Awards: Crime Writers of Canada

 

The Crime Writers of Canada have announced the shortlists for their 2022 Awards of Excellence.  Among the finalists are:

 

Best Crime Novella:

Marcelle Dubé. "Identity Withheld." Falcon Ridge Publishing.

Elvie Simons. "Not So Fast, Dr. Quick." Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. July/August.

 

Best Crime Story:

 Hilary Davidson. "Weed Man." Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. September/October.

Elizabeth Elwood. "Number 10 Marlborough Place." Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. November/December.

Charlotte Morganti. "All My Darlings." Die Laughing: An Anthology of Humorous Mysteries. 

Melissa Yi. "Dead Man's Hand." Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. March/April. 

Member Publication News: Charlotte Morganti

Charlotte Morganti's story "Squashed to Death" appears in the January issue of Texas Gardener's Seeds.

Publication News: Die Laughing

Mystery Weekly Magazine has published Die Laughing: An Anthology of Humorous Mysteries.  This is a hardcover with 45 new tales.  Ten of them are written by members of the Short Mystery Fiction Society:

"Hollywood Dead Naked” by Shakurra Amatulla

“Sure As Apples” by Brandon Barrows

“Blue Light Special” by R.T. Lawton

“Have A Cadaver” by Edward Lodi

“Meet Me At The Morgue” by Robert Lopresti

“Pandora, Haunted” by Robert Mangeot

“All My Darlings” by Charlotte Morganti

“The Vacuum Gang” by Bev Vincent

“Trash Can Stakeout” by Dustin Walker

“Brick Fiend” by Joseph S. Walker