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Smita Harish Jain

Award-nominated Author of
Mysteries & Thrillers

SHORT STORIES

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Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Devious, Issue 18. A cover of man and woman, both in detective hats and trench coats, standing back to back with a building in the foggy distance.

Three Strikes You're Dead (14 Great Sports Mysteries). An illustrated cover of a baseball player in motion, beneath a noose.

The Killing Rain (The Left Coast Crime 2024 Anthology). A cover featuring the reflection of Seattle building in an oil slick rain puddle.

Black Cat Weekly, Issue 96. A cover of a black cat wearing a black top hat, cape, and tux with a red collar, standing on a foggy street in London.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Skeletons In the Closet. A cover with a jack-o-lanterns, bird skeleton, and candles on a table.

Chesapeake Crimes: Magic Is Murder. A cover of white gloved magician hands with a wand pointed at an open book.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Behind Closed Doors. An illustrated man standing behind a cracked door.

Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Diabolical, Issue 16. A cover of a frowning mask next to a tea cup with a skull rising from the steam.

Virginia is For Mysteries, Vol 3. A gray scale cover of roaring waters and bright sun in a cloudy sky.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Beware The Night. A cover of a woman standing at a counter inside a gas station, facing the bright headlights of a mysterious car at a pump.

Mystery Writers of America Presents: When A Stranger Comes To Town. Cover of a silhouette figure against a bluish black night.

Virginia Is For Mysteries, Vol. 1. Black and white cover of leafless trees and an overcast sky.

Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder. Cover of a beach at sunset, a warning sign in the sand, choppy waters, and a long bridge in the distance.

Mumbai Noir. Cover of a person holding an umbrella walking on a cobblestone path.

Chesapeake Crimes: They Had It Comin'. Cover of a silhouette of a woman holding a gun at the end of an L shaped pier at sunset.

Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Devious, Issue 18. A cover of man and woman, both in detective hats and trench coats, standing back to back with a building in the foggy distance.

Three Strikes You're Dead (14 Great Sports Mysteries). An illustrated cover of a baseball player in motion, beneath a noose.

The Killing Rain (The Left Coast Crime 2024 Anthology). A cover featuring the reflection of Seattle building in an oil slick rain puddle.

Black Cat Weekly, Issue 96. A cover of a black cat wearing a black top hat, cape, and tux with a red collar, standing on a foggy street in London.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Skeletons In the Closet. A cover with a jack-o-lanterns, bird skeleton, and candles on a table.

Chesapeake Crimes: Magic Is Murder. A cover of white gloved magician hands with a wand pointed at an open book.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Behind Closed Doors. An illustrated man standing behind a cracked door.

Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Diabolical, Issue 16. A cover of a frowning mask next to a tea cup with a skull rising from the steam.

Virginia is For Mysteries, Vol 3. A gray scale cover of roaring waters and bright sun in a cloudy sky.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Beware The Night. A cover of a woman standing at a counter inside a gas station, facing the bright headlights of a mysterious car at a pump.

Mystery Writers of America Presents: When A Stranger Comes To Town. Cover of a silhouette figure against a bluish black night.

Virginia Is For Mysteries, Vol. 1. Black and white cover of leafless trees and an overcast sky.

Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder. Cover of a beach at sunset, a warning sign in the sand, choppy waters, and a long bridge in the distance.

Mumbai Noir. Cover of a person holding an umbrella walking on a cobblestone path.

Chesapeake Crimes: They Had It Comin'. Cover of a silhouette of a woman holding a gun at the end of an L shaped pier at sunset.

All Short Stories

ESSAYS

Essay: “Make the Familiar Familiar”

1 min read

Essay: “Make the Familiar Familiar”

PODCASTS

Podcast: Short Story Special

1 min read

Podcast: Short Story Special

EVENTS

Thrillerfest - 2024

1 min read

Thrillerfest - 2024

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