The Lineup

The Lineup

Michael Bracken and coeditor Barb Goffman earned a Derringer Award for Murder Neat (Level short). He coedited Smothered, Covered, and Chunked (Down & Out) with Stacy Woodson.

John H. Dirckx’s first story in these pages, “A Bully’s Downfall,” appeared in our July 1978 issue. His character Detective Lieutenant Cyrus Auburn is featured in his novel Deathbeds (Kindle Direct).

The former rock & pop critic for the Wall Street Journal, Jim Fusilli has published ten novels, including the forthcoming A Song for Katy Shayne (Level Best). He is host and executive producer of the podcast “Writers at Work.”

Ron Ginzler is a Writers of the Future Contest winner and has published a book of mixed-genre short stories, The Iron Apples of the Stars.

Bret Jones, a former Professor in the School of Performing Arts at Wichita State University, is a filmmaker, voice actor, and audio fiction producer. He has published two mystery novel series with Cozy Cat Press.

Michèle Laframboise is a science fiction writer and graphic novelist based in Mississauga, Ontario.

Steve Liskow is a two-time winner of the Black Orchid Novella Award. His stories are collected in Sweet Ladies of Death.

Katherine Hall Page was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2024. She is the author of The Body in the Web (William Morrow).

John Leonard Pielmeier penned the play and movie Agnes of God. His play Voices in the Dark won an Edgar award in 1999. He is the author of Hook’s Tale (Scribner).

A life-long resident of Pennsylvania, Eric Rutter has had stories appear in Black Cat Weekly and The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 in addition to our pages. He is at work on a novel. 

Mark Thielman’s newest mystery is The Hidden River (Severn River), set in the Florida Everglades. He is a two-time winner of the Black Orchid Novella Award.

Julie Tollefson’s work is often set in her native Midwest. She last appeared in these pages in 2018 (“Leah,” November/December).

The Mailman (Mysterious Press) is the newest thriller from Andrew Welsh-Huggins. He edited the anthology Columbus Noir (Akashic).