Today's Black Cat Weekly features "Renovated to Death," the sixth story Sandra Murphy and I have co-authored.

Join Andrew Hearn, Mark Thielman, Laura Oles, William Dylan Powell, and me at 1 p.m., Sat. July 19, at Vintage Bookstore in Austin, TX, where Scott Montgomery will lead us in a discussion about Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun and other PIs of the eighties. vintagebooksandwine.com/events/2974420…

Congratulations to Art Taylor, whose Murder, Neat story "Two for One" has been nominated for a Macavity Award.

Gag Me With a Spoon, which includes my story “The Safety Dance,” releases July 8 but is now available for preorder from the publisher. whitecitypress.com/product/gagme/…

I'm looking for the best private eye stories published in 2025. If you had a PI story published this year, or will have one published before the end of this year, send it, or have your editor send it. Complete instructions : crimefictionwriter.com/submissions.ht… #cwoc #queercrimefic

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Sometimes a writer just needs to get away. Today I write about an almost-annual trip Temple and I take to do just that. SleuthSayers: Get Away to Recharge sleuthsayers.org/2025/07/get-aw…

My short romance "Cowboy Up" was published today in KissMet Quarterly: A Serendipitous Summer. amazon.com/dp/B0FH79WTF2

Like to listen to a playlist while reading a music-themed anthology? Check out this playlist for Janie's Got a Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Aerosmith (White City Press): youtube.com/watch?v=iJDtuk…

In "Schrödinger's Blonde," PI Morris Ronald Boyette is hired to find a potential witness to a decades-old unsolved murder, and all he has to work with is a faded Polaroid of a blonde with Farah Fawcett hair.

Shoulder pads, neon, and noir Saturday, 1–3pm at Vintage Bookstore & Wine Bar. We're diving into Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun, an ‘80s PI fiction fest! Hear from editor Michael Bracken, myself and fellow contributors w/ Austin book legend Scott Montgomery. vintagebooksandwine.com/events/2974420…

In advance of our appearance at Vintage Bookstore & Wine Bar in Austin this Saturday to discuss Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun, Laura Oles Author, Mark Thielman, William Dylan Powell, Andrew Hearn, & I were interviewed by Scott Montgomery at The Hard Word: thehardword.org/single-post/sl…

Tomorrow! Join us 1–3pm at Austin's Vintage Bookstore & Wine Bar for an ‘80s crime fiction bash. Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun is packed with mystery, mischief and Miami Vice vibes. With Michael Bracken + fellow authors + Austin's own Scott Montgomery. Parachute pants not included.

ShortCon 2026, The Premiere Conference for Writers of Short Crime Fiction, will be held at Elaine's Literary Salon, Alexandria, Virginia, on June 6, 2026 and feature: Gary Phillips, Michele Slung, Art Taylor & Stacy Woodson Registration limited to 50. eastcoastcrime.com/#/

I have stories in the September/October issues of AHMM & EQMM.: "The Girl in the Shop" in AHMM and "Blind Pig" in EQMM.

PW reviewed The Best American Mystery & Suspense 2025 and gave a nod to Gary Phillips’s “The Darklight Gizmo Matter,” which offers "tantalizing twists on the classic PI story." Its original publication: Private Dicks and Disco Balls (Down & Out Books). publishersweekly.com/9780063422292