I’m very pleased to report that my short story, “The Selwyn Arms,” is in the Sept/Oct 2025 issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. In “The Selwyn Arms,” a young woman on the autism spectrum has finally found her place in the world, among a family of sorts. When the unthinkable happens, she will launch her own investigation and do whatever it takes to restore balance to her world.
I’m thrilled that my short story, “Chuck Berry Is Missing,” part of my Estelle Martin series, is a finalist for a Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, in the novella category. It was published in the July/August 2024 issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. I am in excellent company in my category:
Best Crime Novella
Marcelle Dubé, Chuck Berry is Missing, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
Liz Ireland, Mrs. Claus and the Candy Corn Caper, Kensington
Pamela Jones, The Windmill Mystery, Austin Macauley Publishers
A.J. McCarthy, A Rock, Black Rose Writing
Twist Phelan, Aim, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
I’ve won the CWC Award of Excellence twice, in 2021 and 2024, for my short stories, “Cold Wave” and “Reversion.”
To see the rest of the shortlists in all categories, here is the CWC news release.
I am chuffed that my short story, “The Boy,” is in the March/April 2024 Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. This is the second time one of my stories appears in the pages of AHMM (first one was “The Mittens” in the Jan/Feb 2023 edition) and I couldn’t be more pleased.
