I’m so thrilled to have my story “English 398: Fiction Workshop” from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine listed among this year’s finalists for the Anthony Award for Best Short Story—and in such fine company with short fiction by Shawn A. Cosby, Barb Goffman, Greg Herren, and Holly West. Much to celebrate in Dallas in October!
Congratulations as well to all the finalists, including so many friends throughout the categories here! The full list of nominees is below—hooray!
BEST NOVEL
- Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott (Little, Brown and Company)
- November Road by Lou Berney (William Morrow)
- Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier (Minotaur Books)
- Sunburn by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
- Blackout by Alex Segura (Polis Books)
BEST FIRST NOVEL
- My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Doubleday)
- Broken Places by Tracy Clark (Kensington)
- Dodging and Burning by John Copenhaver (Pegasus Books)
- What Doesn’t Kill You by Aimee Hix (Midnight Ink)
- Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin (Ecco)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL
- Hollywood Ending by Kellye Garrett (Midnight Ink)
- If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin (William Morrow Paperbacks)
- Hiroshima Boy by Naomi Hirahara (Prospect Park Books)
- Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day (William Morrow Paperbacks)
- A Stone’s Throw by James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street Books)
BEST SHORT STORY
- “The Grass Beneath My Feet” by S.A. Cosby, in Tough (blogazine, August 20, 2018)
- “Bug Appétit” by Barb Goffman, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (November/December 2018)
- “Cold Beer No Flies” by Greg Herren, in Florida Happens (Three Rooms Press
- “English 398: Fiction Workshop” by Art Taylor, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (July/August 2018)
- “The Best Laid Plans” by Holly West, in Florida Happens (Three Rooms Press)
BEST CRITICAL OR NONFICTION WORK
- Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession by Alice Bolin (William Morrow Paperbacks)
- Mastering Plot Twists: How To Use Suspense, Targeted Storytelling Strategies, and Structure To Captivate Your Readers by Jane K. Cleland (Writer’s Digest Books)
- Pulp According to David Goodis by Jay A. Gertzman (Down & Out Books)
- Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s by Leslie S. Klinger (Pegasus Books)
- I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara (HarperCollins)
- The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman (Ecco)