Wow! The November/December issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine has arrived and I'm on the cover. "Christmas Dinner'" is the third novella about Delgardo, the Beat poet detective.
The way we treat the world is a crime—fifteen of them, in fact. Some of the best and most honored mystery writers today have written new stories for this book dealing with environmental issues including pollution, wildfire, invasive species, climate change, recycling, and many more.
Authors include Michael Bracken, Susan Breen, Sarah M. Chen, Barb Goffman, Karen Harrington, Janice Law, R.T. Lawton, Robert Lopresti, Jon McGoran, Josh Pachter, Gary Phillips, S.J. Rozan, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Mark Stevens, and David Heska Wanbli Weiden. Half of their royalties will be going to ecological nonprofits they chose.
The stories cover a wide variety of styles including noir, comic, caper, psychological, police procedural, and even a tale inspired by comic books.
Wow. Otto Penzler listed "The Accessories Club" in his distinguished list and now Steph Cha has done the same for "Memorial," which appeared in Black Cat Weekly #95. My name is spelled wrong but, hey, you can't have everything.