Diana Catt, Author.

Welcome to my website! This space is my latest work-in-progress and I hope it will always be a little bit under construction.

I've had pretty good success with short story publications. Some are mystery, some horror, some sci-fi. Here's the list:

• "Photo Finish" in Racing Can Be Murder, Blue River Press (2007)
• "Evil Comes" in Medium of Murder, Red Coyote Press (2008)
• "Slightly Mummified" in A Whodunit Halloween, Pill Hill Press (2010)
• "Boneyard Busted" in Bedlam at the Brickyard, Blue River Press (2010)
• "Au Naturel" in Patented DNA, Pill Hill Press (2010)
• "And Through the Woods" in Back to the Middle of Nowhere, Pill Hill Press (2010)
• "Salome’s Gift" in Murder to Mil-Spec, Wolfmont Press (2010)
• "The Art of the Game" in Hoosier Hoops and Hijinks, Blue River Press (2013)
• "Raspberry Summer" in Distant Dying Embers, Four Horseman Press (2015)
• "The Circle Effect" in Decades of Dirt, Speed City Press (2015)
• "The Dark Core" in Decades of Dirt, Speed City Press (2015)
• "Metaphor" in Below The Line(2015)
• "The Stuff of Dreams" in Below The Line(2015)
• "Deeper into the Darkness" in Below The Line(2015)
• "Framed" in The Fine Art of Murder, Blue River Press (2016)
• "Framed" (Reprint) in Killing It Softly 2, Digital Fiction Publishing Corp (2017)
• "The Final Recall" in Me Too Short Stories, Level Best Books (2019)
• "The Circle Effect" in Circle City Crime, Speed City Press (2019)
• "Flashes of Life" in Circle City Crime, Speed City Press (2019)
• "The Hundred Year Time Capsule" in Murder 2020, Speed City Press (2020)
• "Which Witch" in Trick or Treats, Tales of All Hallows's Eve, Speed City Press (2021)

I was also a co-author on the play "Deadbeat", which debuted at the 2018 Indy Fringe Fest in Indianapolis

Also, out in 2015: Below The Line

A collection of 11 short stories (all mine!) ranging from cozy to dark fiction. It contains three stories not previously published - "Metaphor," "The Stuff of Dreams," and "Deeper into the Darkness."

Coming Soon:

I'm thrilled to be co-editor (along with my friend Brenda Stewart) of The Fine Art of Murder which will debut in October (2016) from Blue River Press. I have a disturbing story in this anthology as well, called "Framed" about this painting:

I've been an officer and active member of the Speed City Indiana Chapter of Sisters in Crime since 2008. SinC events and conferences I'm attending will be listed on the events page...

On a personal note - I'm married and have three mostly-grown kids, one laid-back cat, and a lovely, hyperactive, stubborn dog.

I have a day job, too, but that's for a different web site...