So, the May issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine finally arrived in my mailbox. I have been waiting not-so-patiently to read the new Dave Zeltserman story, “Archie Solves the Case.” Does he really? You’ll have read it yourself to find out. Then I noticed the 2012 Readers Award list was nestled on page 44, and I went to take a look. Well, I wasn’t surprised that Doug Allyn took First Place or that our good old Sleuthsayers friend, David Dean, was right behind him in Second Place. Still another Julius Katz/Archie story hit the list at number nine.
In Blog Bites, Bill Cryder’s rerun of the month is The Rap Sheet which is always an interesting read. Then I flipped to the Jury Box, to check the latest book reviews by Jon L. Breen. Mr. Breen starts his book review column by saying: “Along with a large crop of short story collections by contemporary writers are dips into the criminal past. “ He starts off talking about Andrew Forrester’s The Female Detective written in 1864 and then Breen moves forward in time. I was enjoying reading his opinion on various collections, when, sleepy girl that I was, I thought I saw my name. A dream, you say? Nope. It was my name! Jon L Breen, reviewer extraordinaire, mentioned my name. No wait. What is this? Jon L. Breen, reviewer extraordinaire, read THE AWARENESS and other deadly tales and wrote a review.
Here is Mr. Breen’s opinion of my work: “Another writer worth watching presents stories of remarkable variety–a banshee detective, soldiers in WWII New York, an unusual courtroom situation and in the final story, “When a Bright Star Fades,” 1930s horse racing. The latter is the best in the book, though marred by some confusing racing terminology. Moran writes from a believable male viewpoint in five of the seven entries.”
So who is doing the happy dance? Me, that’s who!
Terrie