Derringer Distinction

 

The Short Mystery Fiction Society today announced the finalists for this year's Derringer Awards, which celebrate excellence in short crime fiction forms. The finalists will be voted on by the society membership, with winners announced on May 1st. Here are this year's honorees:

 

Flash (Up to 1,000 words)

An Unexpected Reunion by Wil A. Emerson
Smoke And Consequences by C.W. Blackwel
Tourist Trap by John Floyd
Why Are You Just Sitting There? by Robert Weibezahl
Millicent by Scott Von Doviak

 

Short (1,001 to 4,000)

Burnt Ends by Gabriel Valjan
The Right to Hang by Brandon Barrows
Tokyo Stranger by Tina Debellegarde
The Thanksgiving Ragamuffin by Kathleen Marple Kalb
Yelena Tried to Kill Me by Trey Dowell

 

Long (4,001 to 8,000)

Chicken Coops And Bread Pudding by K.L. Abrahamson
A Study of Death by Teel James Glenn
Burnin Butt, Texas by Mark Troy
Missing Carolyn by Annie Reed
The Downeaster Alexa by Michael Bracken

 

Novelette (8,001 to 20,000)

Two Tamales, One Tokarev, and a Lifetime of Broken Promises by Stacy Woodson
Glass by Jim Benn
Little City Blues by Annie Reed
Aloha Boys by Michael Bracken
A Tale of Two Sisters by Barb Goffman