2004 EDGAR SHORT STORY NOMINATIONS

Each year, the prestigious Mystery Writers of America (MWA) organization solicits nominations for its Edgar awards--Edgar as in Edgar Allan Poe.  We at FMAM were delighted and thrilled to have Warren Murphy, well-known mystery writer and two-time Edgar Award winner, serve as honorary chairman of the FMAM Edgar Short Story Nominating Committee. 

The stories selected and submitted are listed below.  There were two categories: One was for the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for first-time authors, and the other was for short stories written by authors with prior fiction publishing credits.

We at FMAM think all of our authors are winners!  Congratulations to all of them!  (For more information about the Edgar awards go to the Mystery Writers of America's site at www.mysterywriters.org.)

THE SCRAMBLER by John A. Broussard
Illustrated by GinELF

FMAM Short Story Edgar Nominees

1. That Chastain Place — Sharon King-Booker

2. The Best Friend — Al Blanchard

3. Trail of the Lonesome Stickpin — Camille LaGuire

4. Momma's Boarding House — Art Montague

5. The Jewel of Jaina — Charles Schaeffer

6. The Tell-Tale Fart — Karen Sideris

7. Up in Smoke — Jan Christensen

8. Hearts and Diamonds — Virginia LoMonaco

9. Queen of Hearts — Phillip Tomasso III

10. Desert Storm — G. Miki Hayden

11. Peace Forever Held — Vicky Woodward

12. The Red Hat Corpse - A Lonely Detective — Charles Schwarz

13. Easy Money — Georgiann Baldino

14. Road to Nowhere — Jake Steele

15. Three-Piece Suit — Mark Hammer

16. Kings Highway — Phillip Tomasso III

17. A Brush with Death — Nancy Sweetland

18. Diamonds are Forever — Kadi Easley

19. The Coldest Fish in the Barrel — Davin Ireland

20. Of Larceny and Laundry — JoAnne Lucas

21. Another Highway Fatality — Weldon Burge

22. The Play of Light and Shadow — Barry Ergang

23. The Scrambler — John A. Broussard

24. Just Under the Nail — Joseph R. Impicciche

25. The Bridge — Darrell James

26. Flicker Clicker Man — D. K. Dalton

27. Family Secrets — Jan Christensen

28. No Place to Run — Beverley Brackett

29. A Cry in the Night — Tim Wohlforth

30. Murderous Debut — Laura Bradford

31. The Highest Return — Mark Murphy

MURDEROUS DEBUT by Laura Bradford
Illustrated by GinELF

FMAM Robert L. Fish Memorial Short Story Nominees

1. The Graverobber's Waltz — Timothy Johnson

2. Muddy Waters — B. J. Bourg

3. Hollandaise and the Good Son — Charla LaFave

4. A Stone's Throw — Jean Verno

5. Stuffed Lizard — Jenifer Richter

6. A.B.C. — M. Pepper Langlinais

7. Death in Redearth: The Mystery of the Transcontinental — Nathaniel Stacy

8. For the Love of Opal — Chick Lang

9. Yesterday's News — Norma Huss

10. The Play — Susan Shaw

11. Lydia — Darrell James

12. Death by Casus Belli — Jennifer Granich

13. Vanishing Point — Terry Barbieri

14. By the Time He Gets to Phoenix — David Wilcox