http://www.shredofevidence.com A crime and mystery webzine Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:54:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It had taken quite an effort in Carrie's head not to put the chain lock on the door. That was the first thing she reached for as soon as the guys were out. First it would be the chain lock, then the deadbolt, the lock in the handle, ... http://www.shredofevidence.com/2008/04/28/near-mint-condition/ Congratulations to Rick Noetzel. His story "Joyride" is a nominee for the Short Mystery Fiction Society's 2008 Derringer Award. Congratulations to the other nominees as well, with special shout outs to Shred alums Patricia Abbott, Beverle Graves Myers, and Herschel Cozine. http://www.shredofevidence.com/2008/04/07/derringer-nominee/ I don't come from a very literary family. Well, my father once wrote a suicide note, but he never followed up with a sequel, so he doesn't count. THERE BUT FOR is sort of dedicated to him, even though it is not his story. The man you are about ... http://www.shredofevidence.com/2008/03/31/authors-preface/ Midway through lunch, Taylor Chaste stands up from her table at Vicente's and tells her entourage of three she has to go to the ladies room. Harlan watches her lurch away, wondering if her clumsiness is more from the pitcher of Long Island Ice Tea or the handful of vikes she ... http://www.shredofevidence.com/2008/03/17/two-and-a-half-days/ I’m alive, thank god, I’m alive. I thought he’d kill me; those black eyes boiling over in his face. I fought then ran for cover, frantic, unthinking. Under the house. I dragged myself down, scrabbling and tunneling, digging my own grave. A low oblong of light is all I have left. I see ... http://www.shredofevidence.com/2008/03/10/crawl-space/ Sarah won the Fish Historical-Crime Contest with her story, "Fall River," August 1892. Her story, "The Eyam Stones," was runner-up in the Historical Contest. Both stories will be published in the Fish Anthology 2008. Sarah's stories have been published in The Beat, Neon, Every Day Fiction, Idlewheel, Kaleidotrope and the ... http://www.shredofevidence.com/2008/03/10/sarah-hilary/ So the website is back up in its new location. All the content should be in place. (Thanks go to my sweetie. Razzies go to WordPress. I'm normally a big fan, but it made a hash of the straightforward import/export.) You can expect to see a new design in the nearish ... http://www.shredofevidence.com/2008/03/08/dns-moved-very-quickly/ Behind the scenes, we're pulling up stakes and migrating the site and e-mail to a different server. This will result in some obvious downtime (the site will be inaccessible for a couple days). There is also an increased risk of e-mail bobbles, so until further notice Shred is closed to ... http://www.shredofevidence.com/2008/03/03/moving/ He sleeps loud enough to wake the dead. That's what she thought. Space being short, she wrote: Snores. Crossing one denim-clad knee over the other, she considered going back to bed, all the same. Maybe she could dream something so wonderful it would banish the nightmare ... http://www.shredofevidence.com/2008/02/18/the-dirt-eater/ Even as his brother's HDTV boomed from the basement, Darren Wang felt alone. His own room was modest: a bed, a computer, a shelf full of books. Since high school, he dreamed of breaking in as a crime writer but had more success with poetry. His brother ... http://www.shredofevidence.com/2008/02/11/another-life/