Every now and then, I hear rumors that short mystery fiction is dead. Not so. Below are
some of the exceptional short mystery stories from 1997 which are up for the Derringer
Award, a new award from the Short
Mystery Fiction Society. A couple of them are currently available online.
Category: Flash to 1200 words
- Eileen Brosnan "Back Stairs" Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine, Vol 3 #4 Fall 1997
- Kimberly Haugh, "Exceptions" -- Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Nov 1997
- Michael Mallory, "Curiosity Kills," Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 4, Fall 1997.
- Tom Kreitzberg, "A New Beginning" Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine, Vol 3 #4 Fall 1997
- Robert L. Iles, "What the Sheriff Saw," Whispering Willows Mysteries Summer 1997, ISBN 0-9653990-3-6.
- Vicki Cameron, "Zebra Mussels" Cottage Country Killers (anthology), General Store Publishing House, ISBN 1-896182-53-4 1997
Category: Short-shorts: 1200 to 3000 words
- Kris Neri, "Getting His," Whispering Willow, Premier Edition, 1997.
- J.R. Chabot, "Quite Contrary," Mary Higgins Clark Mystery, Vol. 23, No. 3, Summer/Fall 1997.
- Robert L. Iles, "A Hand in the Case," Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine Vol. 3 #2 Spring 1997.
- Kate Grilley, "Guavaberry Christmas" Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine, Vol 3 #4 '97
- Elizabeth Dearl, "Same Old Henry," The Case (www.thecase.com) June 1997
- Ralph McInerny, "Copy Dog", Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Feb 1997
- Peter Lovesey, "Never a Cross Word," Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Feb 1997
- Dan Crawford, "All's Fair," Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Vol. 42 No. 11, November 1997.
- Polly Whitney, "Etiquette Lesson," Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 4, Fall 1997.
- Margo Power, "All There Is And More" Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine Vol 3 #4, 1997
Category: 3,000-10,000 words:
- Michael Mallory "The Adventure Of The Illustrious Patient" Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine Vol 3 #1 Winter 1997
- Robert Lopresti "Uncle Victor On Watch" Murderous Intent Mystery Vol 3 #4 Fall 1997
- Barbara White-Rayczek, "The Adventurers," Murderous Intent Mystery vol 3, no 1, Winter 1997
- Robert L. Iles, "Vinnie and the Tiger," Potpourri Magazine of the Literary Arts, vol. 9, no. 3, fall, 1997.
- John M. Floyd, "King of the City", Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine Spring 97, V3 #2
- Robert l. Iles, "The Burning Woman," Whispering Willows Mysteries, Fall 1997
- Brendan DuBois, "Trade Wars". Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Feb 97
- Richard A. Lupoff, "Chinese Gunboats", Fall 1997 Murderous Intent Mystery
- Robert Gray, "The Word on the Street," Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Dec 1997
- Ann Bayer, "Gertrude," Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Sep/Oct 1997
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