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About Me
James "Jim" Paavola
I’m a retired psychologist who writes stories inspired by injustices. All my stories are based in Memphis, Tennessee. One series, “Murder In Memphis,” involves a Memphis Police Department homicide team led by a female lieutenant. A second series, “Sonny and Breanne Mysteries,” involves two eighth-graders who can read minds and who can communicate with ghosts. I have also written a number of short stories. My wife and I live in midtown Memphis. I volunteer at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
MY SHORT STORIES
I belong to Malice in Memphis, A Killer Writing Group. Over the last eight years Malice has produced five mystery anthologies of short stories. A sixth anthology is expected in the summer of 2022. I have been a member of the editorial team for the last three anthologies. At least one of my short stories appears in each of these anthologies.
The Imaginarium Convention has awarded Malice in Memphis Anthologies an “Imadjinn Award for Best Anthology” in 2018 for Elmwood: Stories to Die For, and in 2020 for Mayhem in Memphis.
The anthologies are available on Amazon.com. The links to these books are provided below.
The Malice in Memphis Anthology Series
Bluff City Mysteries
Elmwood: Stories to Die For
Bluff City Mysteries
The stories and characters in this book may be fictional, but the locations in which they take place aren't.
Ghost Stories
Elmwood: Stories to Die For
Bluff City Mysteries
Whether you believe in the supernatural or not, we hope that you'll enjoy these eerie stories of southern supernatural doings.
Elmwood: Stories to Die For
Elmwood: Stories to Die For
Elmwood: Stories to Die For
Founded in 1852, Elmwood Cemetery is the final resting place of over 75,000 residents. From the common to the infamous, from the powerful to the famous, they are all here.
Mayhem in Memphis
Lies Along the Mississippi
Elmwood: Stories to Die For
These crime-ridden short stories are all set around the Memphis bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. They deal with murder or theft or some other action, polite and not so polite, that society frowns on. Read all of them, why don't you?
Lies Along the Mississippi
Lies Along the Mississippi
Lies Along the Mississippi
Meet the characters whose lives are defined by secrets, barbecue, blues, ghosts, killers and rescuers, lovers and haters, crime and - sometimes - punishment.