Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers

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Includes the winner of the N.E. Crime Bake’s fifth Al Blanchard Short Fiction Award Level Best Books anthologies are the only collections of stories dedicated to New England writers and their unique vision of crime and its aftermath. This year’s anthology continues the tradition of excellence in short fiction. Quarry is New England with ice storms, ice out, superettes and gun shows. Quarry is gritty streets and rutted roads, criminal ingenuity and personal integrity, madness and motherhood. And taking us on these journeys are writers who together have been nominated for or won all the major awards for crime fiction. Contents: Death is the new sleep / Hollis Seamon -- The gas leak / Mike Wiecek -- Trust to dust / Ruth M. McCarty -- Lights out / J. E. Seymour -- On the house / Hank Phillippi Ryan -- All set / John R. Clark -- Finish the job / Vincent O'Neil -- Where there's smoke / Nancy Gardner -- Don't call me Simon / Alan McWhirter -- The right and left of maintenance / Susan Oleksiw -- Ivory / Nancy Means Wright -- P to Q / Nancy Brewka Clark -- Jimmy says / Kate Flora -- The greatest criminal mind ever / Frank Cook -- Confessions of a telemarketer / Norma Burrows -- Bad trip / Judy Copek -- Devil's dumping ground / Joseph Souza -- Bottled up / Stephen D. Rogers -- The tally / Judy Green -- Little things / Steve Liskow -- Bob's Superette / Woody Hanstein -- The verdict / Glenda Baker.