On the eve of this year’s Malice Domestic, I’ll be joining seven other local mystery writers for a Not-Just-Noir at the Bar reading—Thursday, April 24, at 7 p.m. at Elaine’s Restaurant in Old Town Alexandria.
My wife, Tara Laskowski, and I are actually planning on reading excerpts from a story we co-wrote: “After Their Convictions, Six Murderers Reflect on How Killing Mr. Boddy Changed Their Lives” from Black Cat Mystery Magazine. I think each of us will read one of the six flash fiction stories from the larger story—and I’m loosely planning on Professor Plum, which seems like a good fit there at the end of the semester….
Speaking of semester… In an interesting twist, half of the readers at the event have ties to George Mason University! Tara and I are graduates of Mason’s MFA program in Creative Writing, and both Ed Aymar and Tom Milani are creative writing alums as well!
Other readers include Chris Chambers, Adam Meyer, K.T. Nguyen, and Stacy Woodson. And the event is co-hosted by Alan Orloff—who ought to be reading as well.
Elaine’s is at 208 Queen Street in Alexandria—and a great place for dinner before the reading too!