For the last few months, I’ve been one of the judges reading short stories for BURDEN OF THE BADGE, a new Mystery Writers of America anthology edited by Michael Connolly that will be published next year by Little Brown. My fellow judges and I — Ed Hoch, Marcia Talley, Barbara D’Amato and Bill Crider — read hundreds of blind submissions (the authors were not identified) and picked the following winners:
What A Wonderful World – Paul Guyot
Rule Number One – Bev Vincent
A Certain Recollection – John Buentello
Burying Mr. Henry – Polly Nelson
A Change in His Heart – Jack Fredrickson
Serial Killer – Jon Breen
Such a Lucky, Pretty Girl – Persia Walker
Oaths, Ohana and Everything – Diana Hansen-Young
Congratulations to all the winners!
Lee,
What a wonderful selection of stories. How did you find he time to do this with all the things that you have on your plate?
I’m thrilled to see Paul Guyot on this list. He’s always finding excuses to keep his considerable talent for prose well hidden.
It’s time that he came out of the closet.
Phil
I was absolutely thrilled and delighted to receive word that my story had been selected for this anthology!