So This Happened: An Edgar Nomination!

January 20, 2017 by - 8 Comments

  News, y’all–I have big news! It seems that my peers, fellow members of Mystery Writers of America, have selected my short story, A Paler Shade of Death, as one of five finalists for the 2017 Edgar Awards in the Short Story category. What’s an Edgar Award? you might ask. (I didn’t know either until I became …Read More

Friday the 13th: My Beloved

January 13, 2017 by - 5 Comments

      I like to think of Friday the 13th as a little Halloween. And I love that it happens this time in the middle of winter. Winter is a great time for spooky stories. Years ago, I wrote and recorded a spooky flash story about one of my biggest fears for Weekend America. …Read More