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MWA University Short Story Panel • Wednesday, Oct. 15

Art Taylor / October 12, 2025

On Wednesday, October 15, Mystery Writers of America hosts the MWA University panel “Achieve Success Writing Short Crime Fiction”—and I’m […]

Art Taylor / October 7, 2025

In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers

Art Taylor / October 4, 2025

It’s been a nice week for bookmail—including two anthologies featuring stories of mine. As always I took the opportunity to

Art Taylor / September 30, 2025

In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers

Art Taylor / September 23, 2025

In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers

Art Taylor / September 16, 2025

In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers

Art Taylor / September 9, 2025

I was so sorry to miss this year’s Bouchercon in New Orleans—especially because the Thursday night opening ceremonies included the

Art Taylor / September 9, 2025

In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers

Art Taylor / September 2, 2025

In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers

Art Taylor / August 26, 2025

In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers

Art Taylor / August 19, 2025

In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers

Art Taylor / June 17, 2025

In a completely unexpected twist, my story “Two for One” from Murder, Neat: A SleuthSayers Anthology was named a finalist