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“Even,” Shotgun Honey (August 20, 2012).
“Back to the Boke” first appeared in Beat to a Pulp (October 28, 2012).
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Also included in the collection, Daggyland #1
“Stand Up Johnny” first appeared in Plots With Guns (Winter 2013).
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Also included in the collection, Daggyland #1
“Button Man” first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (March 2013).
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Also included in the collection, Daggyland #1
“Bloody Signorina” first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (September 2013).
* Finalist for the 2014 Derringer Award!
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Also included in the collection, Daggyland #1
“The Sweatergeist” first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (December 2013).
Later reprinted in Black Cat Weekly #163 (October 2024).
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Also included in the collection, Daggyland #1
“Nighthawks” first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (April 2014).
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Also included in the collection, Daggyland #1
“How Lil’ Jimmie Beat the Big C,” first appeared in Shotgun Honey (May 12, 2014).
* Winner of the 2015 Derringer Award for Flash Fiction!
“Harm and Hammer” first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (October 2014).
* Selected by author James Patterson for inclusion in the 2015 Best American Mysteries anthology!
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Also included in the collection, Daggyland #1
“Scintilla” first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (July/August 2015).
* Later re-published as “Old Man’s Curse.”
Included in the collection, Daggyland #1
“Wood Man” first appeared in Shotgun Honey (June 12, 2015).
The poem, “Predator and Prey,” first appeared at The Five-Two during the week of July 27, 2015.
“The Truth of What You’ve Become” first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (November 2015).
Included in the collection, Daggyland #1
“The Woman in the Briefcase” first appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (March/April 2016).
* Finalist for the 2017 Derringer Award!
Included in the collection, Daggyland #1
“Double-Slay” first appeared in Mystery Weekly (April 2017).
Included in the collection, Daggyland #2
“A Respectable Lady” first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (July/August 2017).
Included in the collection, Daggyland #2
“The Cardinal’s Blade” first appeared in Mystery Weekly (August 2017).
Included in the collection, Daggyland #2
“Her Father’s Killer” first appeared in Mystery Weekly (November 2017).
Included in the collection, Daggyland #2
“The Vulnerable Rind” first appeared in Mystery Weekly (February 2019).
“The Detective Who Stopped by Bedford Street” first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (January/February 2020).
“Mr. Tesla Likes to Watch,” first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (May/June 2021).
“When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bled,” first appeared in Murder, Neat: A SleuthSayers Anthology (February 2024).
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