Here I've listed the short stories that have been published. Below these are links to some still on the net. Then I have posted some stories no longer available anywhere. I will update this page about every month or so, adding another story each time.

LIST OF PUBLISHED SHORT STORIES BY JAN CHRISTENSEN

"Between Us Girls," Mysterical-e, Winter 2008.
http://www.mystericale.com/index.php?issue=current_issue&body=file&file=between.htm

"Trouble in Paradise," Long Story Short, November 2008
http://www.alongstoryshort.net/TroubleinParadise.html

"Bright and Shiny Things," Stories That Lift, November 2008,
http://www.storiesthatlift.com/STL-stories/bright-and-shiny-things.htm

"Santa Solves a Murder," Carols and Crimes, Gifts and Grifters
Anthology, Wolfmont Press, Christmas, 2007

"The House That Philip Built," Mysterical-e, Fall, 2007
http://www.mystericale.com/index.php?issue=073&body=story&file=house_that_philip_built.htm

"On Silent Feet," Spinetingler Magazine, July 2007,
http://spinetinglermagazine.blogspot.com/2007/11/short-story-on-silent-feet-by-jan.html

"Quack," Nefarious - Tales of Mystery, March 2007,
"Sometimes Boring Is Good," Mysterical-e, December 2006,
http://www.mystericale.com/index.php?issue=064&body=story&file=boring_good.htm
"Matched Set," LongStoryShort, Winter 2006,
http://www.alongstoryshort.net/matchedset.html, Derringer nominee
"Rose and the Mask," Crime and Suspense Magazine, Winter 2006,
http://www.crimeandsuspense.com/Archives/06-12/cands_0612.htm
(Scroll down the page to find the story)
"Going Where the Wind Blows," Hardluck Stories, edited by Ed Gorman, Summer 2006,
"Happy Christmas to All," Mysterical-e, December 2005,
http://www.mystericale.com/054/happy_christmas.htm
"Joker's Wild," Mysterical-e, June 2005,
http://www.mystericale.com/index.php?issue=052&body=file&file=jokers_wild_christensen.htm
"The Wife," Vacant Funhouse, June 2005
"What Men Need," Web Mystery Magazine, Spring 2005,
http://lifeloom.com/II4ChristensenMen.htm
"Seth's Problem," RainTiger Story Hall, November 2004
"Family Secrets," Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, Oct/Nov/Dec 2004
"My Sister and I," Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, July/Aug/Sept 2004
"Shadow of a Doubt," Orchard Press Mysteries, March 2004,
http://www.orchardpressmysteries.com/shadow_of_a_doubt.html
"Up in Smoke," Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, Jan./Feb/Mar. 2004, Derringer Nominee
"The Ring," Flash Fantastic, January 2004,
http://www.crazedfanboy.com/fiction/flash/issue_3.html
(Scroll down the page to find the story)
"Ransom Is as Ransom Does," Mysterical-e, December 2003,
http://www.mystericale.com/historical/RANSOM_IS.html
"This Town's for Dying," Detective Mystery Stories, June 2004
"Brotherly Love," EWG Presents, Oct. 2003
"Shoes," Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, July/August/Sept. 2003
"The Envelope, Please," Detective Mystery Stories, June 2003
"Found Him," Hardluck Stories, Spring 2003
“Missing Ivy,” Detective Mystery Stories, December 2002
“Exercise in Judgment,” Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, Oct/Nov/Dec 2002
“Warning Signs,” Detective Mystery Stories, October 2002
“A Fine Mess,” Detective Mystery Stories, July 2002
“Rainbow’s End,” Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, April/May/June 2002, winner of special Fire-to-Fly award, and reprinted in Crime and Suspense, May 2007
“Overkill,” Nefarious - Tales of Mystery, December 2001
“No Visible Means of Support,” Futures Magazine, June/July 2001
“Sad Victory,” Futures Magazine, February/March 2000
Sad Victory
“Why I Quite Jogging," Mysterical-e, February 2000
http://www.mystericale.com/historical/WHY_I_QUIT_JOGGING.html and reprinted in Run the Planet, http://www.runtheplanet.com/community/humor/jogquit.asp
“Listen,” The Mystery Morgue Showcase, October 1999
“Antiquing,” artisan a journal of craft, Fall 1998
“We Three,” Whispering Willows Mystery Magazine, Bon Voyage Edition
“Testimony,” Red Herring Mystery Magazine
“Pound for Pound, Anterior Fiction Quarterly, Winter 1997
“The Scarf,” Whispering Willows Mystery Magazine, Premier Edition
The Scarf
“The Unanswered Phone," Writer’s Journal, July/August 1996
“The Plant Lady,” Ebbing Tide, No. 12, first place short story winner
“The Antidote," Minnesota Ink section of Writer’s Journal, 1994
“Monica Finds a Job," Fort Worth Star Telegram, winner of short fiction contest

SHORT PLAY

"Breaking Up," produced by ScreneShop 1996 in Fort Worth, Texas, and in 2003, Summersate, Stonington, Maine

ARTICLES:

"Producing Great Middlings," in Raven Feathers
"Writer's Block," in Crime and Suspense

The muse does not bother with rewriting, so I had to do that myself. -- Howard Weinburg