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2017 Derringer Finalists

As posted to the SMFS list by Derringer Coordinator Dan Persinger, these are the finalists for 2017. Eligible SMFS members vote April 1-29, 2017. Winners will be announced on May 1, 2017.

For Best Flash (up to 1,000 words)

"Aftermath" by Craig Faustus Buck (Flash Bang Mysteries, Spring 2016)

"The Phone Call" by Herschel Cozine (Flash Bang Mysteries, Summer 2016)

"A Just Reward" by O'Neil De Noux (Flash Bang Mysteries, Winter 2016)

"The Orphan" by Billy Kring (Shotgun Honey, March 18, 2016)

"An Ill Wind" by R.T. Lawton (Flash Bang Mysteries, Spring 2016)

For Best Short Story (1,001 to 4,000 words)

"Beks and the Second Note" by Bruce Arthurs  (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 2016)

The Way They Do It in Boston by Linda Barnes (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2016)

"YOLO" by Libby Cudmore (BEAT to a PULP, May 2016)

The Woman in the Briefcase by Joseph D'Agnese (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2016)

The Lighthouse by Hilde Vandermeeren trans. from Flemish by Josh Pachter (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2016)

For Best Long Story (4,001 to 8,000 words)

"Swan Song" by Hilary Davidson (Unloaded: Crime Writers Writing Without Guns ed. Eric Beetner, Down & Out Books, April 2016)

"Effect on Men" by O'Neil De Noux, (The Strand Magazine, Issue XLVIII, Feb-May 2016)

"The Cumberland Package" by Robert Mangeot (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2016)

"Murder Under the Baobab" by Meg Opperman (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 2016)

"Breadcrumbs" by Victoria Weisfeld (Betty Fedora Issue Three: Kickass Women In Crime Fiction, September 2016)

For Best Novelette (8,000 to 20,000 words)

"Coup de Grace" by Doug Allyn (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2016)

"The Chemistry of Heroes" by Catherine Dilts (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2016)

"Inquiry and Assistance" by Terrie Farley Moran (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2016)

"The Educator" by Travis Richardson (44 Caliber Funk: Tales of Crime, Soul, and Payback ed. Gary Phillips and Robert J. Randisi, Moonstone, December 2016)

"The Last Blue Glass" by B.K. Stevens (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, April 2016)

Society Members' News: March 2017

The members below reported their publishing successes this month: 

S. Michele Chen, Superbeetle, Gen-E books of Elm Books (March 2017).

Nancy Clark, “Is Jim Dead?” and “Sudden Death” in One Minute Plays: A Practical Guide to Tiny Theatre, Routledge (February 2017).

Peter DiChellis, “With Cunning Wickedness” at Trigger Warning: Short Fiction With Pictures (March 19, 2017).

John Floyd, “Flag Day”  in The Strand Magazine: Issue 51 (Feb-May 2017) and “Movie Night,” in the March 20, 2017 issue of Woman’s World.

Barb Goffman, “Whose Wine Is It Anyway?” in the anthology 50 Shades Of Cabernet, Koehler Books (March 2017).

Debra H. Goldstein, “Good-Bye Nora Ephron” in the anthology Dearly Beloved (Zoetic Press).

Martin Roy Hill, “The Thirty-Fourth Man” in Alt Hist: The Magazine of Historical Fiction and Alternate History #10 (February 26, 2017).

Jack Lindermuth, Geronimo Must Die, Sundown Press (March 2017).

Nina Mansfield, “Summer Reading: Mystery Short Story” at Kings River Life Magazine (March 25, 2017).

Edith Maxwell writing as Maddie Day, When The Grit Hits The Fan: A Country Store Mystery, Kensington Publishing (March 2017).

Bern Sy Moss, "For the Love of Ruby," in Fish Out Of Water: A Guppy Anthology, Wildside Press (March 2017).

O’Neil De Noux,  Lucifer’s Tiger, Big Kiss Productions (March 2017).

Alan Orloff, "World's Greatest," in the anthology 50 Shades  Of  Cabernet, Koehler Books (March 2017).

Mary Reed, “Time's Revenge” in the anthology Bound by Mystery: Celebrating 20 Years of Poisoned Pen Press, Poisoned Pen Press (March 2017).

Mary Sutton writing as Liz Milliron, “The Far End of Nowhere” in Fish Out Of Water: A Guppy Anthology, Wildside Press (March 2017).

Elizabeth Zelvin, “Flash Point” at the All New Twist Of Noir (March 20, 2017).

When, and only when he makes the call onlist, email news for next month's post to SMFS President Kevin R. Tipple (KEVINRTIPPLE at VERIZON dot NET).

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