…Carrie Ragnarok, spy ex...

  • Flights of Madness

    Five flights, five stories, five descents into madness A suicidal banker takes one last flight to end his life in a place where no one knows him. But the lady in the seat next to him might just make his suicide plans obs...



  • Insomnia

    Shortly after moving to Century Courts Apartments, banker Marc Taylor finds himself unable to sleep. At first, he quite enjoys the additional time his chronic insomnia gives him. But as the weeks wear on, Marc craves nothing more than sleep. However,...

  • Payback Time

    Payback TimeYou don't want to owe a favour to the mafia, especially not when the boss himself comes to collect. But what could a simple hairdresser like Joe Martin possibly have to offer to the mob?GoneA travelling salesman vanishes, leaving behind a...

  • Hostage to Passion

    The Falcon and the Rose - 1

    En route from Spain to the New World, the ship carrying Dona Rosaria is attacked by English pirates under the command of Sir Nicholas Harcourt, the infamous Black Falcon. Rosaria fears the worst, when she is taken prisoner, but Sir Nicholas proves hi...

  • The Dark Lily

    Zebediah Smith & Shoushan Kariyan - 1

    Beirut, 1965. Eccentric American billionaire Zane Smith is quite entranced by tattooed dancer known only as the Dark Lily. In fact, he is so entranced that he takes her back to his hotel room for a private performance. It's only when he wakes up in t...

  • Mercy Mission

    Shattered Empire - 1

    Holly di Marco used to think that joining the Rebellion against the Galactic Empire was a good career move. However, she is beginning to doubt her judgment, for her rebel comrades treat her as nothing but a lowly mercenary, never to be entrusted with...

  • Love in the Times of the Macrobiotic Muesli

    A Romance of the CountercultureWest Germany, 1982: Hans-Dieter and Katrin, both active in the peace and environment movement, meet at a protest march against a new nuclear power station and manage to fall for each other, while fleeing police truncheo...

  • Old Mommark's Tale

    In a tavern on Tortuga, the pirate Old Mommark recalls an adventure of his youth and tells a tale of an uncharted island, a great treasure, the gruesome Captain Scarlet and the even more gruesome monster that dragged him to his doom. But is it a true...

  • The Hybrids

    Gordon Havers thought that he was the last man on Earth â€" after a virus killed off everybody else. So he lived on much as he had before the pandemic that wiped out humanity, eking out a living as a trapper in the Canadian Rockies.But one day, there...

  • Dream Job

    Flight attendant used to be her dream job. But for Tania, that dream has long turned into a nightmare of long working hours, lots of stress and rude passengers. Then, one day during a flight taking holidaymakers to Mallorca, Tania decides that she ha...

  • Pissed

    Drunken and rude passengers aboard a plane are a nightmare. But it's even worse when you happen to be the unlucky person seated right next to a rude drunkard. And once the rude drunkard starts to harass you, it's easy to lose your temper. Particularl...



  • Acacia Crescent

    1956. In the quiet suburb of Shady Groves, a ten year old boy watches as both his parents are murdered, shot down by a mafia enforcer. And the mob is not inclined to leave any witnesses behind. However, an invasion from outer space may just prove to ...

  • Christmas Gifts

    Waiting until closing time on Christmas Eve to get a present for his Mom certainly wasn't one of Tim's better ideas. Especially not since the store only has a self-service wrapping station and Tim is utterly hopeless at gift-wrapping. Lucky for him, ...

  • Elevator of Doom

    The Silencer - 4

    New York City, 1936: The Radcliffe, a luxury apartment building on Central Park West, is terrorised by a string of burglaries. The police suspect an insider, but there is no hard evidence, because the burglar comes and goes like a ghost.At first glan...

  • Demolition

    The stately mansion stood tall for one hundred years. But after the death of its last owner, the old house has been neglected and forgotten, its garden overgrown by rose bushes.When three children stumble upon the old house, it gains a new lease on l...

  • The Iron Border

    Ana has lived in the shadow of death all her life. For when she was six years old, a TV broadcast announced that an asteroid would hit the Earth twenty-two years later, extinguishing all life as we know it.As Ana grew up, she put her faith in the wor...

  • New York City's Finest

    Jo Grayson had a dark past. Ex con-artist, ex-junkie, complete and utter screw-up. However, she left all that behind her when she became pregnant. And now, six months later, Jo has a dingy one-room apartment and a crappy but steady job as a cab driv...

  • The Great Fraud

    The Silencer - 5

    Charles William Finchley made his fortune selling novelty products of questionable value via ads in the backpages of pulp magazines. Finchley is well on his way to becoming a millionaire, until his unscrupulous business practices put him in the cross...

  • Hanging Day

    London, 1751: It's hanging day at Tyburn and nine condemned criminals, six men and three women, are about to meet their end on the infamous triple tree. Among the crowd come to see them hang is Jack Blackstone, better known as Blackjack the highwayma...

  • Seeing Red

    Two tales of bad relationships, angry women and murder Seeing RedIt was supposed to be just sex. But then Dan gradually wormed his way into Maggie's life and into her apartment. And though Dan insists that he loves her, Maggie suspects he is far mor...

  • History Lesson

    Shattered Empire - 3

    The nights are long on the rebel world of Pyrs, most of the men and women hiding out there have demons that haunt them and everybody deals with those demons in their very own way. For Holly di Marco and Ethan Summerton, two of the more tha...



  • Mean Streets and Dead Alleys

    The Silencer - 6

    Wounded and weary after a long night of crimefighting, all Richard Blakemore a.k.a. the Silencer wants is to go home. But then he spots a young woman being stalked by three thugs, so the Silencer has to jump into the fray once more. However, when the...

  • The Cork and the Bottle

    Helen Shepherd Mysteries - 1

    When the landlord of "The Cork and the Bottle" ends up dead in a puddle of blood on the floor of his own pub, the case seems clear. The teen burglars who broke into the pub to steal the contents of the till are the culprits. But t...

  • Debts to Pay

    Shattered Empire - 4

    Once Carlotta Valdez was a mercenary, working for the highest bidder. No job was too dirty or too dangerous as long as she got paid.But then Carlotta had a change of heart. She joined the Rebellion against the Galactic Empire and met rebel leader Art...

  • Overdose

    Helen Shepherd Mysteries - 2

    When Caroline Murray is found dead in an underground parking garage with a needle in her arm, the case seems clear. Caroline died of a drug overdose.However, everybody who knew Caroline insists that she was vehemently opposed to drugs and would never...

  • Seedlings

    Shattered Empire - 2

    Once Ethan Summerton was the heir to a lordship, and a whole planet besides. But all that was taken from him, when his father decided to side with the Galactic Rebellion against the Fifth Human Empire and was murdered for his troubles along with the ...

  • Bank Job

    Helen Shepherd Mysteries - 3

    At first glance, the robbery in a small bank branch doesn't seem overly mysterious. After all, the CCTV footage clearly shows a masked robber threatening bank clerk Jim Carling with a gun before disabling the cameras. However, the robber knew a bit t...

  • Open Season

    Helen Shepherd Mysteries - 4

    Absolutely no one is sorry when the infamous Ruislip Wood Ripper, a serial killer who has already murdered three women, ends up dead in the forest, shot by a hunter while on the cusp of attacking his fourth victim.But there are just a few coincidence...

  • Boardwalk Baby

    There are two things about herself that Izzy has always known with absolute certainty: One, that she was adopted and two, that she has an affinity for the sea. For from her earliest memories on, the ocean has always called out to Izzy. But her adopti...

  • A Bullet for Father Christmas

    Helen Shepherd Mysteries - 5

    When two men dressed up as Father Christmas rob a London jewellery store and one of them ends up dead on the floor, shot by his own accomplice, it’s certainly one of the more unusual cases for Detective Inspector Helen Shepherd and her team. But as...

  • Paris Green

    Helen Shepherd Mysteries - 6

    When college student Kitty Chan is found dead in the basement of the Victoria and Albert Museum, dressed in a Victorian ball gown, the cause of death is quickly established. Kitty died of arsenic poisoning. But who gave her the deadly dose and why? D...

  • Christmas Eve at the Purple Owl Cafe

    After a massive row with her parents over intolerable relatives, Katie finds herself all alone for the holidays. So she heads for the one place in town where everyone is welcome on Christmas Eve, the legendary Purple Owl Café.The Purple Owl Café ha...

  • Dead Drop

    Helen Shepherd Mysteries - 7

    Homeless teen Chris certainly isn't the most reliable of witnesses. And so no one takes her seriously when she walks into a police station and claims that her boyfriend Max, nicknamed Zorro, has been kidnapped.Detective Inspector Helen Shepherd is in...

  • Partners in Crime

    Shattered Empire - 5

    The Premier Imperial Bank of Houshou is the financial institute of choice for the rich and the crooked of the Fifth Human Empire. The bank boosts a two thousand year history of excellent but discreet service and its vaults and computers are thought t...

  • Albrecht, the Nightmare

    Germany in the near future: When supernatural beings come out of the closet and reveal themselves as having lived among humanity all along, the country quickly adjusts to the new reality after some initial uproar. Romances between humans and supernat...

  • Egg Hunt

    Helen Shepherd Mysteries - 8

    When a priceless Fabergé egg goes missing from a locked room in the London townhouse of Russian oligarch Yevgeny Ivanov, everybody quickly suspects Eva Hart, Ivanov's cleaning lady and single mother.But Detective Inspector Helen Shepherd has her dou...

  • The Four and a Half Minute Boiled Egg

    Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life - 1

    Bertha and Alfred, married for twenty years, enjoy all a truly science fictional life in the twenty-first century. But in spite of all the technological marvels surrounding them, an argument at the breakfast table about egg boiling times escalates...

  • The Revenant of Wrecker's Dock

    Strange things keep happening in the permanently fog-shrouded seaside town of Hallowind Cove, earning it the nickname "Harbour of the Weird".When Paul comes Hallowind Cove, after inheriting an old house from an uncle he barely knew, he doesn't put mu...

  • Spiked Tea

    Two tales of family heirlooms, inheritances, tea and murder.Spiked TeaMatthew is getting tired of waiting for the cancer to finally claim his eccentric aunt Annemarie. So he decides to help nature take its course… by adding some morphine to Annemar...

  • The Faulty Television Receiver

    Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life - 2

    Bertha and Alfred, married for twenty years, enjoy a truly science fictional life in the twenty-first century. But in spite of all the technological marvels surrounding them, a faulty television receiver can still lead to argument and cause them t...

  • Four Minute Warning

    Two tales of love and loss and nuclear war.Thirteen MinutesCaught in a supermarket, when the alarm goes off, Luke and David admit some unspoken truths to each other before the bombs fall.Four Minute WarningTracy and Jimmy know you can't survive a nuc...

  • Hangman's Wages

    Germany in the Middles Ages: Ulrich, executioner to Count Dietmar of Finsterwalde, finds his workload unexpectedly doubled, when Count Dietmar orders him to hang Anna, a young thief caught picking pockets during the public execution of a notorious ba...

  • A History of the New Ice Age

    The cryogenic freezing of the dead in hope of a eventual revival has long been the province of cranks and crazies. However, when two frozen mountain gorillas are successfully revived, cryogenics suddenly becomes a viable medical technology. The first...

  • Children of the Stone Gods

    This is a collection of seven tales on the borderline of science fiction and fantasy. Seven stories of lost worlds, where carcasses of crashed spaceships litter the landscape and science and technology have long turned into myth and legend.Enter a wo...

  • Operation Rubber Ducky

    Three short tales of anthropomorphic terror, featuring Trojan toys, axe-wielding ducks and fluffy killer rabbits from outer space. When the world is besieged by Kaiju, the only weapon that can stop them turns out to be a rubber ducky with a deadly se...

  • Bug-Eyed Monsters and the Women Who Love Them

    Six short science fiction stories that subvert the tropes and clichés of the golden age and caricature the gender dynamics of classic science fiction. In these pages, you'll travel from suburban America to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. You'll ...

  • Kiss of Ice

    The Winter Knight is sent out to execute the Ice Maiden who has already killed countless men. So far, none of those sent to bring the Maiden to justice have ever returned. But the Knight is confident that he will succeed where they failed, for he is ...

  • Mightier than the Sword

    Helen Shepherd Mysteries - 9

    When cartoonist Charlie Ellis is stabbed to death in his studio, everybody suspects a political motive. For his controversial cartoons had placed Charlie Ellis in the crosshairs two years before.But Detective Inspector Helen Shepherd is sceptical. Fo...

  • The Tinsel-Free Christmas Tree

    Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life - 3

    Bertha and Alfred, married for twenty years, enjoy a truly science fictional life in the twenty-first century. But in spite of all the technological marvels surrounding them, an argument about how to decorate the Christmas tree escalates and threaten...

  • Our Lady of the Burning Heart

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    Two stories of crime, chance and coincidence Liam is a small time criminal in a world of trouble. Cause he owes twenty thousand dollars to local gangster Dan "the Man" O'Brien and if Liam doesn't pay back hi...

  • Valentine's Day on Iago Prime

    A Year on Iago Prime - 1

    Kai and Maisie are about the celebrate their first Valentine's Day on the planet Iago Prime. However, the holiday traditions they established back on Earth such as celebrating Valentine's Day with a picnic on the beach are impossible to maintain in t...

  • Lovers' Lane

    1956. After a sock hop at the local high school gym, teenagers Betty and Cody drive out to Lovers' Lane together. Betty knows only too well that good girls don't go to Lovers' Lane with boys. But Cody is her one true love and besides, he swore that h...

  • Double Feature

    1956: Judy is the designated town slut of Stillwater Creek. After getting thrown out of a sock hop at the local high school, Judy winds up going to the movies with bad boy Hank instead, where a science fiction double feature is playing. However, befo...

  • The Death of the American Dream

    They came out of nowhere to attack America's towns and suburbs: Giant mutant crabs and other creatures, grown to enormous size due to nuclear radiation and bent on destroying the American way of life. But while many fall to the monster attacks, an ad...

  • Conspirators

    Shattered Empire - 6

    Lord Jonathan Summerton, husband, father, lord of Caswallon and current head of one of the oldest families in the Empire. For too many years, he turned a blind eye to the abuses perpetrated by the Emperor and his followers. But now that his homeworld...

  • The Three Quarters Eaten Dessert

    Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life - 4

    Bertha and Alfred, married for twenty years, enjoy a truly science fictional life in the twenty-first century. But in spite of all the technological marvels surrounding them, an argument about sharing a dessert at an upscale restaurant escalates and ...

  • Dreaming of the Stars

    In Love and War - 1

    Even in a galaxy torn apart by war, the young still have dreams. On Rajipuri, a poor planet in the Empire of Worlds, Anjali Patel and her two younger sisters look up at the stars and dream of escaping the limitations of a t...

  • Courting Trouble

    In Love and War - 3

    Once, Anjali Patel and Mikhail Grikov were soldiers on opposing sides of an intergalactic war. They met, fell in love and decided to go on the run together. Now Anjali and Mikhail are trying to eke out a living on the independent worlds of...

  • Graveyard Shift

    In Love and War - 2

    While docked at the civilian space station Unity for repairs, the Republic of United Planets battlecruiser Great Endeavour undertakes a trial flight with an inexperienced bridge crew. Disaster strikes and the Great Endeavour<...

  • Southern Monsters

    Three tales of monsters and terror in the Louisiana bayous.When a young bride goes missing on her wedding day in Acadiana, the locals blame the Terror, the legendary monster that stalks the Crimson Bayou. Remy Theriault does not believe in the Terror...

  • Bullet Holes

    In Love and War - 4

    Once, Anjali Patel and Mikhail Grikov were soldiers on opposing sides of an intergalactic war. They met, fell in love and decided to go on the run together. Now Anjali and Mikhail are trying to eke out a living on the independent worlds of...

  • Fact or Fiction

    The Silencer - 7

    24 Extremely Short Halloween Stories for your Briefest Moments

    From a Hillary Clinton stripper to mythical beast-women in the harsh Scandinavian tundra and from an unusual band of steadfast teddy bears to the last man in zombie-occupied Chica...

  • The Cursed Arm of Driftwood Beach

    A disembodied arm terrifies a seaside town.Strange things keep happening in the permanently fog-shrouded seaside town of Hallowind Cove, earning it the nickname "Harbour of the Weird".When a beachcomber finds a giant wooden arm on the beach, the peop...

  • Christmas Shopping with a Broken Heart

    When her boyfriend dumps her four weeks before Christmas, Hannah throws herself into holiday preparations in order to dull the pain. But nothing seems to help, until Hannah quite literally bumps into Owen, while Christmas shopping.Hannah and Owen hit...

  • Liquid Muse

    Jonah Winter has developed the perfect creativity enhancing drug â€" one hundred percent effective, non-addictive and safe. Ron Varnhagen has experienced the drug's remarkable properties for himself and plans to invest in Jonah's venture. But then he...

  • St. Nicholas of Hell's Kitchen

    The Silencer - 8

    Christmas time in 1930s New York. After escaping through the chimney of an orphanage in Hell's Kitchen, Richard Blakemore a.k.a. the masked crimefighter known only as the Silencer is mistaken for Santa Claus by one of the children and learns that the...

  • After the End

    When the apocalypse has come and gone, life still goes on for the survivors struggling to adapt to the new normal. In a drowned world, the descendants of surface dwellers remember the cities that were lost, the inhabitants of ocean floor colonies cli...

  • Dead World

    In Love and War - 5

    Once, Anjali Patel and Mikhail Grikov were soldiers on opposing sides of an intergalactic war. They met, fell in love and decided to go on the run together.Now Anjali and Mikhail are trying to eke out a living on the independent worlds of the galacti...

  • Kitchen Witch

    Helen Shepherd Mysteries - 10

    When Eudora Pembroke, a self-styled witch, is found dead in her house after ingesting a poisonous plant, everybody suspects a tragic accident. After all, Eudora was elderly and might have mistaken the poisonous plant for a benign herb.But Detective I...

  • Parlour Game

    When Edgar Asheford-Browne is found dead in his palatial home, with a hole in his head and a bloody fire poker next to his body, the cause of death seems obvious. Edgar Asheford-Browne was beaten to death.But as Detective Inspector Helen Shepherd and...

  • The Milk Truck Gang

    The Silencer - 9

    Upstate New York, 1937: When the delivery vans of the Daisy Chain Dairy Company are targeted and robbed by a criminal gang and a driver is shot, Richard Blakemore a.k.a. the masked crimefighter known only as the Silencer decides to get involved. So h...

  • Tea and Treachery

    Lady Violetta Chesterfield travels to the Kingdom of Dragomir on a mission. For her fiancé, Nicholas Blackstone, Captain of the airship Renegade, has been captured and sentenced to death as a pirate and spy. Violetta is determined to save her belove...

  • A Mess of Arms and Legs and Limbs

    Humanity thought they were alone in the universe. They were wrong. When aliens attack Hyams II, a small mining colony on the galactic rim, all that stands between the attackers and the terrified civilian population are a ha...

  • Christmas on Iago Prime

    A Year on Iago Prime - 2

    Eight-year-old Libby has come with her parents to spend a year at the newly established colony on the planet Iago Prime. Libby's parents believe that this is a great opportunity for all of them, but Libby is unhappy on Iago Prime. There are no other ...

  • The Crawling Death

    Two-Fisted Todd Adventures - 1

    1966: Freelance troubleshooter Todd Donovan is hired to locate Dr. Pat Turner, a biologist who has gone missing in the South American jungle. It seems like an easy job at first, but then Todd finds himself staring into the barrel of a gun.Captured an...

  • Flesh Trade

    Two-Fisted Todd Adventures - 2

    1966: Freelance troubleshooter Todd Donovan is hired to locate four American college students who have gone missing while doing humanitarian work on the Caribbean island of San Ezequiel.While punching suspects and taking names, Todd learns that the c...

  • Baptism of Fire

    Cadet Anjali Patel had hoped for something more exciting than guard duty for her first mission with the legendary Shakyri Expeditionary Corps, the best fighters in the Empire of Worlds.However, this boring job quickly turns hot, when an enemy convoy ...

  • Double-Cross

    Once, Anjali Patel and Mikhail Grikov were soldiers on opposing sides of an intergalactic war. They met, fell in love and decided to go on the run together.Now Anjali and Mikhail are trying to eke out a living on the independent worlds of the galacti...

  • Freedom's Horizon

    Once, Anjali Patel and Mikhail Grikov were soldiers on opposing sides of an intergalactic war. They met, fell in love and decided to go on the run together.Now Anjali and Mikhail are trying to eke out a living on the independent worlds of the galacti...

  • Blasters of Forever

    1985: Screenwriter Simon St. John makes his living writing toy tie-in cartoons and dreams of finally getting his screenplay "People on a Bridge" produced.But one night, when Simon has just come up with his latest creation, a group of time travelling ...

  • Bloody Bananas

    When supermarket employee Nelson Grant is found bludgeoned to death next to a half empty crate of bananas, the case seems a complete mystery. For Nelson Grant was well liked by his colleagues, so who could possibly want him dead?But then Detective In...

  • Hunter and Hunted

    Once, Anjali Patel and Mikhail Grikov were soldiers on opposing sides of an intergalactic war. They met, fell in love and decided to go on the run together.Now Anjali and Mikhail are trying to eke out a living on the independent worlds of the galacti...

  • The Shantytown Robin Hoods

    Latisha, Moses and Tim are three street kids eking out a living in a dystopian future. Together, they are the Shantytown Robin Hoods, a street gang that steals from the rich and gives to â€" well, themselves."The Hole" is the hottest night club in Sh...

  • Collision Course

    Once, Anjali Patel and Mikhail Grikov were soldiers on opposing sides of an intergalactic war. They met, fell in love and decided to go on the run together.Now Anjali and Mikhail are trying to eke out a living as mercenaries on Metra Litko, an indepe...

  • Evacuation Order

    When the test of a planet killer weapon goes awry, the light cruiser Fearless Explorer is ordered to the planet Jagellowsk to evacuate the scientists in charge of the test before the planet breaks apart. But in defiance of orders, Captain Brian Mayhe...

  • The Taste of Home

    A story of family, memories and food.Once, Anjali Patel and Mikhail Grikov were soldiers on opposing sides of an intergalactic war. They met, fell in love and decided to go on the run together.Now Anjali and Mikhail are trying to eke out a living on ...

  • The Bakery on Gloomland Street

    A legendary monster threatens Christmas… It's Christmas time in the permanently fog-shrouded seaside town of Hallowind Cove, which is also known as the "Harbour of the Weird".Rachel Hammersmith is new to Hallowind Cove and has recently taken over t...

  • The Mermaid of Foghorn Point

    The catch of the day at the Croaking Foghorn is not at all as expected… Strange things keep happening in the permanently fog-shrouded seaside town of Hallowind Cove, earning it the nickname "Harbour of the Weird".Paul and Rachel's date at The Croak...

  • The Standarounds of Twilight Gardens

    Sinister shadows menace a family…Strange things keep happening in the quirky little seaside town of Hallowind Cove, earning it the nickname "Harbour of the Weird".When the Hutchinson family buy the beautiful Beauregard mansion on Gloomland Street, ...

  • The Road of Skeletons

    On their way to the northern city of Khon Orzad, Thurvok, the sellsword, and his friend Meldom, thief, cutpurse and occasional assassin, travel along a road lined with the skeletons of executed heretics.It's a grim path that becomes even grimmer when...

  • The Tomb of the Undead Slaves

    The sellsword Thurvok and his friend and companion Meldom, thief, cutpurse and occasional assassin, venture into the Rusted Desert to seek the tomb of the ancient king Chagurdai and the legendary treasure supposedly hidden there. But once Thurvok and...

  • A Valentine for the Silencer

    Valentine's Day 1938: All Richard Blakemore a.k.a. the masked crimefighter known only as the Silencer wants is to have a romantic dinner with his beautiful fiancée Constance Allen.But on his way to his date, Richard happens upon a mugging in progres...

  • The Valley of the Man Vultures

    On his way to Krysh, a city of fabled riches, the sellsword Thurvok must first pass through the Valley of the Accursed Blood.Traditionally, those travelling to Krysh make offerings at the temple at the entrance of the valley in exchange for protectio...

  • The Cave of the Dragon

    Thurvok, the sellsword, is enjoying a meal with his friends, Meldom, thief, cutpurse and occasional assassin, the sorceress Sharenna and Lysha, Meldom's sweetheart whom the adventurers saved from the gallows, when a peasant woman asks them for help. ...

  • The Night Court

    The city of Vanadur suffers under the thumb of the Night Court, whose bailiffs snatch random people off the streets and whose masked judges know only one verdict: guilty.Meldom, thief, cutpurse and occasional assassin, is one of those who are snatche...

  • Mementos and Memories

    Once, Anjali Patel and Mikhail Grikov were soldiers on opposing sides of an intergalactic war. They met, fell in love and decided to go on the run together.Now Anjali and Mikhail are trying to eke out a living on the independent worlds of the galacti...

  • Honourable Enemies

    Once, Colonel Brian Mayhew was the deputy commander of the Republican Special Commando Forces. But now he's gone AWOL to take out crime lord Rick Santerna, the man who murdered his family.Mayhew's quest for vengeance brings him to the rim world of Ma...

  • Christmas after the End of the World

    It's Christmas… five months after the Yellowstone supervolcano erupted, blacked out the sun and covered most of the western US in ash.Thirteen-year-old Natalie, her younger brother Liam, baby Olivia and family dog Bud are among the few still holdin...

  • Santa's Sticky Fingers

    Normally, Detective Inspector Helen Shepherd doesn't deal with petty crime and pickpockets. But when the Christmas market in Kingston upon Thames is hit by a wave of thefts, Helen and her team are called in to help out. Harry, a homeless man who...

  • The Heavy Hand of the Editor

    New York City, 1938: Richard Blakemore, hardworking pulp writer by day and the masked vigilante only known as the Silencer by night, has faced many a horror in his day. But few of them can match the terror of the blank page. Especially since Donald A...

  • Appletree Court

    1956: Bernie Stetson is a burglar, robbing suburban homes while their owners are not at home. Bernie's latest raid takes him to the subdivision of Shady Groves. But things quickly go wrong. First, the house Bernie is robbing turns out to be not ...

  • Azalea Avenue

    1956: On the surface, Rosemary Wilson is a happily married wife and mother, enjoying a perfect life in the quiet suburb of Shady Groves. But the house on Azalea Avenue harbours a dark secret, for Rosemary's husband Don is an abusive drunk, who vents ...

  • A Grave Case

    When the elderly widow Maureen Pettigrew is found bludgeoned to death on the grave of her late husband, the case seems clear. Maureen is the latest victim of the cemetery mugger who has been terrorising Kensal Green cemetery for several weeks now.&nb...

  • Willowbrook Farm

    1956: The elderly farmer couple Bob and Mary Graham are crushed by debt and about to lose the family farm to a greedy developer. But on the day they are supposed to be evicted, a flying saucer from outer space appears in the sky above Willowbroo...

  • Demon Summoning for Beginners

    When observing a magical ritual in the woods, make sure to take precautions… If you try to summon a demon to grant you your heart's fondest desire, you'd better get your Latin right… When studying ancient grimoires, it's never...

  • The Ghosts of Doodenbos

    The Netherlands in the year of the Lord 1571: The young widow Ann lives alone with her little son Florentijn in a house at the edge of the woods. From childhood on, Ann has been told to never ever go alone into the woods. But when her little son...

  • Puncture Wounds

    Every morning, Brett finds blood on his sheets and mysterious puncture wounds on his body. But as he tries to trap the night pricker, as he calls his unseen assailant, he's in for a surprise… The house at Green Corner has been standing th...

  • Ballroom Blitz

    Anjali and Mikhail go on a Valentine's Day date. Trouble ensues. Once, Anjali Patel and Mikhail Grikov were soldiers on opposing sides of an intergalactic war. They met, fell in love and decided to go on the run together. Now Anjali and Mik...

  • Neutral Ground

    Two old soldiers share a coffee and fight for their lives The Republic of United Planets and the Empire of Worlds have been at war for eighty-eight years now. But nonetheless, Colonel Brian Mayhew, deputy commander of the Republican Special Comm...

  • The Crappiest Christmas Ever

    Jessica is having the worst Christmas ever, when her parents announce that they are getting a divorce two days before the holidays. Stuck on her own with no home to go to, Jessica heads for the mall to buy a Christmas tree for herself. Here she ...

  • Driving Home for Christmas

    When her car breaks down after midnight on Christmas Eve, Laura thinks she'll never make it home for the holidays.But then fate sends Laura her very own Christmas angel in the form of hunky truck driver Jonas… This is a short and sweet ho...

  • Revolt at the North Pole

    Rebellion is brewing at Santa's compound at the North Pole. The elves and the reindeer both are overworked, underpaid and angry, so they unite to take down Santa. However, there's still Santa's most fearsome enforcer, the horned, clawed and fanged ho...

  • Spelunkers

    During a holiday in Belgium, college students Evan and Matt decide to explore an uncharted cave in the Ardennes. Also along for the ride is Evan's sister Kate, who has been tasked with looking out for her brother since early childhood. Deep insi...

  • The Witchfinder's Apprentice

    Massachusetts in the Year of the Lord 1695: Matthew Goodson, eighteen years of age, is apprenticed to a team of experienced witchfinders, who travel from village to village and town to town to uncover witchcraft, examine the evidence, interrogate sus...

  • The Solstice Horror

    Massachusetts in the Year of the Lord 1695: Apprentice witchfinder Matthew Goodson, and condemned witch Grace Pankhurst have been on the run from Matthew's former masters for months now. Shortly before Christmas, Matthew and Grace find shelter w...

  • Roadside Horrors

    Roads are interstitial spaces, their only purpose to take you from one place to another. In most cases, roads only connect two places in the real world. But occasionally, a road crosses the borderline into the unknown. That's when things can com...

  • Invasion of the Robot Santas

    No one ever expected the robot apocalypse to begin in the little town of Brighthaven. And no one ever expected it to involve murderous robot turkeys and their even more terrifying brethren, robot Santas that fire laserbeams from their eyes. Howe...

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Cora Buhlert has published 145 books.

Cora Buhlert does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Invasion of the Robot Santas, was published in December 2022.

The first book by Cora Buhlert, Outlaw Love, was published in July 2011.

Yes. Cora Buhlert has 10 series.
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