Macavity Award Nomination: “When Duty Calls”
My story “When Duty Calls” has been very good to me—as have the members and supporters of Mystery Readers International […]
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Not-So-New Fiction: “Visions and Revisions” at Redux
Nearly 10 years ago, I was fortunate to be a finalist for North American Review‘s first Kurt Vonnegut Prize for
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Interview at Literary Mama
Thanks so much to the good folks at Literary Mama (and to Colleen Kearney Rich, specifically) for including me as
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Story A Day: “Jhonathan and the Witchs” by Stephen King
Writer and editor Paul Mandelbaum gathered the childhood writings of 22 distinguished authors—including Margaret Atwood, Pat Conroy, Michael Crichton, Allan
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Derringer Award Win (Long Story) & Spinetingler Award Nomination
I’m honored, awed, and humbled to have won a third Derringer Award from the Short Mystery Fiction Society—this year in
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Upcoming Event: Short Story Panel, Saturday, March 30
I’m very pleased to have been invited to participate in a short story panel, “The Long and Short of the
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Upcoming Event: K.E. Semmel, translator of The Caller and The Absent One at One More Page
On Thursday, August 23, writer and translator K.E. Semmel — who’s had the U.S. editions of two of his translations
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“Mastering the Art of French Cooking” Earns Two Honors
“Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” which was originally published in PANK last fall, won first place in the flash
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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Launches New Blog: Something Is Going To Happen
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine launched a new blog last week dedicated to “suspense, short stories, and the mystery-fiction scene.” It’s
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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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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
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New Fiction: “The White Rose of Memphis” in Needle: A Magazine of Noir
The Fall 2011 issue of Needle: A Magazine of Noir has just been released, and I’m fortunate to have a