DERRINGER SUBMISSIONS

This is it! THE FINAL WEEK! So send in those stories to me!

Below are the current accepted stories. If you've sent me stories and haven't received a reply email and don't see your submitted story below, please email me. I'll be accepting submissions until March 15th and then I close up shop. The judges will read and score the submissions, the scores will be tallied and the finalists will be announced. Then it will be up to the SMFS members to choose the winners. So keep sending in your favorite mystery and crime stories from 2008!

CURRENT SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED::

1,000 words or less:

ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND COMMON CENTS
BLACK PEARLS
BIRTHDAYS
BORED TO DEATH
I GOTTA GO
ICE SHACK
INCIDENT AT ITAWAMBA
KILLING SEASON
NO FLOWERS FOR STACY
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
RAINY DAY FUND
RAINY DAY ROBBERY
RIVAL PASSIONS
SECRETS
SERIAL KILLER
SWEETHEART
THE NAME GAME
THIN ICE
THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN

1,001-4,000 words:

A CHRISTMAS CAROLE
A SIMPLE KINDNESS
AN APPOINTMENT UP THE MOUNTAIN
BAD LUCK, GOOD FORTUNE
BUTTERFLY
CAB RIDE
COMING UP ROSES
COMPULSIVE BUBBA
COURTESY CALL
CRUCIAL MOMENT
DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL
DEATH HAS POUTY RED LIPS
DING DONG THE SNITCH IS DEAD
DUGOUT DUDES
FLOWERS FOR AMELIA
FRUITS
GRACIE’S GIFT FROM THE EAST
HARD CASE
HEIDEGGER'S CAT
IN THE NICK OF TIME
INDEPENDENCE DAY
JUST CALL ME NICK
LAP DANCE
LOVE IN VAIN
MARSDEN MEETS SCARFACE
NO EXCEPTIONS
NUMBER ONE WITH A BULLET
OUT OF ORDER
REGRETS, I'VE HAD A FEW
RETRANSFORMATION
SANCTUARY LOST
SHUTTERBUG
STALKERS
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE
TEMECULA REVENGE
THAT NIGHT IN GALVESTON
THE BIG BASH
THE DEVIL TO PLAY
THE LAST DANCE
THEY TAKE YOU
TIME TO SETTLE UP
THOROUGHLY YOURS
TODAY YOU DIE
TRASH TALK
TROUBLE IN PARADISE
VENGENCE IS MINE
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MARILYN?
WHEN A BRIGHT STAR FADES
WHO’S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BED?
WISHING ON WHORES

4,001-8,000 words:

AN ARBITRARY DEPRIVATION OF LIFE
ART OF AVARICE
BAGGING THE TROPHY
BALLPOINT
BETWEEN US GIRLS
BITTER HONEY
BONNIE AND CLYDE CAPER
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
CEMETARY PLOT
CHARM CITY
CIRCULATION
COMPULSIVE BUBBA
COOKIES
DARK
DEAD EVEN
DIVINE HEALING
DOG ON BALMY BEACH
EGYPTIAN EYES AND IRISH LIES
FAMILY PLOT
GIRL OF MY DREAMS
GEORGIE
IT TORE THE LAUGH FROM MY THROAT
JOHNNY, REMEMBER ME
MEAN STREETS
MISSING BUT NOT MISSED
SOLDIERS
SPRAY THAT IS SHED BY THE STAR
THE BIG SCORE
THE BONEHOLDER
THE LENGTH OF A STRAW
THE INSTRUMENT OF THEIR DESIRE
THE QUARRY
THE QUICK BROWN FOX
THERAPY
VACATIONLAND

8,001-17,500 words:

HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE THE FUNERAL
JACK BEST AND THE LINE IN THE SAND
PANIC ON PORTAGE PATH
TOO WISE
VEGETABLE MATTERS