Published/In the Works
My memoir, Grandpa Hoeler and the Race Riots, won second place in Cash for Words, a literary internet site.
| Top Publications is releasing MURDER IN LA-LA LAND, an anthology of mystery short stories featuring "RAP SHEET," in May 2010. |  |
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"UNDER THE BOARDWALK," a cozy mystery, won a place in Deadly Ink's 2009 Anthology. |
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| On June 21, '08, I won third place in the Deadly Ink Press short story contest! My humorous short story, "IN THE ROUGH," can be read in Deadly Ink: 2008 Short Story Collection, edited by Debby Buchanan. You'll find the book at www.Amazon.com for ten bucks. Go for it. |  |
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"THE POOL ROOM," an experimental short story where the point of view is a pool room and a murder unfolds through the messages on an answering machine, was the first of my stories to be published. "The short stories of nine talented new
mystery writers have been chosen for inclusion in the first volume
of the LITTLE SISTERS anthology... Among these stories is Patricia L. Morin's THE POOL ROOM." |
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Inspiration, a Journal for the Mind, Body and Spirit is a holistic magazine published in Kauai, Hawaii. It has recently merged with another magazine called United World. Inspiration started with a dream by the main publisher, Char Ravelo. I co-published the journal with the help of art designer Shelby Kushma. Before I moved to Oahu, I edited the first five issues: May-June 2003, to January-February 2004. The magazine was designed to serve as a vehicle for holistic healers, and health and environmental professionals throughout Hawaii to share their knowledge. We believed in cultivating an understanding of the body, mind, and spirit in an effort to encourage the exploration of inner peace and balance.
Completed Works:
Psychological Thriller
The Endgame
When her stockbroker husband's shady dealings bring death threats, psychologist Laura Massey has to abandon her therapy practice. Bodyguards posted in her home offer a false sense of comfort; only when Jack is killed and Laura is kidnapped does she realize that she was always the intended target.
Mystery Montage, a collection of short stories, each representing a different mystery genre.
“Under the Boardwalk” is a cozy mystery that takes place in Atlantic City. A woman celebrating her husband’s seventy-fifth birthday finds an engagement ring belonging to a dead body and makes it her mission to solve what she believes to be a murder.
“Maasai Mara Murder” is a cultural story set in the Maasai Mara of Kenya, Africa. The tribal leader of a small remote Mara village suspects that it was not really a lioness that killed the cattle guardian.
“Breakthrough” is a psychological account of a young woman’s fight to overcome depression and memory loss brought on by the death of her fiancé. Her daily journal entries help her decipher clues to her fiancé's murder.
“The Downeaster” is a suspense about a nurse that is stalked on a train by her boyfriend while she travels to visit her family for the holidays.
“Who Killed Horatio T. Adams?” is a novella. A gambling man is killed on a late-night walk down a Hawaiian boulevard. His food-loving wife, Blanche, is held for ransom by a food-loving bookie, Benny, looking to have the debts repaid. This novella is the basis of a play entitled, “Blanche and Benny”.
“Two Guides and a Girl” is a paranormal mystery about two spirit guides sent to help a self-centered woman solve her own murder before she crosses over to the spiritual plane.
“Rap Sheet” is a noir set in the shady LA rap-music Hip-Hop scene, pulling a retired detective back into action to solve a rival band member’s murder.
“The Pool Room” is a contemporary short story where the POV is a pool room, and an old murder unfolds through the messages on an answering machine.
“In The Rough” is a humorous tale about a man killed by a golf ball while plotting to divorce his rich wife who, unknown to him, was plotting to murder him.
“Funeral” is a romance farce. Through email, two old flames try to reconnect, although the man suspects the woman of killing her husband—both pretending to be what they are not.
“Homeless” is a short-short story about a women in her car stopped at a red traffic light watching a man, who to all appearances seems homeless.