The Cop Who Liked Gilbert and Sullivan reprinted

 Today is the thirtieth birthday of the Short Mystery Fiction Society and to celebrate it Josh Pachter has edited and Level Short published HOT SHOTS, featuring one Derringer Award winner from each year.  I am delighted that one of my three winners made it in: "The Cop Who Liked Gilbert and Sullivan."

The Cop Who Liked Gilbert and Sullivan takes home a medal

My story "The Cop Who Liked Gilbert and Sullivan" (Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #23) won the Derringer Award for long short story this year.  This is the medal that goes with that honor.  Toni Kelner was kind enough to accept it at Bouchercon and send it to me.  I t now hangs proudly on the office wall.  Thanks to Toni and to the Short Mystery Fiction Society!

The Cop Who Liked Gilbert and Sullivan wins!

Wonderful news: "The Cop Who Liked Gilbert and Sullivan" is the winner of the 2018 Derringer Award for Best Short Mystery Story!

Spilling the beans on The Cop Who Liked Gilbert and Sullivan

Gerald So is graciously interviewing the finalists for this year's Derringer Awards.  Today I get to talk about my story.

Derringer likes The Cop Who Liked Gilbert and Sullivan

I am honored that the Short Mystery Fiction Society has listed "The Cop Who Liked Gilbert and Sullivan" as a finalist for the Derringer Award for Best Short Story.  Vote early and often.

The Cop Who Liked Gilbert and Sulllivan

Eighteen months without  a published story and now two in the same month.  Crazy business.  The new issue (#23) of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine features "The Cop who LIked Gilbert and Sullivan."  Rare for me, it's a fair play mystery, with a dying clue.