Back in Japan

Tokyo Sogen was so pleased with the response to their edition of SHANKS ON CRIME that they bought the rights to put out another collection of my stories.  THE RED ENVELOPE AND OTHER STORIES was released last week.  As best I can make out the Japanese title reads:  SOLVE MYSTERIES AT THE COFFEE SHOP ON HOLIDAYS.  Why not?

Besides the title story, the book contains: The Accessory, Brutal, The Center of the Universe, Crow's Lesson, The Roseville Way, Shooting at Firemen, Train Tracks, and Two Men One Gun,

The Red Envelope on Amazon

My "The Red Envelope" won the Black Orchid Novella Award in 2012 and it was published in Alfred HItchcock's Mystery Magazine the following summer.  James Lincoln Warren was kind enough to set it up in a Kindle-friendly format for me, but lazy me, I didn't put it up on Amazon until yesterday.  Now the world can read it for 99 cents.

The Red Envelope at SleuthSayers

Brian Thornton is doing a  series on mystery novellas at SleuthSayers and today he interviewed Steve Liskow and me about our Black Orchid Novella Award winners.

Black Orchid Memories

At Trace Evidence, the Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine blog, they asked winners of the Black Orchid Novella Award to tell what they remember about the event.  I am proud to be included.