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Crime story makes cover
My crime short story The Ghost Horse of Pronghorn Flats is in the latest issue of Black Cat Weekly (#196), a collection of new and reprinted mystery, crime, and fantasy stories. To my delight, it is also the featured cover story.
A drunk driver hits a riderless white horse on a dark country road. Or did he? In his quest to determine the truth, he finds himself confronting a dark secret he’s held for twenty years.
Issue copies are available at https://blackcatweekly.com/b/bPel6
Great Fun
Speaking at a local Denver chapter of the PEO Sisterhood about writing fiction. PEO (Philanthropic Educational Organization) is a U.S.-based international women's organization that focuses on providing educational opportunities for female students worldwide. Great fun. I don’t think any of them decided to become a writer, but they gobbled up copies of my mysteries.
Signing books at the Summerset Festival in the south Denver metro area.
Weegee short story makes magazine cover
Super cool to see my third Weegee short story published by Mystery Magazine make the cover. My first cover.
If you're not familiar with Weegee, he was the most famous crime photographer in New York City in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his stark nighttime photos of murder victims, arrests, accidents, fires, and the underbelly of the Big Apple. Some of his photos hang in well-known museums.
Being a photographer myself, I've long known about Weegee and thought he might make an interesting sleuth. Much fun to write.
Click on the cover to buy the issue.
Super cool to see my third Weegee short story published by Mystery Magazine make the cover. My first cover.
If you're not familiar with Weegee, he was the most famous crime photographer in New York City in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his stark nighttime photos of murder victims, arrests, accidents, fires, and the underbelly of the Big Apple. Some of his photos hang in well-known museums.
Being a photographer myself, I've long known about Weegee and thought he might make an interesting sleuth. Much fun to write.
Click on the cover to buy the issue.
Interviewed by author R. Weir
Kick back and watch as I have a great time being interviewed by R. Weir, the award-winning author of the Amazon bestselling Jarvis Mann PI And Divine Devils mysteries, where we talk about my latest novel and the challenges of writing mysteries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIlL4GsrwA0
Check out Randy's books at: Https://www.rweir.net
Kick back and watch as I have a great time being interviewed by R. Weir, the award-winning author of the Amazon bestselling Jarvis Mann PI And Divine Devils mysteries, where we talk about my latest novel and the challenges of writing mysteries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIlL4GsrwA0
Check out Randy's books at: Https://www.rweir.net
Interviewed by Blackbird Writers
Catch my interview by Tracey S. Phillips, author of Best Kept Secrets, digging into my most recent mystery, No Time for Murder.
https://youtu.be/btYO3g9iCS8
Interviewed by award-winning
suspense writer Donnell Ann Bell
Check out award-winning suspense writer Donnell Ann Bell’s interview with me digging into the story behind my latest whodunit, No Time for Murder. And while you’re there, check out Donnell’s books.
https://bit.ly/3VKsH4L
suspense writer Donnell Ann Bell
Check out award-winning suspense writer Donnell Ann Bell’s interview with me digging into the story behind my latest whodunit, No Time for Murder. And while you’re there, check out Donnell’s books.
https://bit.ly/3VKsH4L
Awarded the Colorado Authors League’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award
Honored to receive the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Colorado Authors League (it's heavy). I've belonged to CAL for over 40 years, serving in countless positions and meeting many of my favorite writer friends.
Honored to receive the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Colorado Authors League (it's heavy). I've belonged to CAL for over 40 years, serving in countless positions and meeting many of my favorite writer friends.
Fun on a Podcast
Yours truly had a blast as a guest on the podcast of Realm of Darkness. The podcast normally focuses on true crime stories, so I discussed how crime fiction writers are often inspired by or draw heavily on true crime stories and real criminals. Think such best-sellers such as The Black Dahlia, Murder on the Orient Express, and The Silence of the Lambs—as well as my less well known mysteries such as Bonded for Murder and The Big Dive.
You can catch the podcast at https://fb.watch/c809h-VsfZ/
Yours truly had a blast as a guest on the podcast of Realm of Darkness. The podcast normally focuses on true crime stories, so I discussed how crime fiction writers are often inspired by or draw heavily on true crime stories and real criminals. Think such best-sellers such as The Black Dahlia, Murder on the Orient Express, and The Silence of the Lambs—as well as my less well known mysteries such as Bonded for Murder and The Big Dive.
You can catch the podcast at https://fb.watch/c809h-VsfZ/
Camp Amache designated National Historic Site
Camp Amache in southern Colorado, one of the ten shameful Japanese-American internment camps, finally was designated a National Historic Site March 18, 2022, by President Joe Biden. The camp figures prominently in my post-World War II mystery The Big Dive. During its three years in existence, 10,000 Japanese passed through, with a peak population of 7,318 in February 1943. That made it the tenth largest town in Colorado. You can read more about life inside the barbed wire in my blog.
Camp Amache in southern Colorado, one of the ten shameful Japanese-American internment camps, finally was designated a National Historic Site March 18, 2022, by President Joe Biden. The camp figures prominently in my post-World War II mystery The Big Dive. During its three years in existence, 10,000 Japanese passed through, with a peak population of 7,318 in February 1943. That made it the tenth largest town in Colorado. You can read more about life inside the barbed wire in my blog.
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Online Author Interview
Catch S.P. Brown's interview with me where I discuss the writing life, my latest mystery The Big Dive, plot versus character, and some of my favorite books.
https://www.spbrownbooks.com/bruce-most-interview
Weegee short story published
My short story Flashgun appeared in the April 2020 issue of Mystery Weekly. It again features Weegee, the famous 1930s New York City crime photographer, as he solves the murder of a mobster.
My short story Flashgun appeared in the April 2020 issue of Mystery Weekly. It again features Weegee, the famous 1930s New York City crime photographer, as he solves the murder of a mobster.
Short Story Praised
My short story, "The Dead Man in the Pearl Gray Hat," was named Best Story I Read This Week by Robert Lopresti’s Little Big Crimes blog. The story appeared in the August 2019 issue of Mystery Weekly. The story is a riff on the larger-than-life Weegee, New York City's most famous crime photographer in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
You can read Lapresti's comments here.
Radio station appearance
My appearance on Jerry Fabyanic’s Writers Talk on Clear Creek Radio is available on podcast. The opening is truncated a bit due to some technical difficulties, but you can still listen to most of it by going to http://www.bighornbookclub.com/portfolio…/bonded-for-murder/.
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Selling my mysteries at a Christmas
market in Georgetown, Colorado
Selling my mysteries at a Christmas
market in Georgetown, Colorado