"Floyd is a master of the art of the short story."--Douglas Preston, co-author of Relic
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John Floyd's work has appeared in more than 350 different publications, including Strand Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mystery 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 four-time Derringer Award winner, a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, and the 2018 recipient of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer Award for lifetime achievement in short mystery fiction. John's stories have been selected for inclusion in the 2015, 2018, and 2020 editions of Best American Mystery Stories and the 2021 edition of Best Mystery Stories of the Year, and were listed as "Other Distinguished Mysteries of the year" in 2000, 2010, 2012, 2016, and 2017.
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 . . . In July the Private Eye Writers of America announced that John's story "Mustang Sally," from Black Cat Mystery Magazine, won the 2021 Shamus Award for Best Short Story. John placed second in the 2021 Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Readers Award, for his 2020 EQMM story "Crow's Nest." John's story "Biloxi Bound," from Strand Magazine, has been selected by Otto Penzler and Lee Child for inclusion in The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021. Last year his story "Rhonda and Clyde," from Black Cat Mystery Magazine, was chosen by Penzler and C. J. Box for inclusion in Best American Mystery Stories 2020. John has more stories upcoming in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Strand Magazine, Mystery Weekly (now Mystery Magazine), Woman's World, Black Cat Weekly, Hoosier Noir, Pulp Modern Flash, Mystery Tribune, Fiction on the Web, Kings River Life, the New York Public Library's "Subway Library" program, the collection Selected Stories (VKN Publishing), Fearington Road, The Fantastical, The Most Haunted Buildings in the World, Professor Feiff's Compleat Pocket Guide to Xenobiology, Crimeucopia: The I's Have It, and Rebellion, Revolution, and Rock and Roll. RECENT PUBLICATIONS . . . |
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Short story, "Biloxi Bound," in The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021
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Short story, "The Road to Bellville," in the Spring 2021 issue of The Strand Magazine
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Short story, "The King's Island," in the Oct 2021 issue of Mystery Magazine
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Short story, "The Delta Princess," in the Sep 2021 issue of Mystery Weekly
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Short story, "Friends," in the Sep/Oct 2021 issue of The Saturday Evening Post
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Short story, "Kidnapped on the Job," in the Oct 4, 2021, issue of Woman's World
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Short story, "The Jericho Train," in Issue #9 of Black Cat Mystery Magazine, July 2021
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Short story, "Annabelle," in the Released anthology, Oct 2021
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Six short stories ("A Cinematic Cipher, "Disorganized Crime, "Poetic Justice," "The Coldest Case," "The Robin Hood Case," and "Cracking the Code") in Mini-Mysteries Digest, Apr 2021
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Short story, "Reunions," in Midnight & Misadventure, June 2021
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Short story, "Easy Money," in Only the Good Die Young anthology, April 2021
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Short story, "Spending Money," in The Great Filling Station Hold-up, Feb 2021
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LINKS:
dogwoodpress.com -- A traditional publisher in Brandon, MS (signed copies available)
SleuthSayers.com -- Professional crime writers and crime fighters