What happens at the Waffle House stays at the Waffle House. Editors Michael Bracken & Stacy Bolla Woodson with stories from Alan S. Orloff, Nils Gilbertson, J.D. Allen, Mark Bergin, Bonnar Spring, Austin S. Camacho, Tammy Yachabach Euliano, Ann Aptaker, Penny Mickelbury, Donna Andrews, Sherry Harris, Deb Merino, Sean McCluskey, Read more…
I’ll be moderating a panel this year as BoucherCon is being held at Opryland. Y’all come!
LIMBO DUET, my flash fiction piece in Punk Noir is up today. You can read it here For all the funky limbo stories — this month’s prompt — check out Punk Noir Press on X or their website.
I loved talking with Terry Shepherd! Listen to our conversation — and then agree with me that he has The Best Voice ever!
In the Long Story category, “Good Deed for the Day” has won this year’s Derringer, an award from the Short Mystery Fiction Society. Here is the set of finalists and winners in each category:
I’m thrilled – and amazed! – to be included on this list! Good Deed for the Day, the story that won me the Al Blanchard Award, is here under the Long Story category.
Wow! The 2024 Left Coast Crime anthology, THE KILLING RAIN is off to the printer. So excited to have a story included with these great authors! Teaser for my story: What would YOU do if your found your ex-husband lying dead on your front porch?
When I first saw the alphabetical list of authors on the back cover of Wolfsbane: Best New England Crime Stories — I thought they’d forgotten to include me.THEN I saw the purple banner at the bottom of the image.Do you see it, too?????????????
Ace interviewer and all-around lovely person, Julie Hennrikus, interviews me today on the SinC Writers’ Podcast! Oh, my what did I say?????
We had a fun and informative panel about bringing supporting characters to life – and killing them when necessary. Many thanks to Aaron Philip Clark , John David Mann , and M.L. Matt Buchman . Let’s do this again sometime!