Very pleased to note my short story “The Dead Man’s Dog” is shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award, awarded yearly for excellence in Canadian crime fiction.
Arthur Ellis finalist
“GIRLIE” in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
This month saw my second collaboration with the late Steven Utley hit stands in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. “GIRLIE” is a noir-ish Caribbean hooker novelette, started by Steven under the working title “Flying Dutchman” and sent to me as a very rough story kernel of a few hundred words. After Steven’s sudden passing in January of 2013, my sorrow over his loss inspired a scribbling frenzy to complete this story, which quickly blossomed into a novelette. What with the infamous hurry-up-and-wait pace of publishing, “GIRLIE” arrived in my mailbox nearly exactly three years after his death.
Here’s to you, Mr. Utley. You are missed in the world.