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Shorter Fiction


Her Father's Daughter: Love and Murder in Key West
Tropical storms come and go, but human nature remains deadly all year long. Young Meggie Trevor, cast adrift emotionally -- and into jeopardy -- by the apparent death of her CIA agent father, takes on all the villains that rowdy Key Wasted has to offer: money-launderers, murderers, double-dealing gamblers and even a literary thief. In six long stories from Alfred Hitchcock's and Ellery Queen's mystery magazines, Meggie proves she's every bit her father's daughter in an end-of-the-road city where anything goes. Includes "Last Island South," best short story finalist of both the Private Eye Writers of America and the International Thriller Writers. WALMART BARNES & NOBLE AMAZON
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The Spy Who Knew Nothing
Eleven stories, including nine from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, featuring CIA case officer Charles Marley. "Downbeat and low-key," says Jon L. Breen in Ellery Queen's, ". . . [the stories] pack a remarkable amount of plot, incident, character insight, and background into a limited space. The Edgar-nominated 'Marley's Revolution' may be the best, but all are notable." Booklist says: "Boland knows the game as well as John le Carré. He knows, too, the deeper irony. . . . Pour a single malt and savor." BARNES & NOBLE AMAZON
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30 Years in the Pulps
Twenty-four stories from Ellery Queen's, Alfred Hitchcock's, and the late Mike Shayne mystery magazines that appeared between 1976 and 2009. AMAZON
NOMINATIONS
Short Mystery Fiction Society Derringer Finalist, Best Novelette "Last Night in Cannes" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (November 2013)
Mystery Writers of America Edgar Nomination, Best Short Story"Marley's Revolution"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (June 2011)
Private Eye Writers of America
Shamus Nominee, Best Short Story"Last Island South"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (September/October 2008)
International Thriller Writers Finalist, Best Short Story "Last Island South" Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (September/October 2008)
Best Horror Honorable Mention "Sargasso Sea" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (September 2008)
Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Nominee, Best Short Story "Easy Money" Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (April 1984)
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At Edgar-winner Art Taylor's blog, several writers (including me) pick apart their stories' First Two Pages to see what works and what maybe doesn't. In my case, it's a Washington story, "Marley's Mistress," in which a female FBI agent was spying on a Congressman before she died. You can also read Art's prize-winning story from Ellery Queen's magazine. Here's another discussion, of fiction-writing as sausage-making, from the Hitchcock's blog.
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PUBLISHED / AND SOON-TO-BE
"If You Remember" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (coming) "Murder at the Keys Plantation" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (November/December 2023) "Dinner for Crocodiles" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (March/April 2023) "Paris Green"Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (September/October 2021)
"The Devil in Preemption" +Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (May/June 2021)
"Time Sharing"Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (November/December 2020)
"Last Night in Malibu" * Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (November/December 2019) "Marley's Mistress" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (July/August 2019)
"The Week Before November" + Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (November/December 2018)
 "The Three Dog Problem" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (May/June 2018) "Fair Game" + Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (March/April 2018)
 "Self Portrait" + Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (September/October 2017)
 "The Kubelsky Block" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (May / June 2017) "The Woman Who Sold Love Stories" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (December 2016) "Heathen Springs" * Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (April 2016)
 "Suppose There Is Nothing" * Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (January 2016)
 "Her Father's Daughter" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (June 2015)
 "Marley's Lover" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (April 2015)
 "The Man Who Stole Trocchi" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (December 2014)
 "In Therapy" + Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (October 2014)
 "Killing Morris Gimple" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (June 2014)
"Last Night in Cannes" * Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (November 2013)
 "The Gypsy Ring" * Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (October 2013)
 "The Freezer" * Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (July/August 2013)
 "Marley's Winter" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (November 2012)
 "Marley's Rescue" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (July/August 2012) "Family Place" Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (March 2012)
 "Bears in Mind" * Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (Jan/Feb 2012)
 "Swimming in Fog" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (October 2011) "Marley's Revolution" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (June 2011)
 "Marley's Havana" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (March 2011)
 "Out of Her Depth" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (December 2009)
 "200 Big Ones" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (March 2009)
 "Last Island South" Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (September/October 2008)
 "Sargasso Sea" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (September 2008)
 "Marley's Woman" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (September 2007)
 "The Return of Jasper Kohl" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (April 2007)
 "Marley's Package" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (March 2007)
 "The Passenger" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (December 2006) "Tequila" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (July/August 2006)
 "Past Life" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (April 2006)
 "Marley's Ghost" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (January/February 2005)
 "Evidence Seen" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (April 1989)
 "The Substitute" Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (February 1989)
 "Mountain Fire" Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (May 1986)
 "Easy Money" Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (April 1984)
 "Worth More Dead" Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (November 1982)
 "Reunion in Baineville" Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (August 1981)
 "The Hillsman" Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (August 1981)
 "Deep Water" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (January 1981)
 "Evocation of Evil" Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (December 1980)
 "Mad Hare" Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (November 1980)
 "Swamp Beast" Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (September 1980)
 "Bears Watching" Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (April 1980)
 "No Crime in the Hills" Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (January 1979)
 "The Stand-In" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (September 1976)
* By James L. Ross
 + By Max Gersh
READ A FEW STORIES THE MAGAZINES DIDN'T WANT: HERE