Upcoming Events: Edgar Awards and Malice Domestic
Very much looking forward to tonight’s Edgar Awards in New York — and hoping I’ll still be awake after a […]
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Mysteries/Thrillers, Reviews/Recommendations, Short Fiction
Short Fiction Recommendations: “Madonna and Corpse” by Jefferson Bass and “The Prediction” by Kama Falzoi Post
Just a quick shout-out to two intriguing pieces of short fiction I’ve read recently. First, as a prequel to the
D.C. Events, Literary News, Mysteries/Thrillers, N.C. Events
“Booksellers and Librarians Solve Mysteries Every Day”
Here’s a quick press release from Sisters in Crime — good things going on on Saturday, April 21, across the
Literary News, Southern Literature
A Quick Look Back Down Tobacco Road
It’s been a quarter-century today since Erskine Caldwell shuffled off this dusty mortal coil. One of the most famous novelists
Mysteries/Thrillers, Writing
New Fiction: “With Marshmallows, Of Course” at The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts and Patti Abbott’s “Eyes Open” at Beat to a Pulp
I’m grateful to have another new story — a piece of very very short fiction — just published at Matter
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News: Derringer Award Winners
The Short Mystery Fiction Society has announced the 2012 Derringer Award winners, and I’m thrilled that my story “A Drowning
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News: “A Drowning at Snow’s Cut” Selected As Derringer Nominee & For EQMM Podcast
I’m so pleased that the Short Mystery Fiction Society has chosen to nominate my story “A Drowning at Snow’s Cut”
D.C. Events, Mysteries/Thrillers
Upcoming Event: Barrelhouse Launch Party
To celebrate their just-released Crime Issue, the good folks at Barrelhouse are hosting a launch party on Wednesday, March 7,
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Essay: “The Celebrate Poirot” in Mystery Scene
Mystery Scene has just updated an older essay I did on Agatha Christie’s famed detective Hercule Poirot; the original appeared
Mysteries/Thrillers, Reviews/Recommendations
Review: Elizabeth Hand’s Available Dark in the Washington Post
Elizabeth Hand’s Available Dark, a follow-up to her highly acclaimed Generation Loss, takes could’ve-been-somebody photographer Cassandra Neary from New York
Mysteries/Thrillers, Writing
New Fiction: “Blue Plate Special” in Barrelhouse
The D.C.-based literary journal Barrelhouse has recently published its special “Crime Issue,” including my story “Blue Plate Special” and a
Mysteries/Thrillers, North Carolina Literature, Reviews/Recommendations
Review: John Hart’s Iron House in North Carolina Literary Review
In addition to its annual print publication, the North Carolina Literary Review has just debuted a mid-Winter electronic supplement—and I’m