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
Here's the complete list of Derringer submissions that I've received and acknowledged through 1/20. I apologize for those who submitted at the beginning of January but only received acknowledgments tonight. Technology is a beautiful thing... when it works.
Many thanks to those of you who made donations [to Cancer Research Institute] in Sandi [Tipple] and Bill [Crider]'s name!
If you don’t see your title below or spot an error, DO NOT EMAIL [Shortmystery]. Please send me an email at derringers2018@untreedreads.com
Thanks!
Jay Hartman
FLASH (up to 1,000 words)
- A Will and a Way
- Alleyway Alvin
- Altercation on Ballet Boulevard
- An Afternoon in Lake Park
- Disappearing Act
- Dog Trap
- Father Knows Bets
- Flash Point
- Hostage
- 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 Respectable Lady
- Antiques
- Black Friday
- Blood Moon
- Bull's Eye
- Consequences
- Eb and Flo
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Flight to the Flirty Flamingo
- Her Father's Killer
- Homebodies
- It's All Litter to Me
- Judge Jillian
- Justice Due
- Killing Time So I Can Dig Myself a Deeper Gravev
- 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
- On Like Donkey Kong
- Shut Your Eyes and You'll Be Fine
- The Baker's Boy
- The Bank Job
- The Chair Thief
- The Girl with the Mangled Breast
- The Hardest Part
- The Last Train Out
- The Perfect Patsy
- The Queen-Size Bed
- The Settlement
- The Writer
- To the Moon and Back
- True Love
- 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
- Featuring Martin and Lewis
- Gun Work
- Happy Families
- Hidden
- Matricide and Ice Cream
- Ominous Silence
- Raising Bigfoot
- Smoked
- Snakebite
- The Barter
- The Darkness and the Light
- The Last Evil
- The Magnolia Murders
- The Mechanical Rat
- 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
- 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