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Sept. 5, 2009 Borders, Matteson, Illinois 200-500 PM
Sept. 12, 2009 Shaumburg Library, Schaumburg, Illinois 1000 AM-500 PM
     Sisters in Crime Book Festival
Sept. 19, 2009 Once Upon a Crime, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1100-200 PM

Oct. 3, 2009 Centuries & Sleuths, Forest Park, Illinois 200--400 PM
Oct. 10, 2009 Booked for Murder, Madison, Wisconsin 1100--100 PM
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Oct. 14-18, 2009 Bouchercon, Indianapolis, Indiana
Oct. 24, 2009 Borders, Orland Park, Illinois 100- 400 PM
Oct. 27, 2009 Glenview Library, Glenview, Illinois 700--900 PM

Nov. 8, 2009 Urbana Library, Urbana, Illinois 1100--100 PM
Nov. 14, 2009 Murder in Muskego, Muskego, Wisconsin 0900-1000 AM
Nov. 21, 2009 Between the Lynes, Woodstock, Illinois 1000-400 PM

2010 Conferences:
Shot Show, Las Vegas, Nevada January 19-22
Left Coast Crime, Los Angeles, California, March 11-14
Fox City Book Fair, Appleton, Wisconsin, April 16-17
Murder in the Midlands, Omaha, Nebraska May
Printer's Row, Chicago, Illinois June 5
Public Safety Writers' Association Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 17-20
Elder Hostel, Green Lakes, Wisconsin, August 22-27


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At the Scene of the CrimeAt the Scene of the Crime: Forensic Mysteries from Today's Best Writers. Short stories by Brendan DuBois Edward D. Hoch, Michael A. Black, Max Allan Collins, Matthew Clemens, Jeremiah Healy, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Julie Hyzy, John Lutz, Maynard Thomson, Noreen Ayres, Loren D. Estleman mand Jeanne C. Stein.

Paperback, Running Press, November 3, 2008, ISBN-10: 0786720557, ISBN-13: 978-0786720552



1942 -- when the dames are hot and the raging war in Europe and the Pacific is even hotter. Private Eye Bradley Stahl thinks it's his lucky day when one of those gorgeous dames steps out of his office water-closet and into his life. But then some bad guys come charging in with Tommy guns, and Stahl begins to wonder. But that's just the beginning of his troubles. Intrepid babe-reporter, LaRaie Zimmerman, who's always tailing Stahl for a good story, desperately wants in on this one. Despite Stahl's objections, she tags along, and the three begin dodging bullets to retrieve a secret package from Charlene's uncle--chock full of information vital to the War's effort. But is it gangsters chasing them, or Nazis? LaRaie and Stahl begin to wonder as things start to get real confusing. LaRaie and Stahl have to work together to get answers, before someone gives them both the eleventh hour big slip.

eBook Short Story available from FictionWise
Echelon Press ISBN: 9781590804964 August 2006


Read a Ron Shade short story (PDF) --
Dress Blues

Read an Amazon.com short story by Mike Black --
No Promises

Read a Mike Black short story --
Inquest
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