SleuthSayers: Awards, Competitions, Prizes and Honors

SleuthSayers: Awards, Competitions, Prizes and Honors:  When my first story for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine appeared in 2018, I'd long been a reader of short mystery fiction, but was...

SleuthSayers: Bright Babble From The Bayou

SleuthSayers: Bright Babble From The Bayou.: Two weeks ago I wrote about Bouchercon in New Orleans last month.  Here are some words of wisdom I gathered there: "Historical fiction...

The Rap Sheet: 2025 Bouchercon: A Chance to Reconnect

 The Rap Sheet:  2025 Bouchercon: A Chance to Reconnect

The Rap Sheet: Big Easy Pickings

 The Rap Sheet: Big Easy Pickings

SleuthSayers: Hot Streak by Michael Bracken

SleuthSayers: Hot Streak: Attempting to predict anything in publishing is a mug’s game, especially trying to predict how long it will take for a short story to find ...

The Rap Sheet: Yes, That’s Me Behind the Mic

 The Rap Sheet: Yes, That’s Me Behind the Mic

Mystery Fanfare: 2025 David Thompson Special Service Award Recipients: Lucinda Surber and Stan Ulrich

Mystery Fanfare: 2025 David Thompson Special Service Award Recipien...: Bouchercon Announced the 2025 David Thompson Special Service Award Recipients. Perfect! Congratulations, Lucinda and Stan. Well deserved!!! ...

SleuthSayers: Behind the Scenes: Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked by Stacy Woodson

SleuthSayers: Behind the Scenes: Scattered, Smothered, Covered, ...: On Wednesday, I learned   Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House   (Down and Out Books), is nomi...

The Rap Sheet: Bullet Points: Alarming Week Edition

 The Rap Sheet: Bullet Points: Alarming Week Edition

SleuthSayers: Bouchercon Briefing

SleuthSayers: Bouchercon Briefing: Last week I returned home from Bouchercon, the world mystery convention, having walked a million miles while there — not hy perbole, I assur...

The Rap Sheet: Touted in Tennessee

 The Rap Sheet: Touted in Tennessee

SleuthSayers: Bouchercon Bound

SleuthSayers: Bouchercon Bound: On the day this posts, I will be on my way to Nashville to attend Bouchercon, the largest annual gathering of crime fiction writers, editors...

SleuthSayers: Going to Bouchercon

SleuthSayers: Going to Bouchercon: I assume that others will write about the Bouchercon held in San Diego long before this article gets published, therefore I will report ma...

SleuthSayers: Bouchercon takeaways: being a successful panelist

SleuthSayers: Bouchercon takeaways: being a successful panelist: Like some of you reading this, I recently attended this year's Bouchercon, which is touted as the world's largest mystery convention...

The First Two Pages: “The Canadians” by Mary Keenan

 The First Two Pages: “The Canadians” by Mary Keenan

The First Two Pages: “Girl of Gold” by Emilya Naymark

 The First Two Pages: “Girl of Gold” by Emilya Naymark

The Rap Sheet: So Who Won This Year’s Anthonys?

 The Rap Sheet: So Who Won This Year’s Anthonys?

Mystery Fanfare: NEW ORLEANS BOUCHERCON NEWS!

Mystery Fanfare: NEW ORLEANS BOUCHERCON NEWS!: After much deliberation but with the safety and health of attendees in mind,  Bouchercon organizers cancelled this year's Bouchercon in ...

Bouchercon 2021 POSTPONED to 2025

In effect, it has been cancelled and rescheduled to 2025. This is according to a number of posts on social media. There is no official word on the website at the time of this posting. 

I am not surprised. They had no choice.

Criminal Minds: We’ll Always Have Albany from James W. Ziskin

Criminal Minds: We’ll Always Have Albany from James W. Ziskin:   Give us some of your funniest and most memorable stories from traveling to book festivals This week’s topic takes me back to my very first...