Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine just published my newest mystery novelette. “Arboretum Heights” focuses on the murder of a rather unpleasant person in a university town filled with people who dislike the man intensely. So on that level, the story is a classic. Unlikable victim, lots of suspects. But of course, I figured out how to […]
Continue ReadingFortunately, December started better than November in regards to the reading. Good nonfiction and fiction, some of which is listed below. (Some is just too…I don’t know. It doesn’t inspire me to share.) I also line edited a Fiction River and started line editing another, since I’m workshop heavy in my reading in January and […]
Continue ReadingThis was the post I had planned to make last week, and ended up putting up the kitten video instead. If you haven’t seen the video, click here. In sixty seconds, it’ll teach you how to edit an anthology. Seriously. Honestly. Really. Go look. Now, here’s some of what I planned to tell you. The […]
Continue Reading…A dear friend gave me this book after he attended Emerald City Comic Con. He says he saw it and thought of me. He and I differ politically on almost everything, but we understand that about each other and discuss it—value it—rather than try to change each other. This book is just one example of how we both celebrate our differences. He found it, and knew it was right for me…
Continue ReadingI taught a week-long science fiction craft workshop in October, and read lots of excellent stories. I’ll mention them when they show up in print and you can find them. I’ll be amazed if editors don’t snatch these stories up. I know that Lee Allred took some for the second Fiction River special that he’s […]
Continue ReadingThis month, I have two new mystery stories out. They couldn’t be more different. The first, “Asset Protection,” is a novelette about shoplifting. Yes, shoplifting. And so much more. You can find it in the current issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. The second story is an artier piece in Crimewave 12. Called “Trial,” it explores something much […]
Continue ReadingSurprisingly to me, since October was a busy month, I got a lot of reading done. Most of the novels weren’t memorable, but the shorter works—from articles to short stories—were. Here’s what I can recommend from my reading this past month. October, 2012 Baxter, John, The Most Beautiful Walk in The World: A Pedestrian in […]
Continue ReadingMy Spade/Paladin mystery stories take place at science fiction conventions. As all sf die-hards know, sf conventions leave Halloween to the “mundanes,” folks who aren’t die-hard sf fans. So why set a mystery story on Halloween at an sf convention? Why not? So you can find the new story in the December issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery […]
Continue ReadingI love first day of the new year. I open all of my calendars and I have a lot of calendars. I have a wall calendar (Vintage SF magazine art), two day-to-day calendars—one for my office (Get Fuzzy) and one for the kitchen (Pearls Before Swine), a leather-bound desk calendar for my office (The New […]
Continue ReadingAlfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine just published my latest Spade/Paladin story, “The Karnikov Card.” You can find an excerpt here. And if you’re at all interested in other Spade/Paladin stories, check out Paladin’s website for updates.
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