awards

“The Visitor”

The Best American Mystery Stories 2026, Otto Penzler, Series Editor

Originally published in Starlite Pulp Review, Issue 6

Starlite Pulp. May 5, 2025

Genre: Crime

Purchase: Starlite-Pulp-Review

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“Mistakes”

The Best American Mystery Stories 2013, Otto Penzler, Series Editor: Honorable Mention

Originally published in Staten Island Noir 

Akashic Press. November 6, 2012

Genre: Crime

Purchase: Staten-Island-Noir-Akashic

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“The Cost of Doing Business”

2008 Derringer Award For Short Mystery

Blood, Guts, & Whiskey Anthology

Kensington Press, 2009

Originally Published in Thuglit Magazine, Issue 24

Genre: Crime

Read: Thuglit Issue 24

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“The Corn Bear”

SF Writers of the Earth Contest. 2000

Second Place

Genre: Horror

More Information: SFWOE

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“Masquerade”

Orchard Press Mysteries

Orchard Press Holdings Limited. 2001

Honorable Mention 2001 Short-Short Contest

Genre: Mystery

Read Here: Orchard Press Mysteries

LR Hubbard’s Writer of the Future 

Fiction Category

Quarter-Finalist: 2011, 2012, 2013

“The Final Fling”

Final Draft Screenwriting Contest

Quarterfinalist

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“The Phone Call”

PAGE International Screenwriting Contest

Quarterfinalist

“The Phone Call”

Acclaim Film Screenwriting Contest

Quarterfinalist