Crippen & Landru Archives

The First Two Pages: “Raúl and Rita in It’s a Wonderful Wife!” by Richie Narvaez

Art Taylor / December 12, 2023

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

Art Taylor / November 9, 2023

Crippen & Landru is celebrating the new anthology School of Hard Knox this week, encouraging folks to spread the gospel

Art Taylor / September 19, 2023

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

Art Taylor / August 23, 2023

Crippen & Landru has just formally announced a new multi-author anthology: The School of Hard Knox, with fourteen British and

Art Taylor / April 20, 2023

Thanks to Michael Dirda at the Washington Post and Mariko Hewer at the Washington Independent Review of Books for their

Art Taylor / February 28, 2023

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

Art Taylor / February 27, 2023

Thanks to Mike Ingram and Tom McAllister for hosting me on this week’s episode of Book Fight! You can find

Art Taylor / December 15, 2022

Thanks to Kristopher Zgorski at BOLO Books for hosting the cover reveal this week for The Adventure of the Castle

Art Taylor / November 14, 2022

This week brought the official announcements of two forthcoming books—including my second short story collection for Crippen & Landru: The

Art Taylor / December 19, 2021

One of the giveaways in my recent author newsletter was my story “Ornamental, My Dear Watson”—a holiday-themed tale published in

Bouchercon has announced the finalist for the 2021 Anthony Awards—and what a thrill to find my own work on the

Art Taylor / April 1, 2021

I’m so thrilled that the Short Mystery Fiction Society has chosen “The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74” as