| Year
|
Author
|
Title
|
Publication
|
Result
|
Ref.
|
| 1986
|
Linda Barnes
|
“Lucky Penny”
|
New Black Mask #3
|
Winner
|
|
| John Lutz
|
“Ride the Lightning”
|
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Loren D. Estleman
|
“Eight Mile and Dequindre”
|
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Peter Lovesey
|
“Vandals”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Ruth Rendell
|
“The Convolvulus Clock”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| 1987
|
Sue Grafton
|
“The Parker Shotgun”
|
Mean Streets
|
Winner
|
|
| Clark Howard
|
“Scalplock”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Wayne D. Dundee
|
“Body Count”
|
Mean Streets
|
Finalist
|
|
| 1988
|
Robert Barnard
|
“Breakfast Television”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Winner
|
|
| Ed Gorman
|
“Turn Away”
|
Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction
|
Finalist
|
|
| Harlan Ellison
|
“Soft Monkey”
|
Mystery Scene Reader #1
|
Finalist
|
|
| Joyce Harrington
|
“The Au Pair Girl”
|
Matter of Crime #1
|
Finalist
|
|
| Max Allan Collins
|
“Scrap”
|
Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction
|
Finalist
|
|
| 1990
|
Nancy Pickard
|
“Afraid All the Time”
|
Sisters in Crime
|
Winner
|
|
| Sharyn McCrumb
|
“A Wee Doch and Doris”
|
Mistletoe Mysteries
|
Finalist
|
|
| Shelley Singer
|
“A Terrible Thing”
|
Sisters in Crime
|
Finalist
|
|
| Susan Dunlap
|
“No Safety”
|
Sisters in Crime
|
Finalist
|
|
| 1991
|
Susan Dunlap
|
“The Celestial Buffet”
|
Sisters in Crime 2
|
Winner
|
|
| Marilyn Wallace
|
“A Tale of Two Pretties”
|
Sisters in Crime 3
|
Finalist
|
|
| Sarah Shankman
|
“Say You're Sorry”
|
Sisters in Crime 3
|
Finalist
|
|
| Sharyn McCrumb
|
“Remains to Be Seen”
|
Mummy Stories
|
Finalist
|
|
| Sharyn McCrumb
|
“The Luncheon”
|
Sisters in Crime 2
|
Finalist
|
|
| 1992
|
Liza Cody
|
“Lucky Dip”
|
A Woman’s Eye
|
Winner
|
|
| Linda Grant
|
“Last Rites”
|
Sisters in Crime 4
|
Finalist
|
|
| Margaret Maron
|
“Deborah's Judgment”
|
A Woman’s Eye
|
Finalist
|
|
| Maxine O'Callahan
|
“Wolf Winter”
|
Sisters in Crime 4
|
Finalist
|
|
| Peter Lovesey
|
“The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Wendy Hornsby
|
“Nine Sons”
|
Sisters in Crime 4
|
Finalist
|
|
| 1993
|
Diane Mott Davidson
|
“Cold Turkey”
|
Sisters in Crime 5
|
Winner
|
|
| Doug Allyn
|
“Candles in the Rain”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Edward D. Hoch
|
“The Summer of our Discontent”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Gabrielle Kraft
|
“One Hit Wonder”
|
Sisters in Crime 5
|
Finalist
|
|
| Rochelle Krich
|
“A Golden Opportunity”
|
Sisters in Crime 5
|
Finalist
|
|
| 1994
|
Susan Dunlap
|
“Checkout”
|
Malice Domestic 2
|
Winner
|
|
| K. K. Beck
|
“A Romance in the Rockies”
|
Malice Domestic 2
|
Finalist
|
|
| M. D. Lake
|
“Kim's Game”
|
Malice Domestic 2
|
Finalist
|
|
| Robert Lopresti
|
“Crow's Feat”
|
Constable New Crimes 2
|
Finalist
|
|
| 1995
|
Sharyn McCrumb
|
“The Monster of Glarnis”
|
Royal Crimes
|
Winner
|
|
| Ed Gorman
|
“One of Those Days, One of Those Nights”
|
Crime Yellow
|
Finalist
|
|
| Ian Rankin
|
“A Deep Hole”
|
London Noir
|
Finalist
|
|
| Robert Barnard
|
“The Gentleman in the Lake”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| 1996
|
Gar Anthony Haywood
|
“And Pray Nobody Sees You”
|
Spooks, Spies & Private Eyes
|
Winner
|
|
| Bill Crider
|
“How I Found a Cat, Lost True Love, and Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo”
|
Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation
|
Finalist
|
|
| Elizabeth Daniels Squire
|
“The Dog Who Remembered too Much”
|
Malice Domestic 4
|
Finalist
|
|
| Jean B. Cooper
|
“The Judge’s Boy”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| K. K. Beck
|
“Rule of Law”
|
Malice Domestic 4
|
Finalist
|
|
| 1997
|
Carolyn Wheat
|
“Accidents Will Happen”
|
Malice Domestic 5
|
Winner
|
|
| Brendan DuBois
|
“The Dark Snow”
|
Playboy
|
Finalist
|
|
| Eve K. Sandstrom
|
“Bugged”
|
Malice Domestic 5
|
Finalist
|
|
| Janet LaPierre
|
“Luminarias Make it Christmas-y”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| 1998
|
Edward D. Hoch
|
“One Bag of Coconuts”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Winner
|
|
| Jan Grape
|
“A Front-Row Seat”
|
Vengeance Is Hers
|
Winner
|
|
| James DeFilippi
|
“A Fog of Many Colors”
|
New Mystery
|
Finalist
|
|
| James Dorr
|
“Paperboxing Art”
|
New Mystery
|
Finalist
|
|
| Simon Brett
|
“Ways to Kill a Cat”
|
Malice Domestic 6
|
Finalist
|
|
| 1999
|
Barbara D’Amato Chittenden
|
“Of Course You Know that Chocolate Is a Vegetable?”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Winner
|
|
| Harlan Coben
|
“A Simple Philosophy”
|
Malice Domestic 7
|
Finalist
|
|
| Jan Burke
|
“Two Bits”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Peter Robinson
|
“The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage”
|
Malice Domestic 7
|
Finalist
|
|
| Rick Riordan
|
“A Small Silver Gun”
|
MSCMM
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2000
|
Margaret Chittenden
|
“Noir Lite”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Winner
|
|
| Barry Baldwin
|
“A Bit of a Treat”
|
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Bill and Judy Crider
|
“At The Hop”
|
Till Death Do Us Part
|
Finalist
|
|
| Jeffery Deaver
|
“Triangle”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Laurie R. King
|
“Paleta Man”
|
Irreconcilable Differences
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2001
|
Edward D. Hoch
|
“The Problem of the Potting Shed”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Winner
|
|
| Donald Olson
|
“Don't Go Upstaris”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Peter Robinson
|
“Missing in Action”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Rhys Bowen
|
“The Seal of the Confessional”
|
Unholy Orders
|
Finalist
|
|
| Rochelle Krich
|
“Widow's Peak”
|
Unholy Orders
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2002
|
Bill and Judy Crider
|
“Chocolate Moose”
|
Death Dines at 8:30
|
Winner
|
|
| Margaret Maron
|
“Virgo in Sapphires”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Rochelle Krich
|
“Bitter Waters”
|
Criminal Kabbalah
|
Finalist
|
|
| S. J. Rozan
|
“Double-Crossing Delancy”
|
Mystery Street
|
Finalist
|
|
| Ted Hertel, Jr.
|
“My Bonnie Lies...”
|
Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2003
|
Marcia Talley
|
“Too Many Cooks”
|
Much Ado About Murder
|
Winner
|
|
| Bob Truluck
|
“A Man Called Ready”
|
Measures of Poison
|
Finalist
|
|
| Clark Howard
|
“To Live and Die in Midland, Texas”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Lauren Haney
|
“Murder In The Land Of Wawat”
|
The Mammoth Book Of Egyptian Whodunnits
|
Finalist
|
|
| Toni Kelner
|
“Bible Belt”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2004
|
Rhys Bowen
|
“Doppelganger”
|
Blood On Their Hands
|
Winner
|
|
| Eddie Muller
|
“Wanda Wilcox Is Trapped”
|
Plots With Guns
|
Finalist
|
|
| Elaine Viets
|
“Red Meat”
|
Blood On Their Hands
|
Finalist
|
|
| Jack Bludis
|
“Munchies”
|
Hardbroiled
|
Finalist
|
|
| Sandy Balzo
|
“The Grass Is Always Greener”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2005
|
Elaine Viets
|
“Wedding Knife”
|
Chesapeake Crimes
|
Winner
|
|
| Arthur Nersesian
|
“Hunter Trapper”
|
Brooklyn Noir
|
Finalist
|
|
| Rhys Bowen
|
“Voodoo”
|
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Ted Hertel, Jr.
|
“It's Crackers to Slip a Rozzer the Dropsey in Snide”
|
Small Crimes
|
Finalist
|
|
| Terence Faherty
|
“The Widow of Slane”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2006
|
Barbara Seranella
|
“Misdirection”
|
Greatest Hits
|
Winner
|
|
| Elaine Viets
|
“Killer Blonde”
|
Drop-Dead Blonde
|
Finalist
|
|
| Libby Fischer Hellmann
|
“House Rules”
|
Murder in Vegas
|
Finalist
|
|
| Marcia Talley
|
“Driven To Distraction”
|
Chesapeake Crimes I
|
Finalist
|
|
| Nancy Pickard
|
“There Is No Crime On Easter Island”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2007
|
Simon Wood
|
“My Father's Secret”
|
Crimespree Magazine
|
Winner
|
|
| Bill Crider
|
“Cranked”
|
Damn Near Dead
|
Finalist
|
|
| Dana Cameron
|
“The Lords of Misrule”
|
Sugarplums and Scandal
|
Finalist
|
|
| Elaine Viets
|
“After the Fall”
|
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Megan Abbott
|
“Policy”
|
Damn Near Dead
|
Finalist
|
|
| Toni Kelner
|
“Sleeping with the Plush”
|
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2008
|
Laura Lippman
|
“Hardly Knew Her”
|
Dead Man's Hand
|
Winner
|
|
| Daniel Woodrell
|
“Uncle”
|
A Hell of a Woman
|
Finalist
|
|
| Rhys Bowen
|
“Please Watch Your Step”
|
The Strand Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Steve Hockensmith
|
“Dear Dr. Watson”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Toni L. P. Kelner
|
“How Stella Got her Grave Back”
|
Many Bloody Returns
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2009
|
Sean Chercover
|
“A Sleep Not Unlike Death”
|
Hardcore Hardboiled
|
Winner
|
[3]
|
| Dana Cameron
|
“The Night Things Changed”
|
Wolfsbane & Mistletoe
|
Finalist
|
|
| Jane K. Cleland
|
“Killing Time”
|
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Kristine Kathryn Rusch
|
“The Secret Lives of Cats”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Laura Lippman
|
“Scratch a Woman”
|
Hardly Knew Her
|
Finalist
|
|
| Toni L. P. Kelner
|
“Skull and Cross Examination”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2010
|
Hank Phillippi Ryan
|
“On the House”
|
Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers
|
Winner
|
[4]
|
| Ace Atkins
|
“Last Fair Deal Gone Down”
|
Crossroad Blues
|
Finalist
|
|
| Dana Cameron
|
“Femme Sole”
|
Boston Noir
|
Finalist
|
|
| Dennis Lehane
|
“Animal Rescue”
|
Boston Noir
|
Finalist
|
|
| Luis Alberto Urrea
|
“Amapola”
|
Phoenix Noir
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2011
|
Dana Cameron
|
“Swing Shift”
|
by Moonlight
|
Winner
|
[4]
|
| Chris Holm
|
“The Hitter”
|
Needle
|
Finalist
|
[5]
|
| Doug Allyn
|
“Scent of Lilacs”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
[5]
|
| Mary Jane Maffini
|
“So Much in Common”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
[5]
|
| Patricia Morin
|
“Homeless”
|
Mystery Montage
|
Finalist
|
[5]
|
| Simon Wood
|
“The Frame Maker”
|
The Back Alley
|
Finalist
|
[5]
|
| 2012
|
Dana Cameron
|
“Disarming”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Winner
|
[4]
|
| Barb Goffman
|
“Truth and Consequences”
|
Mystery Times Ten
|
Finalist
|
|
| Daryl Wood Gerber
|
“Palace by the Lake”
|
Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology
|
Finalist
|
|
| Neil Gaiman
|
“The Case of Death and Honey”
|
A Study in Sherlock
|
Finalist
|
|
| Roberta Isleib
|
“The Itinerary”
|
MWA Presents The Rich and The Dead
|
Finalist
|
|
| Twist Phelan
|
“Happine$$”
|
MWA Presents The Rich and The Dead
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2013
|
Dana Cameron
|
“Mischief in Mesopotamia”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Winner
|
[4]
|
| Barb Goffman
|
“The Lord is My Shamus”
|
Crimes: This Job is Murder
|
Finalist
|
|
| Karin Slaughter
|
“The Unremarkable Heart”
|
MWA Presents: Vengeance
|
Finalist
|
|
| Shelia Connolly
|
“Kept in the Dark”
|
Best New England Crime Stories: Blood Moon
|
Finalist
|
|
| Todd Robinson
|
“Peaches”
|
Grift
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2014
|
John Connolly
|
“The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository”
|
Blibiomysteries, The Mysterious Bookshop
|
Winner
|
[4]
|
| Art Taylor
|
“The Care and Feeding of Houseplants”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Craig Faustus Buck
|
“Dead End”
|
Untreed Reads
|
Finalist
|
|
| Denise Dietz
|
“Annie and the Grateful Dead”
|
The Sound and the Furry
|
Finalist
|
|
| Travis Richardson
|
“Incident on the 405”
|
Malfeasance Occasional: Girl Trouble
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2015
|
Art Taylor
|
“The Odds Are Against Us”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Winner
|
[4]
|
| Barb Goffman
|
“The Shadow Knows”
|
Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays
|
Finalist
|
|
| Craig Faustus Buck
|
“Honeymoon Sweet”
|
Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014
|
Finalist
|
|
| John Shepphird
|
“Of Dogs & Deceit”
|
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Paul D. Marks
|
“Howling at the Moon”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2016
|
Megan Abbott
|
“The Little Men”
|
A Bibliomystery by MysteriousPress.com
|
Winner
|
|
| Johnny Shaw
|
“Feliz Navidead”
|
Thuglit Presents: Cruel Yule: Holiday Tales of Crime for People on the Naughty List
|
Finalist
|
|
| Erin Mitchell
|
“Old Hands”
|
Dark City Lights
|
Finalist
|
|
| Hilary Davidson
|
“The Siege”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Holly West
|
“Don't Fear the Ripper”
|
Protectors 2: Heroes
|
Finalist
|
|
| Travis Richardson
|
“Quack and Dwight”
|
Jewish Noir: Contemporary Tales of Crime and Other Dark Deeds
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2017
|
Megan Abbott
|
“Oxford Girl”
|
Mississippi Noir
|
Winner
|
|
| Art Taylor
|
“Parallel Play”
|
Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning
|
Finalist
|
|
| Holly West
|
“Queen of the Dogs”
|
44 Caliber Funk: Tales of Crime, Soul and Payback
|
Finalist
|
|
| Johnny Shaw
|
“Gary's Got A Boner”
|
Waiting To Be Forgotten: Stories of Crime and Heartbreak, Inspired by the Replacements
|
Finalist
|
|
| Lawrence Block
|
“Autumn at the Automat”
|
In Sunlight or Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2018
|
Hilary Davidson
|
“My Side of the Matter”
|
Killing Malmon
|
Winner
|
[6]
|
| Art Taylor
|
“A Necessary Ingredient”
|
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
|
Finalist
|
[6]
|
| Barb Goffman
|
“Whose Wine Is It Anyway”
|
50 Shades of Cabernet
|
Finalist
|
[6]
|
| Debra Goldstein
|
“The Night They Burned Miss Dixie’s Place”
|
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
[6]
|
| Jen Conley
|
“God's Gonna Cut You Down”
|
Just to Watch Them Die: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash
|
Finalist
|
[6]
|
| Susanna Calkins
|
“The Trial of Madame Pelletier”
|
Charlaine Harris Presents Malice Domestic 12: Mystery Most Historical
|
Finalist
|
[6]
|
| 2019
|
S. A. Cosby
|
“The Grass Beneath My Feet”
|
Tough Magazine
|
Winner
|
[7][8]
|
| Art Taylor
|
“English 398: Fiction Workshop”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
[7][8]
|
| Barb Goffman
|
“Bug Appétit”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
[7][8]
|
| Greg Herren
|
“Cold Beer No Flies”
|
Florida Happens
|
Finalist
|
[7][8]
|
| Holly West
|
“The Best Laid Plans”
|
Florida Happens
|
Finalist
|
[7][8]
|
| 2020
|
Alex Segura
|
“The Red Zone”
|
Pa'que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto Rico
|
Winner
|
[9]
|
| Art Taylor
|
“Better Days”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
|
| Art Taylor
|
“Hard Return”
|
Crime Travel
|
Finalist
|
|
| Hector Acosta
|
“Turistas”
|
Pa'que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto Rico
|
Finalist
|
|
| Hilary Davidson
|
“Unforgiven”
|
Murder-a-Go-Go's: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of the Go-Go's
|
Finalist
|
|
| 2021
|
Alex Segura
|
“90 Miles”
|
Both Sides: Stories from the Border
|
Winner
|
[10][11][12]
|
| Art Taylor
|
“The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74”
|
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
[12]
|
| Barb Goffman
|
“Dear Emily Etiquette”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
[12]
|
| Gabriel Valjan
|
“Elysian Fields”
|
California Schemin’: The 2020 Bouchercon Anthology
|
Finalist
|
[12]
|
| James W. Ziskin
|
“The Twenty-Five Year Engagement”
|
In League with Sherlock Holmes
|
Finalist
|
[12]
|
| 2022
|
S. A. Cosby
|
“Not My Cross to Bear”
|
Down & Out Books
|
Winner
|
[13][14]
|
| E. A. Aymar
|
“The Search for Eric Garcia”
|
|
Finalist
|
[14]
|
| Gabriel Valjan
|
“Burnt Ends”
|
|
Finalist
|
[14]
|
| Gigi Pandian
|
“The Locked Room Library”
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Finalist
|
[14]
|
| Richie Narvaez
|
“Doc's at Midnight”
|
|
Finalist
|
[14]
|
| Tracy Clark
|
“Lucky Thirteen”
|
Midnight Hour
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Finalist
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[14]
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| V. M. Burns
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“The Vermeer Conspiracy”
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Midnight Hour
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Finalist
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[14]
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| 2023
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Barb Goffman
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“Beauty and the Beyotch”
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Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine
|
Winner
|
|
| Bruce Robert Coffin
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“The Impediment”
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Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022
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Finalist
|
[15]
|
| Curtis Ippolito
|
“The Estate Sale”
|
Vautrin Magazine
|
Finalist
|
[15]
|
| E. A. Aymar
|
“Still Crazy After All These Years”
|
Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon
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Finalist
|
[15]
|
| Gabriel Valjan
|
“C.O.D.”
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Low Down Dirty Vote Volume 3: The Color of My Vote
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Finalist
|
[15]
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