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Author Fan Club
Author Fan Clubs:
R.A. Allen
Kevin David Anderson
Peter Andrews
Thomas Anselm
Carol Ayer
Victor J. Banis
Cynthia S. Becker
Karen Bernardo
Venita Blackburn
Andrea Bodel
Bruce Boston
Michael Bracken
Warren Bull
Mort Castle
John Chabot
O'Neil De Noux
M.M. De Voe
McKenna Donovan
Peggy Duffy
Barry Ergang
Elrena Evans
Gail Farrelly
John M. Floyd
Sunny Frazier
Robert Friedman
Jennifer Gennari
Jonathan C. Gillespie
Diane D. Gillette
Beth Groundwater
Mindy Hardwick
Jess Harris
Laura Hartman
Libby Fischer Hellmann
Belea T. Keeney
Floris M. Kleijne
Gerri Leen
Laird Long
Adrian Magson
Tracie McBride
Thomas Millstead
Michael Neal Morris
Jim Musgrave
Kris Neri
Richard O'Donnell
Lydia Ondrusek
Heather Parker
Barbara Quinn
Bruce Holland Rogers
Terry Sanville
Anita Saran
Wayne Scheer
Marge Simon
Del Stone, Jr.
Loretta Sylvestre
J.A. Tyler
Dennis R. Upkins
Daniel Wallace
J.D. Webb
Mike Wiecek
Bill Wilbur
Sarah Wisseman
Tim Wohlforth
Simon Wood
Laird Long
Long pounds out fiction in all genres. Big guy, sense of humor. Writing credits include: Blue Murder Magazine, Orchard Press Mysteries, Plots With Guns, Hardboiled, Shred of Evidence, Bullet, Robot, Eternal Night, the Dark Krypt, Albedo One, Baen’s Universe and stories in the anthologies Amazing Heroes, F/SF, the Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy, the Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunits, and the Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries.
His story, Sioux City Express, was listed as one of the top 50 mystery stories of 2002 in the anthology The Best American Mystery Stories - 2003.
Q & A
Q: - What do you think is the future of flash, and micro-fiction in general? Lydia
LL:I’m no expert on Flash, although I do enjoy writing it on occasion, but I believe the market is strong and growing. Or so the Flash Fiction Flash Newsletter would tell me. Thanks for the question!
Q: As a fellow Sniplits author, I wonder if you prefer writing short stories to other forms of writing. Always interested in the opinion of a published writer. Thanks, Tom Anselm
LL: Short answer: yes! I like reading short stories, I like writing short stories. I like the pace, the tight structure, the lack of padding, and the almost instant gratification that comes with the short form. I've written book-length and I've written non-fiction, but the vast majority of my writing is short fiction. Despite my surname. Thanks for the question.
Ask Laird a Question
LL:I’m no expert on Flash, although I do enjoy writing it on occasion, but I believe the market is strong and growing. Or so the Flash Fiction Flash Newsletter would tell me. Thanks for the question!
Q: As a fellow Sniplits author, I wonder if you prefer writing short stories to other forms of writing. Always interested in the opinion of a published writer. Thanks, Tom Anselm
LL: Short answer: yes! I like reading short stories, I like writing short stories. I like the pace, the tight structure, the lack of padding, and the almost instant gratification that comes with the short form. I've written book-length and I've written non-fiction, but the vast majority of my writing is short fiction. Despite my surname. Thanks for the question.
Ask Laird a Question
Stories
Flower-Crusher
Failed axeman Darryl Turcotte is taking the long, slow bus ride back to a sheet metal oblivion when he meets up with a girl, and things really go bad. Some profanity.
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Failed axeman Darryl Turcotte is taking the long, slow bus ride back to a sheet metal oblivion when he meets up with a girl, and things really go bad. Some profanity.
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Man on the Run
A cold-weather cabbie hell-bent for sunnier climes and brighter days picks up one last fare, a bitter young woman who steers him in another direction. Some profanity.
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A cold-weather cabbie hell-bent for sunnier climes and brighter days picks up one last fare, a bitter young woman who steers him in another direction. Some profanity.
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Bridegoon
An anxious husband and the P.I.s he hires to track down his missing wife learn the hard way that mail-order brides often return to sender, and sure don't come with any money-back guarantees.
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An anxious husband and the P.I.s he hires to track down his missing wife learn the hard way that mail-order brides often return to sender, and sure don't come with any money-back guarantees.
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Broken Hearts
A P.I. is hired to find a wealthy man's missing daughter, until the man is murdered and his heart cut out, leaving him to deal with the craziness. Some profanity.
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A P.I. is hired to find a wealthy man's missing daughter, until the man is murdered and his heart cut out, leaving him to deal with the craziness. Some profanity.
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Courrier Noir
A smoky noir bar is the setting, as two beautiful nighthawks and one hardboiled blackmailer trade blows over a folio of dirty pictures. Sexual references.
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A smoky noir bar is the setting, as two beautiful nighthawks and one hardboiled blackmailer trade blows over a folio of dirty pictures. Sexual references.
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Sioux City Express
Tough-guy Charles Sydney is on the bloody, body-strewn trail of a stolen cache of stamps, with only the phantom Sioux City Express to guide him along his way. Named one of the 50 best mystery shorts of 2002.
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Tough-guy Charles Sydney is on the bloody, body-strewn trail of a stolen cache of stamps, with only the phantom Sioux City Express to guide him along his way. Named one of the 50 best mystery shorts of 2002.
Time: 47:33 / $1.28 Sample Add to Cart
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Soul Searching
Bain McCaffrey has one more debt to pay off before he can go to his eternal rest - helping the sleazeball who murdered him locate his missing soul.
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Bain McCaffrey has one more debt to pay off before he can go to his eternal rest - helping the sleazeball who murdered him locate his missing soul.
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Fantasy Pool
This is no idle sporting contest; for once a decade, the Leaders of the Realm gather in Bardrom Forest, around the ethereally still waters of the fantasy pool, to select the warriors and wizards who will battle to determine the next Ruler.
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This is no idle sporting contest; for once a decade, the Leaders of the Realm gather in Bardrom Forest, around the ethereally still waters of the fantasy pool, to select the warriors and wizards who will battle to determine the next Ruler.
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Return of the Warrior
A mighty, reluctant warrior is forced to re-arm and do battle with an exasperatingly evil Wizard, all in the name of fairer taxation.
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A mighty, reluctant warrior is forced to re-arm and do battle with an exasperatingly evil Wizard, all in the name of fairer taxation.
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