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Bit quit around here. Working on something I hope to be able to share some good news about soon. In the meantime, here's a new review of my novel AND OF COURSE, THERE WAS THE GIRL whose writer, the reader, seemed to enjoy it.  Since January 1st falls on a Wednesday, as did Christmas of course, I'm splitting the difference this year. Let's do a little wrap up for the year. This year I published the below: Short stories:
So twelve short stories works out to one a month averaging out. Not too bad. My story "Sleep Rough" published last year was also nominated for a Derringer Award. Sadly, I did not win, but who knows what next year will bring? Two crime stories and a supernatural mystery (one NOT featuring Azuma Kuromori) scheduled to be published this year haven't yet, so fingers crossed it won't be long into 2025 before they are. I also had published the first Sam Harrigan novel And Of Course, There Was the Girl back in the spring and just this month, a romance novel I wrote from someone else's notes was published (under a joint pen-name I chose)--Pucked Over.
There were some things I hoped to accomplish this year---find a publisher for my western novel GUN-SMOKE COUNTRY as well as a story collection and a mystery novella, for example---that I wasn't able to.
And on a personal level, this has been one of the most difficult--one of the worst--years of my entire life. But I'm still here and I'm still trying, so here's hoping 2025 will be even more productive. My crime story "The Good, the Bad, And the Other" is Guilty Flash's final story of the year!  My story "Linger" was published today at Shotgun Honey, first in their 12 Days of Crimes-Mas holiday event!  It's free so give it a read!
Some time ago, I may have mentioned on social media... that I sold my wrong-man-accused mystery novel THE DARKER THE NIGHT! It'll be published in 2026 by Rowan Prose Publishing. Here's a sneaky peak and more to come...  Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! I hope you all have things you feel thankful for and get a chance to spend tomorrow with people you care about, enjoying some delicious food. Be careful of the aftermath, though - I'm sure there's a story or two out there about ghost turkeys seeking their holiday vengeance!  Weird Fiction Quarterly - Fall 2024 the Masquerade issue is out and includes my new story "Dance With Me!"  Weird Fiction Quarterly: Masquerade isn’t just any costume party or masked ball. The room is jam-packed with 67 authors with 67 exactly-500 word stories and a smattering of poems!
Come on in and shed your old skin, replace it with a new one. Take off that ol’ familiar face and exchange it for something completely different, even if for just one night. It’s easy, for here at WFQ, nothing is as it seems and everything is possible! Experience giddy excitement hiding within your masks and feathers! Dance, sing, drink and be merry while you can! But be aware: soon enough you’ll reel in horror as disguises are stripped off and masks torn away, exposing their wearers... There’s no telling who or what you are likely to find at this hellish shindig. Get your copy here! A reprint of my sci-fi story "So You're Stuck in a Time Loop" was published in the new volume of Ruth and Ann's Guide to Time Travel!  Thirty stories, a mix of new and reprints, all on the theme of time travel!
Check it out and get yourself a copy! I have a new crime story called "Anything For You" in the new issue of Journ-E: The Magazine of Imaginative Literature!  Below is just small sampling of the TOC, which as always, is massive!
Concetta’s Story Joe Giordano Anything For You Brandon Barrows The Art Critic Confronts the Crime Scene (poem) Steven Withrow The Mennonite’s Angel Robb T. White The Occult Detective (poem) Frank Coffman Dr. Anaxagoras Venn Postulates on an Occult Case (poem) Frank Coffman The Moabite Cipher (classic) R. Austin Freeman Get your copy here! |
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