Welcome.

I'm pleased to announce the anthology, QUARRY: CRIME STORIES BY NEW ENGLAND WRITERS, published by Level Best Books, is now available. If you'd like a personally autographed copy, please contact me.

Congratulations to Hank Phillippi Ryan whose short story, "On the House," (Level Best Books) won the 2009 AGATHA AWARD for Best Short Story!

Level Best Books is comprised of authors Kate Flora, Ruth M. McCarty, and Susan Oleksiw.

My short story, "Trust to Dust," appears in this anthology along with many other New England crime writers, including the winner of the New England Crime Bake's seventh Al Blanchard Fiction Award.

My short story, "No Flowers for Stacey," (DEADFALL: CRIME STORIES BY NEW ENGLAND WRITERS) won the 2009 Derringer Award for Best Flash Fiction, presented by the Short Mystery Fiction Society.