"Floyd is a master of the art of the short story."--Douglas Preston, co-author of Relic
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John Floyd is the author of more than a thousand short stories in publications like Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Strand Magazine, Woman's World, Mississippi Noir, and the print edition of The Saturday Evening Post. A former Air Force captain and IBM systems engineer, he is also an Edgar Award finalist, a Shamus Award winner, a five-time Derringer Award winner, a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, and the 2018 recipient of the Short Mystery Fiction Society's lifetime achievement award. John's stories have been selected for inclusion in the 2015, 2018, and 2020 editions of Best American Mystery Stories and the 2021 editions of Best Mystery Stories of the Year and Best Crime Stories of the Year, and were listed as "Other Distinguished Mysteries of the year/Honor Roll" in 2000, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, and 2022.
John is also the author of nine books: Rainbow's End (2006), Midnight (2008), Clockwork (2010), Deception (2013), Fifty Mysteries (2014), Dreamland (2016), The Barrens (2018), Lighten Up a Little (2020), and Selected Stories (upcoming). Click here to find out more about John, his books, and his short stories. RECENT NEWS . . . John's story "The Donovan Gang" (AHMM, Sep/Oct 2022) was nominated on April 1 for a 2023 Derringer Award. John has more stories upcoming in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Mystery Magazine, Storia, Crimeucopia: Say It Again, the collection Selected Stories (VKN Publishing), Mickey Finn Vol 4, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, Fearington Road, Chop Shop Series, Murder Neat, and Prohibition Peepers. RECENT PUBLICATIONS . . . |
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Short story, "Liz and Drew and Betty Lou," in Strand Magazine, Issue #70, Sep 2023
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Short story, "Cargo," in Black Cat Weekly, Aug 2023
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Short story, "Going the Distance," in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2023
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Short story, "The Deacon's Game," in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/Aug 2023
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Short story, "The POD Squad," in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Sep/Oct 2023
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Short story, "Plymouth West," in the 2023 Bouchercon anthology, Sep 2023.
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