And speaking of Delgardo, his second novella, "Please Pass the Loot" is now available at Amazon.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Christmas Dinner
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.
Monday, October 7, 2024
Crimes Against Nature is Published
Happy publication day to my first anthology.
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.
https://downandoutbooks.com/bookstore/lopresti-crimes-against-nature/
Sunday, September 29, 2024
Memorial is DIstinguished
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.
Shanks's Last Words in BLack Cat Weekly
"Shanks's Last Words" has appeared in #161 of Black Cat Weekly. It is his 21st tale, the fourth this year.
Thursday, August 22, 2024
The Accessories Club is Distinguished
Otto Penzler listed ten stories in the Honor Roll in his Best Mystery Stories of 2024. One of them is "The Accessories Club," which appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March/April issue.
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