"Stranger Ev'rywhere" in Black Gate Magazine edited by John O'Neill, Issue #4, Summer 2002. Available online at www.blackgate.com. A Chicago pub where the ghosts of Blues legends gather to swap tales and jam one final time. Still in Print.
	The Blues Ain't Nothin': Tales of the Lonesome Blues Pub, by Tina Jens, a tradepaper from Design Image Group. ISBN# 1-891946-17-X. Please see the main page for locations on-line and around the country that stock this novel. Grab a stool by the bar, toss back a cool one and join Miss Mustang, proprietor, and a colorfully quirky cast of neighborhood regulars and the ghosts of blues legends, real and imagined. Still in Print.
	"A Cat with a Gat" in Crafty Cat Crimes: 100 Tiny Cat Tale Mysteries edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble publishers, 2000. ISBN# 0-7607-1582-3. Available ONLY at Barnes & Noble stores, or online at Barnesandnoble.com. The dick's a cat, the dame's a dog, and an art heist is about to take place, in this hard-boiled noir spoof. Still in Print.
	"Damned Fool Man" in Whispered From the Grave, Design Image Group, 2000. ISBN# 1-891946-07-2. The ghost of a cannibalistic blues singer takes possession of Jimmy "That's Mr. Blues to You" Jones, the featured act this night. Miss Mustang must fend off a host of unwanted suitors and stop the ghost of Old Bloody Fingers from eating all her patrons. A musical duel, with deadly gastronomic stakes, takes place with Miss Mustang belting out a song that tells girls just what to do when faced with a Damned Fool Man. One of the Lonesome Blues Pub stories. See also "Preacherman Gets the Blues" and "Tracks of a Hellhound" below. Read what the critics had to say about Tina's story. Still in Print.
	"The House that Flowed Through to the World" in Daughter of Dangerous Dames, from Twilight Tales/11th Hour Productions, May 2000. Also reprinted in the Twilight Tales book for children, reprinted in the Twilight Tales book for children, Sort of Scary Stories. A feminist fairytale, appropriate for all ages. Still in Print.
	"A Case of Purloined Lager" in Tales from the Red Lion edited by Andrea Dubnick, from Twilight Tales/11th Hour Productions, March 2000. A traditional cat mystery, set in the Red Lion Pub -- home of Twilight Tales: The reading series in Chicago -- and incorporating several of the pub's regulars, including the cat. You'll also find a non-fiction piece by me, "A Word About the Ghosts" based on an interview with the pub owner, about the ghosts who reputedly haunt the pub. Still in Print.
	"Children of Stone" Book of Dead Things from Twilight Tales/11th Hour Productions, October, 1999. Cover art by Alan Clark. Also published in Cemetery Sonata II edited by June Hubbard, from Chameleon Publishing, Oct. 2000. ISBN# 1-892419-06-8. Two children encounter the ghost of a young girl while playing in their father's graveyard. Read what the critics had to say about Tina's story. Still in Print.
	"Playing Games" in the comic book, Scandals #1, edited by Mort Castle, from Thorby Comics, 1999. Artwork by Michael Dutkiewicz. This comic is not for kids -- it's an adult romance title aimed at the soap-opera/Harlequin Romance crowd. Two college girls make a man-hunting bet. Their stalking ground is the dance club, Scandals. One finds true love, the other has a close call with a dark, mysterious and dangerous man.
	"Little Barry & the Pet Shop" in Animals Don't Knock: Tails from the Pet Shop from Twilight Tales/11th Hour Productions, Feb. 1999; and in Feathers, Fins and Fur, edited by Whitney Scott, published by Outrider Press, Aug. 1999. ISBN# 0-962103-96-9. A children's story, written with lots of help from Tina's niece Jessica. Based on a very young version of husband/uncle Barry. Little Barry goes to the pet shop to pick out a furry friend and encounters some animals he never imagined. Still in Print.
	"Blues-born" in More Monsters From Memphis edited by Beecher Smith. A limited edition from Zapizdat Publications, Dec. 1998. ISBN# 1-880964-24-4. Tina was a Bram Stoker Award Nominee for this story, competing against Stephen King and two other authors. Neither she, nor King, won. The birth of a Blues legend, in the form of a deal with the devil, puts Velvet James -- a blond, teen-aged, white-girl guitarist -- on the road to fame. Read what the critics had to say about Tina's story.
	Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Now available Martin H. Greenberg. New Edition just released by Metro Books. ISBN# 1-586632-40-X. (Originally published by Barnes & Noble and only available in their stores, - ISBN# 0-7607-0141-5 - that edition is currently out of print.) This book features three stories by Tina: "Gators in the Sewers" -- What would you do if you found a baby alligator in your soup? -- "I'm a Crazy Tiger" A mental patient who thinks he's Tony the Tiger -- "Demon Bender" Henry the demon goes on a drinking binge. Back in Print! Now available through all stores!
	"Death Gets a Make Over" in Dangerous Dames, published by Twilight Tales/11th Hour Productions, April 1998. When Death gets bored with her wardrobe, she turns to Mother Nature for some help. Read what the critics had to say about Tina's story. Still in Print.
	"In His Daughter's Darkling Womb," Singers of Strange Songs, edited by Scott David Aniolowski, from Chaosium Books, Sept. 1997. ISBN# 1-56882-104-2. Marine biologist Katherine Cullom just wants to study the giant squid captured off the Great Barrier Reef. But Dirk Dagon, an animal rights activist, and the preternatural monster itself, have far different, darker plans for the doctor. A story of the Cthulhu Mythos. Cover art by H.E. Fassl. Read what the critics had to say about Tina's story. Still in Print.
	"Such Horrible People" in Writing Horror: A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association, edited by Mort Castle, from Writer's Digest Books, Sept. 1997. ISBN# 0-89879-798-5. A non-fiction how-to book about the craft of horror writing. This chapter deals with characterization: how to create a character sketch, when to borrow traits from people you know, and how characterization and plotting are related. Cover art by Gerald Brom, Brom Illustration. Read what the critics had to say about Tina's story. Still in Print.
	"Preacherman Gets the Blues," Phantoms of the Night, edited by Richard Gilliam and Martin H. Greenberg, DAW Books, June 1996. ISBN#0-88677-696-1. Sarah and her daughter, Little Mustang, run a Chicago Blues club, with the help of the ghost in the guitar. On a dark and stormy night, the devil pays a visit. In a battle of the bands, the musicians are playing for their lives!
	"Tracks of a Hellhound," The Many Faces of Fantasy, edited by Richard Gilliam, the 1996 World Fantasy Convention Souvenir Book, October 1996. A sequel to "Preacherman Gets the Blues" set nine years later. Mustang Sally is now the proprietor of the Lonesome Blues Pub -- where ghosts are regular customers. On a dark and lonesome night, the spirit of Robert Johnson and a hellhound come to call. But come morning, only one will leave the club "alive!"
	"The Cuban Solution," Diagnosis: Terminal, edited by F. Paul Wilson, DAW/Forge Books, August 1996. Janna is a crusading young doctor bent on helping the political refugees interned at Guantanamo Bay. But can she stop her own government from waging a deadly game of germ warfare? Read what the critics had to say about Tina's story. Paperback edition from TOR, ISBN# 0-812-55088-9, Still in Print.. (Hardcover edition from FORGE, ISBN # 0-312-85972-4, currently out of print.)
Image Coming Soon!	"The Song of Bernadette" in The Fragile Path: Testaments of the First Cabal a book of fiction set in the Mage: The Ascension role-playing game from White Wolf, 1994. ISBN# 1-56504-432-0. You can order it directly from the White Wolf catalog on-line. The Horizon Council sends Sister Bernadette and six other mages on a quest to battle the evil forces of the Technocracy. But there is a betrayer in their midst. Told in a series of songs. Read what the critics had to say about Tina's story. Still in Print.
	"Kali Yuga Comes," Miskatonic University, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Robert Weinberg, DAW Books, June 1996. A STOP-NOS Adventure: Charlie and Maj. Thom are students at Miskatonic U. where strange events are a way of life. But no course could prepare them for the horrors they'll face when they battle the flesh-eating reincarnation of the Hindu goddess Kali! Hardcover from MJF books, ISBN# 1-56731-180-6, Still in Print. (Paperback edition from DAW, ISBN# 0-88677-646-5, out of print.)
	"Mrs. Edmonds' Pantry," 100 Tiny Tales of Terror, edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg. ISBN# 0-76070-140-7. When there's a ghost in the pantry, it's a recipe for disaster!
	"The Gargoyle Sacrifice," 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories (1994), edited by Weinberg, Greenberg and Dziemianowicz. Marissa will do anything to get that beautiful gargoyle necklace in the display case of the Occult bookstore. Unfortunately, she won't live to regret it! Read what the critics had to say about Tina's story. Available ONLY at Barnes & Noble or B. Dalton stores, or online at Barnesandnoble.com. ISBN# 1-566195-11-X. Still in Print.
	"A 12 Step Program (For the Corporeally Challenged)," in Fields of Blood: Vampire Edition, Stories of the Heartland, edited by Lawrence Schimel & Martin H. Greenberg. Cumberland House publishers, April 1998. ISBN# 1-888952-79-2. (This story was first published in 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories edited by Robert Weinberg, Martin H. Greenberg and Stefan Dziemianowicz, from Barnes and Noble Books, 1994, ISBN# 1-56619-558-6. That edition is out of print.) One of Tina's most popular stories. Group Therapy for the Undead. Still in Print.
	"The Princess and the Frog," 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories (1995), edited by Weinberg, Greenberg and Dziemianowicz. 1920's Paris. Jazz is hot. The Charleston is in. And magic works backwards. When Cindy wants to attend the royal ball, she visits her fairy godmother's shoppe. Because, in the Backward Time, you can't turn pumpkins into coaches -- you turn frogs into men! Available ONLY at Barnes & Noble or B. Dalton stores, or online at Barnesandnoble.com. ISBN# 1-566197-62-7. Back in Print!
	"S.T.O.P.-N.O.S.," The Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus, edited by Cynthia Sternau and Martin H. Greenberg, from DAW Books in paperback (1995), and a new 1997 hardcover edition from Barnes & Noble. S.T.O.P.-N.O.S. is the Society To Oversee and Prevent Negative Oracle Scenarios. But, once agents Charlie and Maj. Thom discovers a doomsday prophecy is coming true, is there anything they can do to stop it?
	"Red Whiskey" in Cemetery Sonata edited by June Hubbard, from Chameleon Publishing, 1999. ISBN# 1-9781892419-02-5 (First published in South From Midnight, edited by Richard Gilliam & Tom Hanlon, from Southern Fried Press, 1994, ISBN# 0-9642933-0-7. That edition is out of print.) Story is loosely based on the real-life experiences of a moonshining, bootlegging, great-uncle. The moonshine runs red when Cotton Whisnant kills his young bride. Now, 60 years later, the strange brew is back. It's up to Sheriff Haskel to solve the mystery. 'Cause when the Red Whiskey runs, the dead body always follows! Read what the critics had to say about Tina's story. Still in Print.
	"Elvis Can't Dance," Shock Rock II, a collaboration with Robert Weinberg, edited by Jeff Gelb, from Pocket Books (1994), ISBN# 0-671-87088-2. When a rap group "samples" the King's music and uses it to corrupt the youth of America, Elvis comes back from the dead! Read what the critics had to say about Tina's story.