Exciting News! My short story "The Last Word" won the Agatha Award for Best Short Story for 2019! And I along with my co-editors won the Anthony Award for Best Collection or Anthology. "The Last Word" is about two old friends from culinary school who discuss the ups and downs of their long friendship over a special meal prepared in response to a bad restaurant review. 

You can read the story here.  

My Published Short Stories
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2016
A Gathering of Great Detectives - published in Malice Domestic 11: Mystery Most Conventional
Look Away – published in WINDWARD: The Best New England Crime Stories
2017
 The Prodigy - published in Mystery Tour: Crime Writers' Association Anthology
Burnt Orange - published in Passport to Murder: The 2017 Bouchercon Anthology
Play Dead – published in BUSTED: Arresting Stories from the Beat
Farm to Table – published in SNOWBOUND: The Best New England Crime Stories
 You Always Hurt the One You Love– published in Malice Domestic 12: Mystery Most Historical
 Humble Pie – published in NOIR AT THE SALAD BAR: Culinary Tales with a Bite
2018
Death on the Beach – published in Malice Domestic 13: Mystery Most Geographical
Downcity Detective - published in LANDFALL: The Best New England Crime Stories
2019
The Last Word – published in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible**
Sweet Tawny Breeze - published in After Midnight: The Writers' Police Academy Anthology
Stolen Moments – published in SEASCAPE: The Best New England Crime Stories
2020
Now is the Hour - published in Writers Crushing Covid-19
Dance on Fire - published in Malice Domestic 15: Mystery Most Theatrical


**Winner of the Agatha Award for Best Short Story
**Anthony Award Finalist for Best Anthology or Collection
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