Although not every criminal is a monster, nor every monster a criminal, you might be forgiven for mistaking the two as you investigate the gritty underworld of supernatural crime. Join officers of the law, private eyes, firefighters, bodyguards, crime-scene cleaners, security specialists, and other not-so-everyday citizens as they struggle against the macabre machinations of Mortis Operandi. Mortis Operandi features stories that revolve around the investigation of a crime and in which the supernatural plays a central role.
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Although not every criminal is a monster, nor every monster a criminal, you might be forgiven for mistaking the two as you investigate the gritty underworld of supernatural crime. Join officers of the law, private eyes, firefighters, bodyguards, crime-scene cleaners, security specialists, and other not-so-everyday citizens as they struggle against the macabre machinations of Mortis Operandi. Mortis Operandi features stories that revolve around the investigation of a crime and in which the supernatural plays a central role.
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About Nathan
‘Nathan Burgoine grew up a reader and studied literature in university while making a living as a bookseller—a job he still does, and still loves. His first published short story was “Heart” in the collection Fool for Love: New Gay Fiction. Since then, he has had over a dozen...
Published Reviews
Dec.31.2010
For Nathan Burgoine everything of importance was present in the first touch. For him, it was done in black marker – at once dazzling, fear-filled, permanent – and then used as a yardstick for the rest of...
Dec.31.2010
“Heart” is one of the more poignant stories in this anthology and captures the essence of what we wouldn’t do in our power to keep the one we love in our arms and by our side. This story is most beautiful...





























"Last Call" was accepted many moons ago for an anthology that belonged to a publisher that went under. Finding a new home for this story in MORTIS OPERANDI made me so happy.