Description:
Today's most respected short-story writers reimagine familiar classics where the line between good and evil isn't always clear, dreams don't come true, and there are no happily-ever-afters.
Brief description: Michael Bracken (www.CrimeFictionWriter.com) is the Edgar Award and Shamus Award nominated, Derringer-winning author of almost thirteen hundred short stories, including crime fiction published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, The Best American Mystery Stories, The Best Mystery Stories of the Year, and many other publications. Additionally, Bracken is the editor of Black Cat Mystery Magazine and editor or co-editor of thirty-two anthologies, including the Anthony Award-nominated The Eyes of Texas: Private Eyes from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods and, with Barb Goffman, The Derringer Award-nominated Murder, Neat. He is the 2016 recipient of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for lifetime achievement in short mystery fiction, and, in 2024, he was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters for his contributions to Texas literature.
Review Quotes:
"Gritty and tense, this collection takes the classic stories we all know and love and spins them into a different dark and delightful gold. The crime authors here blend a modern, stark reality with the magic lore of old, and as a result bring a new meaning to the word 'grim.'" - Tara Laskowski, Agatha Award-winning author of The Weekend Retreat