Fiction Bibliography
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BOOKS:
- The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74 and Other Tales of Suspense (Crippen & Landru, 2020)
- On the Road with Del and Louise: A Novel in Stories (Henery Press, 2015): winner, Agatha Award, Best First Novel, 2015; finalist, Anthony Award, Best First Novel, 2016; finalist, Macavity Award, Best First Novel, 2016
ANTHOLOGIES:
- “Loose Strands” in A Dark Thread (forthcoming, Mack Books)
- “All Tomorrow’s Parties” in Chesapeake Crimes: Invitation to Murder (Wildside Press, 2020)
- “Both Sides Now” in The Best of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell (Untreed Reads, 2020)
- “A Close Shave” in Swamp Killers: A Novel-in-Stories (Down & Out Books, 2020)
- “Hard Return” in Crime Travel (Wildside Press, 2019): finalist, 2020 Anthony Award for Best Short Story
- “A Necessary Ingredient” in Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea (Down & Out Books, 2017): finalist, 2017 Agatha Award for Best Short Story; finalist, 2018 Anthony Award for Best Short Story; finalist, 2018 Macavity Award for Best Short Story.
- “Rearview Mirror” (reprinted from On the Road with Del & Louise: A Novel in Stories) in The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016)
- “Parallel Play,” in Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning (Wildside Press, 2016): winner, 2016 Agatha Award for Best Short Story; winner, 2017 Macavity Award for Best Short Story; finalist, 2017 Anthony Award for Best Short Story; finalist, 2017 Thriller Award for Best Short Story
- “Premonition” in Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays (Wildside Press, 2014): finalist, 2014 Agatha Awards
- “Rearview Mirror” (reprinted from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine) in The Crooked Road, Volume 3: Ellery Queen Presents Stories of Grifters, Gangsters, Hit Men, and Other Career Crooks (Penny Publications, 2013)
- “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” (reprinted from PANK) in 2012 Press 53 Open Awards, first place, flash fiction category (Press 53, 2012)
- “When Duty Calls” in Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder (Wildside Press, 2012; also available as an e-book here): finalist, 2013 Macavity Awards for Best Short Story; finalist, 2012 Agatha Awards for Best Short Story; winner, 2013 Derringer Award for Best Long Story
- “Murder on the Orient Express” (reprinted from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine) in The Mystery Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Mystery Stories (Wildside Press, 2011)
- “The Blanketing Snow” in One Paycheck Away (Main Street Rag Press, 2003), republished in Shotgun Honey, March 4, 2016
MAGAZINES/JOURNALS:
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
- “The Boy Detective and the Summer of ’74” (forthcoming)
Aries One
- “Awful Words and Awful Thoughts,” 1995
- “Raking,” 1993
Barrelhouse
- “Blue Plate Special” (Crime Issue), January 2012
Black Cat Mystery Magazine
- “Fairy Tales,” Winter 2017-2018
Burst
- “Tell-All,” Summer 2007
Cities and Roads
- “The Hunters,” Fall 1998
Crime Syndicate Magazine
- “Restoration,” premiere issue, January 2016
Down & Out: The Magazine
- “Sunday Morning, Saturday Night,” Vol. 1, Issue 3, Spring 2018
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
“Better Days,” May/June 2019: winner, Macavity Award for Best Short Story, 2020; finalist, 2020 Anthony Award for Best Short Story; finalist 2019 Agatha Award for Best Short Story- “English 398: Fiction Workshop—Notes from Class & A Partial Draft By Brittany Wallace, Plus Feedback, Conference & More,” July/August 2018: winner, 2019 Edgar Award for Best Short Story; winner, 2019 Macavity Award for Best Short Story; finalist, 2018 Agatha Award for Best Short Story; finalist, 2019 Anthony Award for Best Short Story
- “The Great Detective Reflects,” November 2016
- “Commission,” May 2015
- “The Odds Are Against Us,” November 2014: winner, 2014 Agatha Award for Best Short Story; winner, 2015 Anthony Award for Best Short Story; finalist, 2015 Macavity Award for Best Short Story
- “Ithaca 37,” September/October 2013
- “The Care and Feeding of Houseplants,” March/April 2013: winner, 2013 Agatha Award for Best Short Story; finalist, 2014 Anthony Awards for Best Short Story; winner, 2014 Macavity Award for Best Short Story; top ten, EQMM’s 2013 Readers Choice Awards
- “A Drowning at Snow’s Cut,” May 2011: winner, 2012 Derringer Award for Best Long Story
- “Rearview Mirror,” March/April 2010: winner, 2011 Derringer Award for Best Novelette
- “A Voice From the Past,” August 2009: honorable mention, 2010 Best American Mystery Stories
- “An Internal Complaint,” June 2007
- “Murder on the Orient Express,” December 1995
Fiction Weekly
- “Here for You,” April 2009
Gargoyle
- “Precision,” Issue 61, Summer 2014: honorable mention, 2015 Best American Mystery Stories
The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
- “With Marshmallows, Of Course,” April 2012
Lifeboat
- “Pointing the Finger,” 2003
Lone Wolf Review
- “Mrs. Prentiss Goes to Bed,” 1998
Mysterical-E
- “Hard-boiled Sweetheart: A Prose Sonnet,” Summer 2011
Needle: A Magazine of Noir
- “The White Rose of Memphis,” Fall 2011
The News and Observer
- “Of Tides and Time,” March 31, 2002
- “Pictures of an Afternoon,” “The Chameleon” and “Souvenir,” February 18, 2001
North American Review
- “Visions and Revisions,” Summer 2004; finalist, Kurt Vonnegut Fiction Prize
PANK
- “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” Crime Issue, September 2011: named a Notable Story of 2011 by storySouth; first place, flash fiction category, 2012 Press 53 Open Awards; finalist, 2013 Spinetingler Award for Best Short Story on the Web
Plots With Guns
- “Locked Out,” Fall 2011
Prick of the Spindle
- “Mrs. Marple and the Hit & Run,” Summer 2010: named a Notable Story of 2010 by storySouth
The Rambler
- “Shrimp & Grits,” January-February 2009
Redux
- “Visions and Revisions,” June 2013, reprinted from North American Review
SmokeLong Quarterly
- “Up, Up and Away,” December 2010
So To Speak
- “Advanced Formulas,” Summer 2004: second place, fiction contest
Spout
- “Out in the Woods,” 1994
Wellspring
- “A Killing,” 1996
- “Playing Games,” 1994
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