Hey folks, Jesse here.
Pleased to share the news that crime authors Travis Richardson and Nick Kolakowski have been nominated for
Derringer Awards in the Flash Fiction category by the Short Mystery Fiction
Society (SMFS).
Nick's story "Sonny The Wonder Beast" and Travis's suspense
tale "A Misunderstanding" both published here at Flash Fiction
Offensive in 2018 during crime author Hector D. Junior's editorial
tenure.
These stories proved very well-received by readers, and neither of these writers are strangers to FFO. Nick's fun
story "Auditions"—the first tale I ever read by him—appeared
at FFO in September 2017. And he writes some of the finest author interviews
around over at Shotgun Honey.
Travis's
tale "A Misunderstanding" was one of last year's top draws. FFO
publishes many kinds of stories, and when supplementing our Submissions
Guidelines in February, I included Travis's story as an example of the kind of
tales me and my miscreant editorial crew are looking for. So hot damn—it's
great to see our tastes validated. And we look forward to having Nick and
Travis back.
Kudos
also to all the Derringer Award nominees in all of SMFS's categories. The
hard-working folks at SMFS, currently under the leadership of Kevin Tipple, have been awarding Derringer's
since 1998. You can find a full list of current Derringer noms at the link
below.
Meanwhile,
I talked to Hector Duarte, Jr. last week. Hector says things is goin' well—butt
he's shifted most of his activities to Twitter. So if you're lookin' to show
him some love his Twitter handle is @hexpubs
Care
ta read "A Misunderstanding," "Sonny The Wonder Beast," and
"Auditions?" Then you're in luck! We've included these links below,
as well as Travis's 2015 FFO classic, "How I Got Into The Navy." Both
these dudes have authored books, too—and you can check them out on Amazon and
maybe do some shopping at the links below their stories.
As
a reminder ta writers: You can't get nominated for SHIT if you don't SUBMIT. So
what are ya waitin' for? Here's our Guidelines and Magic Submission Portal.
Cheers y'all
Amazon
Author Travis Richardson (click to visit)
Amazon Author Nick Kolakowski (click to visit)
