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Malice Domestic: May 3-5

Art Taylor / April 28, 2019

This week brings one of my favorite events of the year: the annual Malice Domestic conference, May 3-5 at the […]

Art Taylor / April 26, 2019

I’ll admit to a bit of superstitiousness at times. For the couple of weeks leading up to the Edgar Awards

Art Taylor / April 24, 2019

In advance of the Edgar Awards, CrimeReads asked this year’s finalists and special award winners to answer a few questions

Art Taylor / April 23, 2019

Last week brought a nice surprise—nice boost to the ego. On Friday, Kristopher Zgorski of BOLO Books gave a shout-out

Art Taylor / April 18, 2019

One of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous opening lines has been running through my head lately—increasingly even, as we get

Art Taylor / April 12, 2019

The May/June issue of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine includes my story “Better Days,” a follow-up to an earlier story in

Art Taylor / March 6, 2019

What a nice surprise this week to find my story “English 398: Fiction Workshop” mentioned in an essay on meta-fiction

Art Taylor / March 4, 2019

Many people have asked how my wife, Tara Laskowski, and I are handling it—being up for the same award in

Art Taylor / March 1, 2019

I can’t say I enjoy hearing my own voice (do any of us?), but I was still super-pleased when the

Art Taylor / February 24, 2019

This week brought an announcement and an acceptance—always a good week to be able to look toward publications in the

Art Taylor / February 14, 2019

Malice Domestic and the Short Mystery Fiction Society have each posted links to some free reading: all of this year’s

Art Taylor / February 12, 2019

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