SleuthSayers allowed me to step back in the rotation for a guest post on short stories—sparked by a couple of…
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Category Archives: SleuthSayers
SleuthSayers: Revolutions, Resolutions
As an erstwhile SleuthSayer (not hardly emeritus and with columns still ahead too), I was pleased when Robert Lopresti nudged…
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SleuthSayers: My Latest Column (and last…for now…)
At SleuthSayers today, I talk about my horrendously inefficient writing process, hint toward a longer project, and bit adieu to…
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SleuthSayers: Story & Structure
At SleuthSayers today, I discuss my sometimes overriding interest in the structures of short fiction—often on the same level as…
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SleuthSayers: Crafting Suspense—and Finding It Where It’s Hiding
In my SleuthSayers post this week, I talk about suspense in fiction that wouldn’t be classified as suspense fiction—a bit…
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The First Two Pages: “The Case of the Vanishing Professor” by Tara Laskowski
In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers…
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SleuthSayers: Agatha Finalists for Best Short Story
Today at SleuthSayers, I’m welcoming the Agatha Award finalists for Best Short Story. Gretchen Archer, Barb Goffman, Debra H. Goldstein,…
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SleuthSayers: “Seriously, You Don’t Think It’s a Masterpiece Too?”
In one of my classes this week, a student commented on the level of detail in Truman Capote’s In Cold…
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SleuthSayers: Stories and Novels—and Never the Two Shall Meet?
In my most recent post at SleuthSayers, I reflect on some of Dashiell Hammett’s early short stories—including traces not only…
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SleuthSayers: “The Blank Page”
Thursday morning, the to-do list on my phone reminded me that I had a post due for SleuthSayers on Friday—and…
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