"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 six-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 and 2024 editions of Best Mystery Stories of the Year, and were listed in the Best Mystery series 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 has more stories upcoming in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Strand Magazine, Crimeucopia: A Load of Balls, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Weekly, Crimeucopia: What the Butler Didn't See, Woman's World, Fearington Road, Wish Upon a Crime, Gag Me with a Spoon, Better Off Dead, Party Crashers, and 25 Years of The Strand. RECENT PUBLICATIONS . . . |
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Short story, "Boom," in Issue #75 of Strand Magazine, May 2025
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Short story, "Heading West," in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2025
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Short story, "Lonely Together," in A Killing at the Copa anthology, March 2025
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Short story, "Thursday's Child," in Black Cat Weekly #194, May 18, 2025
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Short story, "I Love to Travel," in Every Day a Little Death anthology, March 2025
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Short story, "Redwood Creek'," in Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun, April 2025
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