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Eleanor Cawood Jones

In “The Importance of Being Urnest, ” Lorrie George hauls her obnoxious peach-taffeta bridesmaid’s dress all the way to the Bahamas for a destination wedding, only to find out her groomsman date for the weekend didn’t exactly turn up as planned. With an overzealous wedding planner lurking in the background, chaos, romance, and humour ensue!

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Barb Goffman Presents

The Importance of Being Urnest

David Dean

“The Duelist” is a story about deception and truth, vengeance and justice, bravery and cowardice, love and loss. It’s also about bullying. David Dean doesn’t like bullies. You probably don’t either. If that’s the case, this story is for you.

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases the best in modern mystery and crime stories, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed short story authors and editors in the mystery field.

The Duelist

Michael Nethercott

In nineteenth-century Nantucket, fifteen-year-old Lucius Whitley, spurred on by his mother, plans revenge on the whaleship captain whom he holds responsible for the death of his harpooner father. This spooky story won the 2013 Al Blanchard Award.

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases the best in modern mystery and crime stories, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed short story authors and editors in the mystery field.

Lamplighter by the Sea

Jay Brandon

With two goons on his trail, Gerald risks a stranger’s life to save his own. Then remorse sets in, and he has to decide what he’ll risk to make things right.

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases the best in modern mystery and crime stories, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed short stories authors and editors in the mystery field.

Not Done with the Night

Meg Opperman

"Twilight Ladies" won the Best Short Story Derringer Award in 2015.

A rash of muggings in Mwanza, Tanzania, sends a very pregnant Police Constable Kokuteta Mkama in pursuit of the mysterious young woman behind the crimes. Sifting through the clues, P. C. Mkama discovers the these “random” robberies aren’t so random after all.

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases modern masterpieces of mystery, crime, and suspense selected by acclaimed mystery author and editor Barb Goffman.

Twilight Ladies

Michael Bracken

A lawyer, who once specialized in mediation, gave up his practice when his wife died of cancer. Now he occasionally does favors for friends and the people at McGinty’s, the bar where he spends many of his waking hours. Stella Carter wants something from her estranged husband—a mobster named John Carter—and asks the narrator to get it. The price he pays for agreeing to help is a cancer he can only hope to drink into remission.

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases the best in modern mystery and crime stories, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed short stories authors and editors in the mystery field.

Remission

John R Corrigan

In “Autumn’s Crossing, ” an infant is saved thanks to U. S. Border Patrol agent and single mom Peyton Cote’s shoot-out along the U. S. -Canada border. What follows is Peyton, star of D. A. Keeley’s three-book series set in Aroostook County, Maine, discovers problems within the adoption system and a baby-selling ring with ties to Europe.

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases the best in modern mystery and crime stories, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed short stories authors and editors in the mystery field.

Autumn's Crossing

Brendan Dubois

When summer homes on a large New Hampshire lake are being robbed during the off-season, one homeowner decides to take matters into his own hands. But the would-be burglar, armed with a sharp knife, has his own plans. So, whose plan will emerge victorious?

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases the best in modern mystery and crime stories, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed short stories authors and editors in the mystery field.

The Thief in the House

Brad Parks

“Two for One” is a return to Brad Parks’s storytelling roots: New Jersey, his place of birth and also where he spent ten years as a young reporter for the state’s largest newspaper, The Star-Ledger. Every character you’ll meet in this story is more than likely someone he bumped into during that time. Hope you enjoy this healthy serving of Garden State goodness.

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases modern masterpieces of mystery, crime, and suspense selected by acclaimed mystery author and editor Barb Goffman.

Two For One

Kate Flora

After a lifetime of minding her own business, eighty-four-year-old Ida starts watching the lobstermen at the dock across from her house. What she sees as the summer progresses makes her concerned, then afraid, for one of them—so much so that realizes she must get involved. But will she be taken seriously before it’s too late?

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases the best in modern mystery and crime stories, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed short stories authors and editors in the mystery field.

Afterlife

Albert Tucher

Librarian Beatrice Winser discovers that the influenza epidemic of 1918 isn’t the only killer in town, and the war in Europe has spread to the Newark Public Library.

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases the best in modern mystery and crime stories, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed short stories authors and editors in the mystery field.

Patience of the Dead

Julie Hyzy

In the shadow of the Alice in Wonderland statue in New York’s Central Park, a seemingly casual conversation between strangers takes a killer turn…

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases the best in modern mystery and crime stories, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed short stories authors and editors in the mystery field.

White Rabbit

Michael Guillebeau

Seventeen-year-old Carrie wakes up one night to find her father, who’s been on death row for ten years, sitting on the edge of her bed. He’s come back to tell her a bedtime fairy tale, like he did when she was younger, to try to explain himself to her.

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases modern masterpieces of mystery, crime, and suspense selected by acclaimed mystery author and editor Barb Goffman.

The Man in the Moon

Alan Orloff

When Daniel Brickman returns home to visit his ailing father, he discovers that an old family friend has bilked his father out of his entire retirement savings. His first thought? Call the cops. But Daniel’s vengeful father would rather handle things on his own than let the whole world know about this Jew-on-Jew crime, and it falls on Daniel to try to set things right before everything goes very wrong.

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases the best in modern mystery and crime stories, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed short stories authors and editors in the mystery field.

One of Them

Stephen D Rogers

Sometimes, losing a bet isn't all that bad. This wasn't one of those times.

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases the best in modern mystery and crime stories, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed short stories authors and editors in the mystery field.

Purple and Blue

Every Tuesday when the bookmobile visits Quarryville, Texas, Graham Sugarman checks out five books. Five hefty books. When the librarian is murdered and the bookmobile stops visiting Quarryville, Mr. Sugarman’s well-ordered life is turned topsy-turvy.

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases the best in modern mystery and crime stories, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed short stories authors and editors in the mystery field.

Mr. Sugarman Visits the Bookmobile

Nancy Pickard

When a bad man with a nice cat was murdered during World War II, the police asked Dr. Franklin Couch for his assistance. Now, many years later, the old veterinarian tells his granddaughter about the investigation, which involved many cats and many clues, but just one killer.

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases modern masterpieces of mystery, crime, and suspense selected by acclaimed mystery author and editor Barb Goffman.

Dr. Couch Saves a Cat

John M. Floyd

On a rainy afternoon in an out-of-the-way bar, the lives of three men—a small-time hustler, a bartender, and a mafia killer—come together in a way none of them could’ve expected. And one won’t live through the hour.

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases the best in modern mystery and crime stories, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed short stories authors and editors in the mystery field.

An Hour at Finley's

Jeff Soloway

“The Wentworth Letter, ” which won the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for best first published mystery story, is about a college professor who attempts to buy a stolen letter by Jane Austen and sell it to a wealthy Austen fanatic—his mother. He discovers that such scams, much like Jane Austen’s novels, are not nearly so easy to pull off as they appear.

The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases modern masterpieces of mystery, crime, and suspense selected by acclaimed mystery author and editor Barb Goffman.

The Wentworth Letter

Brandon Abbott

Nathan Shields is haunted by a skeleton in his past. But he soon learns the real threat lies beneath the surface, where he least expects it. As he uncovers the truth, Nathan discovers a frightening reality: sometimes what you bury will bury you.

Barb Goffman Presents - The book series

Barb Goffman Presents - The book series

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