2018 Derringer Awards Update - January 28

Originally posted to Shortmystery January 28, 2018, 8:59 p.m. PST, by Derringer Awards Coordinator Jay Hartman:

Hi, everyone!

Below is the list of submissions that I've received and responded to. As previously written, if you have any issues or there are any mistakes, please contact me at derringers2018@untreedreads.com and do NOT post to [Shortmystery].

Thanks!

Jay Hartman


FLASH (up to 1,000 words)

• A Garden for Adonis
• A Will and a Way
• Alleyway Alvin
• Altercation on Ballet Boulevard
• An Afternoon in Lake Park
• Cold Turkey
• Disappearing Act
• Dog Trap
• Father Knows Bets
• Flash Point
• Gary Deserves Reward
• Happy Birthday
• Hostage
• Mean Girl
• Meeting the Demand
• Slipping Into Darkness
• Stegmann's Basement
• The Forcier Brothers
• The Hitchhiker

SHORT STORY (1,001–4,000 words)

• A Death in Deep Ellum
• A Murder in Montreux
• A Pie to Die For
• A Respectable Lady
• A Valentine's Day to Remember
• Abduction of Destiny
• Antiques
• Black Friday
• Blood Moon
• Breath Test
• Bull's Eye
• Consequences
• Eb and Flo
• Every Picture Tells a Story
• Flight to the Flirty Flamingo
• Gem Collector
• Her Father's Killer
• Homebodies
• It's All Litter to Me
• Judge Jillian
• Juju
• Justice Due
• Killing Time So I Can Dig Myself a Deeper Grave
• Let It Burn
• Live at Alcatraz
• Missing Person
• Missouri Waltz
• Most Evil
• Murder in the Summer Kitchen
• My Life in Killer Recipes
• Napa Hospitality
• Nut Job
• Of Roosters and Men
• On Like Donkey Kong
• Picture Perfect
• Shut Your Eyes and You'll Be Fine
• The Baker's Boy
• The Bank Job
• The Chair Thief
• The Cop Who Loved Gilbert and Sullivan
• The Girl with the Mangled Breast
• The Hardest Part
• The Last Train Out
• The Lesson
• The Night They Burned Ms. Dixie's Place
• The Perfect Patsy
• The Queen-Size Bed
• The Ranchero's Daughter
• The Settlement
• The Writer
• Thicker Than Water
• To the Moon and Back
• True Love
• Twenty-Five Minutes to Go
• Uncle Charlie and the Passport
• Voices Carry
• You Should've Called Me

LONG STORY (4,001–8,000 words)

• A Woman's Place
• As Ye Sow
• Becky's File
• Breadfruit
• Burning Bright
• Burnt Orange
• Chasing the Moon
• Cleaning Up the Neighborhood
• Crazy Cat Lady
• Death and the Dancing Bears
• Death Will Help You Imagine
• Dixie Quickies
• Do Not Pass Go
• Exposed for Murder
• Fairy Tales
• Fear in Black and White
• Featuring Martin and Lewis
• Gun Work
• Happy Families
• Hidden
• Matricide and Ice Cream
• Mrs. Featherpatch and the Case of the Skewered Ham
• Ominous Silence
• One at a Time
• Raising Bigfoot
• Smoked
• Snakebit
• Strong Enough
• The Barter
• The Darkness and the Light
• The Last Evil
• The Magnolia Murders
• The Mechanical Rat
• The Murderous Type
• The Papergirl
• The Spy Who Read Too Much
• The Thirty-Fourth Man
• The Touch of Time
• The Tragic Death of Mrs. Edna Fogg
• The Widow Black
• Too Good to be True
• Trail's End
• Whose Wine Is It Anyway?

NOVELETTE (8,001–20,000 words)

• A Necessary Ingredient
• Along the Hudson
• London After Midnight
• Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma
• Night Class
• Snake Oil
• The Bootlegger's Goddaughter
• The Children of Espiritu Santo
• The Last Heist
• The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn
• The Mechanical Detective
• Trouble Like a Freight Train Coming
• Windward