Writes of Spring: Stories and Prose

by Gary Schulze (Editor), Pat Frovarp (Editor), Jessie Chandler

These short stories were written by authors asked only to use springtime as a setting and to make 'Aucrime'Au an important element of their stories. Some abandon reality a bit and delve into different genres. A few are nonfiction. Others are preview chapters from novels in progress. In short, there is something here for every taste!

Genres: Short Stories

238 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2012

Reviews

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5⭐

An anthology of short stories celebrating the 25th anniversary of the mystery bookstore Once Upon a Crime and the 10th anniversary of the Minneapolis store’s annual "Write of Spring" author gathering.

Introduction:
Home Away from Home, Reed Farrel Coleman ✔
The Man Who Loved to Write ✔

The Outsider, Harold Adams 4⭐
Murder in the Blitz, Gerald Anderson 4⭐
Hole in the Fence, Joel Arnold 2.5⭐
Spring Rowing, Judith Yates Borger 3⭐
Firestorm, Carl Brookins 3⭐
Thick and Thin, Gary R. Rush 3.5⭐
Sweet Spring Revenge, Jessie Chandler 3.5⭐
Banned in Grand Rapids, Pat Dennis 4⭐
Nature Takes its Course, Sean Doolittle 3.5⭐
Hanging Luce, Jan Dunlap 3⭐
Another You, Chris Everheart 3.25⭐
Spring Fever, Barbara Fister 3.5⭐
Red Cadillac, Anne Fraiser 4⭐
From a Cold Place, Brian Freeman 4.5⭐
Wonderland, Ellen Hart 2⭐
Capital Partners, Libby Fisher Hellman 3.25⭐
Guest at the Wedding, Kathleen Hills 4⭐
Obsessive Behavior, David House 3.5⭐
Damn Cat, Camille Hyytinen 5⭐
Slater Maxwell, E. Kelly Keady 4.25⭐
Once Upon a Rhyme, Linda Koutsky 2⭐
Luck, William Kent Krueger 4⭐
A Darker Shade of Green, Lori L. Lake 4⭐
Beauty is in the Eye of the Newt, Jess Lourey 3.5⭐
Beware the Flying Moose, Michael Allan Mallory 3.5⭐
A Fairy Tale for the Incarcerated, David Oppegaard 3⭐
Clothes Make the Man, Scott Pearson 3⭐
Night Trip, Mary Monica Pulver 2.5⭐
Spring Peeper, Peter Rennebohm 3.25⭐
Johnny's Johnson, Bruce Rubenstein 2⭐
Paradise Refused, Richard A. Thompson 3.5⭐
Lights Out, Christopher Valen 4.5⭐
Perfect Neighbors, Marilyn Victor 4⭐
Spring Cleaning, Lance Zarimba 3.25⭐
A Million Miles of Sky, Harold Adams 3⭐
Afterword, Jon Jordan ✔

[Jeff J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great collection of crime stories, published to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Minneapolis bookstore Once Upon a Crime. The stories were almost uniformly great, there were just a couple I abandoned midstream. I'm a little disappointed that not all of the stories had Minnesota settings but that wasn't the intent of the anthology.

[Wynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Contains From a Cold Place by Brian Freeman, A Jonathan Stride short story.

[TW · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nice Jonathan Stride story from Brian Freeman.