A Body at Rest has been named a finalist in the Great Lakes Fiction Category in the Independent Publisher Book Awards. This is the 14th annual competition held by Independent Publisher Online. This year they received something like 2,000 entries. The finalists include a large number of university and small presses (and a couple bigger small presses). I’m quite happy that the book is getting some recognition. Winners will be announced by May 18 and honored at an event in NYC on May 25 (coinciding with but not part of Book Expo). I’ll keep you posted.

Great review of A Body at Rest on ReadAllDay.org and new short story published

The reviewer, Nina Sankovitch, also listed it as one of her “Great Books” and “Great Books: Life.” If you’re not familiar with the site, the NY Times ran a great profile on her in fall 2009.

I’m also happy to say that my short story, “Monster Jones Wants to Creep You Out,” is in the new issue of Conclave: A Journal of Character (and the issue is finally out!). You can read the table of contents on the Conclave website. Conclave is a great up-and-coming journal out of Chicago. I’m delighted to be published in it.