Archival Post: 2005 SMFS Derringer Awards

2005 DERRINGER AWARDS
(For Stories Published in 2004. Winners bolded.)

Some titles are linked to stories in online magazine archives. The SMFS encourages you to read these free stories.


BEST FLASH STORY

"The Big Guys" by JA Konrath (2004, Small Bites; edited by Garrett Peck and Keith Gouveia, Coscom Entertainment)
"Housesitter" by J. K. Cummins (Summer 2004, Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine)
"Sand Scam" by Nick Andreychuk (Fall 2004, Crimestalker Casebook)
"Theda" by Beverly Brackett (November 2004, Flash Fantastic)
"Widow’s Peak" by S.A. Daynard (2004, Riptide: Crime Stories by New England Writers; edited by Skye Alexander, Kate Flora, Susan Oleksiw, Level Best Books)

SHORT-SHORT STORIES

"The Test" by Mike Wiecek (November 20, 2004, Woman’s World)
"Experience Required" by Michael Giorgio (March 2004, Lunatic Chameleon [Print Edition]) (M)
"Sweet Smell of Success" by Beverle Graves Myers (2004, Who Died in Here?; edited by Pat Dennis, Penury Press) (M)
"The Big Store" by Stephen D. Rogers (Spring 2004, Hardluck Stories)
"Up in Smoke" by Jan Christensen (January/February/March 2004, Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine)

MID-LENGTH SHORT STORIES

"Viscery" by Sandy Balzo (December 2004, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine)
"Brethren of The Sea" by Joan Druett (November 2004, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine)
"Freddie Swings In" by David Terrenoire (2004, Fedora III; edited by Michael Bracken, Betancourt & Company)
"Hilly Palmer’s Last Case" by Duane Swierczynski (September/October 2004, Plots With Guns)
"Phillie's Last Dance" by Ray Banks (March 2004, Shots Magazine)

LONGER SHORT STORIES

"Secondhand Heart" by Doug Allyn (January/February 2004, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine)
"God's Dice" by David White (Spring 2004, The Thrilling Detective Web Site)
"A Sunday in Ordinary Time" by Terence Faherty (August 2004, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine)
"The Franklin Fiasco" by Beverle Graves Myers (September 2004, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine)
"The Girl in Apartment 2A" by G. Miki Hayden (2004, Dime; edited by Babs Lakey, Quiet Storm)

M = Photocopies of these stories available for loan by Michael Giorgio