James Musgrave

Biography

James Musgrave has been in a Bram Stoker Finalist anthology, and he’s won the First Place Blue Ribbon for Best Historical Mystery, Forevermore, at the Chanticleer International Book Awards. His most recent publication, “Bug Motel,” is the first story in the Toilet Zone 3 Horror Anthology, Hellbound Books. "Jasmine," is in the anthology Draw Down the Moon published by Propertius Press. His adult short fiction anthology Valley of the Dogs, Dark Stories, won the Silver Medal at the 2021 Reader's Favorite international contest. Two of his historical mystery series are published through and curated by the American Library Association's Biblioboard.com.

Where to find James Musgrave online

Books

Auschwitz Dancer Serial
Series: Auschwitz Dancer Serial, Book 7. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 3,160. Language: English. Originally Published: May 22, 2023 by EMRE Publishing, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Military, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Jewish
Frankie Mann, the Auschwitz Dancer, must bring two Nazis together for marriage or else her husband, Marek, will never be seen again. Herr Soul Master and Dr. Josef Mengele are both part of the ongoing threat to their future.
Auschwitz Dancer
Series: Auschwitz Dancer Serial, Book 4. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 2,060. Language: English. Originally Published: February 6, 2023 by EMRE Publishing, LLC. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Jewish
Episode 4 continues with Frankie Mann returning where she was born, in the insane asylum in the clouds above Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
Dark Justice
Series: Portia of the Pacific Historical Mysteries. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 59,070. Language: English. Originally Published: July 18, 2022 by EMRE Publishing, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political
When Abortion was Against the Law, Attorney Clara Foltz Confronts the Establishment In the fifth mystery of the best-selling and award-winning Portia of the Pacific series, Attorney and Detective Clara Shortridge Foltz and her partner, Attorney Laura de Force Gordon, become involved in two trials. One, an administrative case, Clara defends the accused, an abortifacient merchant, who is...
Auschwitz Dancer
Series: Auschwitz Dancer Serial, Book 2. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 2,130. Language: English. Originally Published: December 7, 2022 by EMRE Publishing, LLC. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Jewish, Fiction » Fantasy » Dark
In this apocalyptic setting, time is frozen in 1943, as Frankie and her group fight the evil powers of totalitarian monsters in Auschwitz, controlled by Herr Soul Master. Read James Musgrave's continuing adventure in this apocalyptic setting, time frozen in 1943, as Frankie and her group fight the evil powers of totalitarian monsters in Auschwitz, controlled by Herr Soul Master.
Auschwitz Dancer
Series: Auschwitz Dancer Serial, Book 1. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 14,330. Language: English. Originally Published: October 17, 2022 by EMRE Publishing, LLC. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Jewish, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
In this apocalyptic setting, time is frozen in 1943, as Frankie and her group fight the evil powers of totalitarian monsters in Auschwitz, controlled by Herr Soul Master. Read James Musgrave's continuing adventure in this apocalyptic setting, time frozen in 1943, as Frankie and her group fight the evil powers of totalitarian monsters in Auschwitz, controlled by Herr Soul Master.
Auschwitz Dancer
Series: Auschwitz Dancer Serial. Price: $1.00 USD. Words: 5,900. Language: English. Originally Published: January 31, 2022 by EMRE Publishing, LLC. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Jewish
The spirit of famous Jewish ballet dancer, Francheska Mann, is stuck in time in a parallel dimension in 1943 at Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Poland. I am the Auschwitz Dancer, Francheska Mann, former ballerina, who was shot and killed by machine gun fire on October 23, in the women's locker room outside the Zyklon B gas showers. I was twenty-six when I died. In this game, they all call me...
The Spiritualist Murders
Series: Portia of the Pacific Historical Mysteries, Book 2. Price: $4.95 USD. Words: 57,550. Language: English. Originally Published: December 3, 2021 by James Musgrave. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
CLARA AND HER FAMILY MUST STOP A MESMERIZING MURDERER Women in 1886 San Francisco are killing their husbands. Attorney detective Clara Foltz uses an eighteen-year-old clairvoyant to track down the mysterious man using the powers of sexual magnetism and mesmerism to turn abused women into murderers. This becomes a family mystery, as Clara's two oldest children get involved. Clara's assistant, Ah...
Robot Culture
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 1,280. Language: English. Originally Published: August 24, 2022 by James Musgrave. Categories: Poetry » Spiritual, Poetry » Themes & motifs » General, Poetry » Themes & motifs » Death, Poetry » Themes & motifs » Nature
A continuing explosion from the mind of Professor James Musgrave. Enjoy the brain drippings while you can.
Orkidedatter
Series: Fire Eyes, Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 52,340. Language: English. Originally Published: April 5, 2022 by James Musgrave. Categories: Fiction » Erotica » Science Fiction, Fiction » Fantasy » Dark
"If Henry Miller (Tropic of Cancer) wrote fantasies, this is what he would have written. Shocking and alive with truth. Can't wait for the next episode." New Fantasy Reviews. Vetted and sold through the American Library Association's auspices. "Magnificent folklore metaphor for the independent woman of today! Perfect mixture of urban fantasy and ribald art." "Narratively, the story juxtaposes...
Baruch Dyan Emet
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 3,010. Language: English. Originally Published: September 7, 2022 by James Musgrave. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Jewish
San Diego Jews get attacked at a Grateful Dead concert in Chula Vista. The living dead don't fare too well against these intrepid Jews.
The Stockton Insane Asylum Murder
Series: Portia of the Pacific Historical Mysteries, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 57,530. Language: English. Originally Published: December 3, 2021 by James Musgrave. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
The Stockton Insane Asylum Murder A Portia of the Pacific Best-Selling and Award-Winning Historical Mystery Volume 3 "Madness can be seen as an intuitive probing into true reality."–R. D. Laing Women were, among others, misdiagnosed as insane by alienists in the 1800s. A female child has been institutionalized in 1887, but the aunt of this child comes to Clara Foltz to say she believes the...
Jasmine
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 4,990. Language: English. Originally Published: July 25, 2022 by EMRE Publishing, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
A retired college instructor and former teacher in India meet online and decide to meet in person during COVID. They form a pact to be together forever.
Room 306
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 7,110. Language: English. Originally Published: September 4, 2022 by James Musgrave. Categories: Fiction » Alternative history, Fiction » African American fiction » Historical, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political
Two rooms with the same number. Both events on the same day. Both events change history in different ways. A story about the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from a veteran who had his own story about Room 306.
Zombies and Children
Series: Horror on the Installment Plan, Book 1. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 9,240. Language: English. Originally Published: September 21, 2022 by EMRE Publishing, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Should children be seen with zombies? Should zombies be children? What kind of a demented mind would want such a thing to happen? Horror on the Installment Plan's premier issue wants to explore this theme in order to give you a few thrills, a few moments of fear, and perhaps even gross you out a bit! Yes, and this theme also has a few laughs (dark ones, or, what my Pappy Skeleton used to call...
Hannah Brade at the Alamo
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 10,080. Language: English. Originally Published: October 10, 2022 by EMRE Publishing, LLC. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Historical » General
Setting is the Battle of the Alamo February 23 to March 6, 1836, in San Antonio, Texas, and afterward, when Santa Anna occupies the mission. Hannah has just returned from Scotland, where she was assisting the famous Scottish surgeon James Braid, the father of the use of mesmerism during surgery. She meets the narrator, journalist Edward Calmes, who works for Blackwell's Magazine in Edinburgh...
Valley of the Dogs, Dark Stories
Price: $9.95 USD. Words: 52,840. Language: English. Originally Published: December 3, 2021 by James Musgrave. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Visionary & metaphysical, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Jewish
Dark Stories for Readers with Surreal and Deep Tastes Silver Medal Winner of the 2021 Reader's Favorite International Contest for Best Adult Anthology A B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree, 2021 9.25 overall Evaluation at BookLife, Publishers Weekly Hollywood and Broadway are icons of the American Dream. But what happens to those who feed off that dream? Just as drug cartels have many underlings, who...
Chinawoman's Chance
Series: Pat O'Malley Historical Mysteries, Book 1. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 62,200. Language: English. Originally Published: July 28, 2022 by EMRE Publishing, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
The First Woman Attorney in California Fights the Patriarchy of the Nineteenth Century in this best-selling and award-winning series. Clara Shortridge Foltz faces a patriarchal nemesis in 1884 San Francisco. When a white prostitute is murdered and flayed down to a skeleton, Clara is hired by the Six Companies of Chinatown to defend the sixteen males who are swept-up by the Chinatown Squad. This...
The Angel's Trumpet
Series: Portia of the Pacific Historical Mysteries, Book 4. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 66,220. Language: English. Originally Published: July 18, 2022 by EMRE Publishing, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical
An 1887 Handmaid Gets Her Revenge in This Best-Selling and Award-Winning Historical Legal Thriller and Mystery Series Abraham Lincoln was shot inside Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. In 1887, the investigation team of attorney-detective Clara Shortridge Foltz visits the same theater, which has now been converted into an Army Medical Museum for tourists. But, the same mysterious "vibes" are...
Castaways of Mar-a-Lago
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 11,690. Language: English. Originally Published: July 17, 2022 by EMRE Publishing, LLC. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Alternative history, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political
"In a universe suddenly divested of illusions and lights, man feels an alien, a stranger. His exile is without remedy since he is deprived of the memory of a lost home or the hope of a promised land. This divorce between man and his life, the actor and his setting, is properly the feeling of absurdity."--Albert Camus This is the plight of fledgling reporter Nick Holcomb as he visits Mar-a-Lago...
Panes of Glass
Price: $1.00 USD. Words: 4,420. Language: English. Originally Published: June 25, 2022 by James Musgrave. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
An urban legend in San Diego that there are secret laboratories beneath a sidewalk's panes of thick glass. They are creating super soldiers using the homeless population.
Escape Web Addiction: Motivate, Create, Sell, and Educate
Bring Your Students, Staff, and Bosses Together Right now, our Education Industry is fractured and divided, in the same way our electoral and political entities are. This guide is for the Parent and Teacher Organization (PTO) or Parent and Teacher Association (PTA), Employers, Teachers, Trainers, Students, Employees, and/or other participating members who purchased or are considering the...
Alas, Poor Yorick!
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 5,970. Language: English. Originally Published: September 16, 2022 by EMRE Publishing, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Gothic
Yorick returns from the grave to seek assistance from Satan and take-over the Danish crown. Except, he wants the fictional crown at Elsinor, and he arrives at the castle in 2022 Copenhagen.
Chinawoman's Chance
Series: Portia of the Pacific Historical Mysteries, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 50,510. Language: English. Originally Published: December 3, 2021 by James Musgrave. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Women's fiction » Feminist, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
The First Woman Attorney in California Fights the Patriarchy of the Nineteenth Century in this best-selling and award-winning series Clara Shortridge Foltz faces a patriarchal nemesis in 1884 San Francisco. When a white prostitute is murdered and flayed down to a skeleton, Clara is hired by the Six Companies of Chinatown to defend the sixteen males who are swept-up by the Chinatown Squad. This...

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