Elizabeth Hosang, Author
Elizabeth is a computer engineer by day and author by night. Her short stories in the genres of mystery, science fiction and fantasy have appeared in over twenty anthologies, including all three editions of The Whole She-Bang, published by Toronto Sisters in Crime. One of her two contributions to The Whole She-Bang 3 was a finalist for the 2017 Arthur Ellis award for Crime Writing. She has been published in The Killer Wore Cranberry 3 and Moon Shot: Murder and Mayhem on the Edge of Space for Untreed Reads, as well as contributing a story to Alice Unbound: Beyond Wonderland for Exile Editions. In 2024 she collected some of her early works in a self-published collection. Her complete list of works can be found via her Facebook Author page, @eahosang or via her web page at eahosang.com
Mystery and Crime Stories
“Big Brother”, The Whole She-Bang, Toronto Sisters in Crime, 2012
“The Corner Suite”, The Killer Wore Cranberry: Room for Thirds, Untreed Reads, 2013
“There Goes the Neighbourhood”, The Whole She-Bang 2, Toronto Sisters in Crime, 2014
“One Last Job”, Bete Noire 22, May 28,2016
“Where There’s a Will”, The Whole She-Bang 3,Toronto Sisters in Crime, November 17, 2016
Nominee for the 2017 Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence
“Reputation is Everything”, The Whole She-Bang 3,Toronto Sisters in Crime, November 17, 2016
“A Pill a Day Keeps the Blues Away”, A Grave Diagnosis, Carrick Publishing, October 31, 2020
“You Carry It With You”, Orpheus and Eurydice Unbound, Air and Nothingness Press, June 2022
Crime with a little Science Fiction
“Virtual Crimes, Real Consequences”, Moon Shot: Murder and Mayhem on the Edge of Space, Untreed Reads, 2013
o On a lunar base, an astronaut dies during routine robotic surgery, but was it an accident?
“Don’t Believe Your Eyes”, Tales from the Near Future, September 15, 2016
o A professor is murdered in front of a classroom full of students wearing augmented reality glasses, and nobody sees a thing.
“Ghosts in the Machine”, Universal Enigma, Blueberry Lane Books, May 12, 2017
o On the same lunar base from “Virtual Crimes, Real Consequences”, equipment failure can mean life or death. Is there a saboteur on the base?
Crime with a little Urban Fantasy
“Elemental Forensics 101”, MCSI, Otter Libris,2018
o A magical trouble-shooter has to act fast to prevent exposure when the chemicals stolen from the university’s laboratories include dragon feed.
“Not in My Classroom”, Witches of a Certain Age, Camden Park Press, July 2022
o A magical trouble-shooter investigates a dealer of enhanced drugs on a university campus. Same universe as “Elemental Forensics 101” and “Surfacing”.
Straight Science Fiction
“No Reality but What We Make”, Alice Unbound: Beyond Wonderland, Exile Editions, May 15, 2018
o Characters pulled from a little girl’s dream must escape from the sinister agency that exploits them in the real world.
“Unmaking the Monsters”, Infinite Dysmorphia, Kristell Ink Press, May 1, 2018
o Survivors of a super-solider program seek help from a scientist to control their malfunctioning implants.
“Evolution”, Enter the Aftermath, TANSTAAFL Press, Jan 7, 2018
o Survivors of a nuclear disaster seek an old refuge.
“As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap”, Mind Candy Too, Myriad Publishing, 2018
o Two women with a secret try to live quietly, but their old life won’t leave them alone.
“Agents of Evolution”, Spring Into Sci Fi 2019, Cloaked Press LLC, June 8, 2019
o Artificial Intelligence agent searches the web for a missing military asset.
Fantasy and Horror
“Career Trajectory”, Beyond Science Fiction Issue9, 2015
o A villain’s henchman goes on a series of job interviews.
“The Price of Pride”, Heart of a Devil, Fantasia Divinity Magazine & Publishing, March 30, 2018
o A woman awakens in the middle of a journey, and tries to remember who she is.
“Fairy Tale Ending”, Classics Remixed II, Left Hand Publishers, November 6,2019
o Cinderella takes her story into her own hands.
“Fixtures”, Dark Arts, Shooter Literary Magazine, January 2022
o A woman realizes there is something unnatural about the garden statues that came with her new house.
“To Serve In Death”, They Hunt By Night, Camden Park Press, October 2023
A mummy stalks those who disturbed his slumber in the streets of London.
“Surfacing”, Streets of Fire and Shadow, Tree Shaker Press, March 2024
A woman hiding from her past finds she cannot escape it when a magical distress call wakes her.
The protagonist is a younger version of the professor from “Not in my Classroom”.
“The Haunting of Ragland Hall”, Anthology of the Damned: Tome of Terrors, Tree Shaker Press, October 2024
Needing to stop the witch hunters, a desperate coven takes a desperate step.
© 2024 Elizabeth Hosang