Queens NYC Lit Fest made its debut this past weekend, with lots of poetry, music and prose, all presented by literary artists (you can call us writers) and musicians who live in Queens. Author Nancy Bilyeau organized a Queens contingent from the Mystery Writers of America, New York Chapter.
On Saturday, Laura Joh Rowland and I were the MWA representatives.
I chose to read an excerpt from a short story entitled “The Sneaker Tree” because the entire story takes place in College Point, Queens. It was originally published in the New York/Tri-State chapter of Sisters in Crime second anthology Fresh Slices: A Mystery Anthology, which I am delighted to mention, is presently being offered at a reduced price by Glenmere Press which is owned and operated by Woman of Mystery Lois Karlin.
Laura did an excellent job reading a small piece that took us back to the time of Jack the Ripper. It was sexy and creepy all at the same time. That’s some combination, right?
On Sunday, Nancy, along with Megan Abbott and Alex Segura held down the MWA slot. I suspect they were fabulous.
I’d like to give a special shout-out to Woman of Mystery Cathi Stoler who, along with her husband Paul, stopped by on Saturday to cheer us along.
*****JUST IN! My friend Abby Haddad took a video. I hope I can link it here.
Success!
Terrie
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