2018 Derringer Awards Update - February 3

Originally posted to Shortmystery February 3, 2018, 8:45 p.m. PST, by Derringer Awards Coordinator Jay Hartman:

Hi, everyone. Here is the updated list of Derringer submissions as promised. Just a few more hours to go!

Incidentally, I’ve had a few people contact me off-list to question the eligibility of a few of the submissions. I wanted to assure everyone that I’ve done due diligence on every single title and have confirmed the eligibility of every title listed below.

Could we have actually made it through this Derringer without major drama? I realize it's still early but I'm keeping my fingers crossed...

Jay Hartman


FLASH (up to 1,000 words)

• 83
• A Garden for Adonis
• A Postcard from Iceland
• 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
• Final Testimony
• Fishing for an Alibi
• 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
• A Watched Pot
• Abduction of Destiny
• Antiques
• Baby Killer
• Black Coffee in Bed
• Black Friday
• Blood Moon
• Blood on the Floor
• Borrowed Time
• Breath Test
• Bull's Eye
• Closurre
• Consequences
• Eb and Flo
• Every Picture Tells a Story
• Fish Out of Water
• Flight to the Flirty Flamingo
• Gem Collector
• Getting Away
• Her Father's Killer
• Homebodies
• It's All Litter to Me
• Jealous of the Daylight
• 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
• Montezuma's Revenge
• Most Evil
• Murder in the Summer Kitchen
• My Life in Killer Recipes
• Napa Hospitality
• Never Miss a Chick
• Not the Way It Looks
• 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 Find of the Century
• The Girl with the Mangled Breast
• The Hardest Part
• The Kids Keep Coming
• The Last Train Out
• The Lesson
• The New Score
• The Night They Burned Ms. Dixie's Place
• The Perfect Patsy
• The Queen-Size Bed
• The Ranchero's Daughter
• The Settlement
• The Things We Do for Love
• The Uninhabited
• The Writer
• Thicker Than Water
• To the Moon and Back
• True Love
• Twenty-Five Minutes to Go
• Uncle Charlie and the Passport
• Unrepentant Sinner
• Voices Carry
• You Should've Called Me

LONG STORY (4,001–8,000 words)

• #2 Pencil
• A Woman's Place
• All That Glitters
• As Ye Sow
• Becky's File
• Breadfruit
• Breakage
• Burning Bright
• Burnt Orange
• Chasing the Moon
• Cleaning Up the Neighborhood
• Crazy Cat Lady
• Day's Work
• Death in the Serengeti
• Death and the Dancing Bears
• Death Will Help You Imagine
• Dixie Quickies
• Do Not Pass Go
• El Asesino
• Exposed for Murder
• Fairy Tales
• Fear in Black and White
• Featuring Martin and Lewis
• Fishtown Lockup
• Gossip
• Gun Work
• Happy Families
• Hatcheck
• Hidden
• Jerusalem Syndrome
• Last Call for Buffalo
• Long Story
• Matricide and Ice Cream
• Mrs. Featherpatch and the Case of the Skewered Ham
• Ominous Silence
• One at a Time
• Out of Business
• Press It Down
• Raising Bigfoot
• Saving the House
• Seth's Big Move
• Smoked
• Snakebit
• Strong Enough
• The Barter
• The Black Hand
• The Darkness and the Light
• The Dead
• The Dying Season
• The Farmer and His Wife
• The Front Man
• The Last Evil
• The Magnolia Murders
• The Mechanical Rat
• The Murderous Type
• The Papergirl
• The Ride of Your Life
• The Spy Who Read Too Much
• The Thirty-Fourth Man
• The Touch of Time
• The Tragic Death of Mrs. Edna Fogg
• The Widow Black
• This Ain’t No Time for a Vacation
• Too Good to be True
• Trail's End
• What Could Possibly Go Boing?
• Whose Wine Is It Anyway?
• Writer's Block

NOVELETTE (8,001–20,000 words)

• A Necessary Ingredient
• Along the Hudson
• Blaming the Arsonist
• Flowing Waters
• For Want of a Book
• I Know They're In There!
• Kill My Wife, Please
• King's Quarters
• 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 Echoes
• The Last Heist
• The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn
• The Mechanical Detective
• Trouble Like a Freight Train Coming
• Windward