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Writing

Click on a link to read some of Josh's fiction:

"A Short Madness" (from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine; placed sixth in the 2025 EQMM Readers Awards)

"Every Day a Little Death" (from Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim)

"Free Fallin'" (from Gag Me with a Spoon: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Eighties)

"I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself" (from Better Off Dead: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Bernie Taupin and Elton John)

"The Wind Phone" (winner of the 2025 Derringer Award for Best Short Story)

"The Two-Body Problem" (winner of the 2020 Derringer Award for Best Flash Story)

"50" (second place in the 2018 EQMM Reader Awards)

"If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Murder" (finalist for the 2018 Derringer Award)

"Stork Trek" (a collaboration with Edward Wellen)

"The Ivory Beast" (a Mahboob Chaudri story)

"Ga Je Mee?" (a story of Amsterdam)

"Invitation to a Murder" (an early story)

PURCHASE LINKS

(NOTE: The publisher of several of my books recently went out of business, making those titles unavailable, although sometimes you can find used copies online.

All of the books are in the process of being rereleased; I've indicated them here as COMING SOON, and I'll add purchase links as they become available.)

Click here to purchase Dutch Treats: Crime Fiction by Dutch and Flemish Authors.

Click here to purchase Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.

Click here to purchase The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell.

COMING SOON: Cryin' Shame: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Lyle Lovett

COMING SOON: Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead

Click here to purchase my Agatha-finalist chapter book for younger readers First Week Free at the Roomy Toilet.

COMING SOON: Happiness Is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Beatles.

Click here to purchase my Agatha-, Lefty-, and Macavity-finalist novel Dutch Threat.

Click here to purchase The Adventures of the Puzzle Club and Other Stories, which I co-wrote with Ellery Queen.

COMING SOON: Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon.

Click here to purchase The Man Who Solved Mysteries: More Short Fiction by William Brittain.

COMING SOON: Monkey Business: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Films of the Marx Brothers (which will be republished in a new edition in 2025).

COMING SOON: Only the Good Die Young: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Billy Joel (which will be republished in a new edition in 2025).

COMING SOON: The Great Filling Station Holdup: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Jimmy Buffett.

Click here to purchase The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe.

Click here to purchase Amsterdam Noir, which I co-edited with Rene Appel.

Click here to purchase The Man Who Read Mysteries: The Short Fiction of William Brittain.

Click here to purchase The Misadventures of Ellery Queen and The Further Misadventures of Ellery Queen, both of which I co-edited with Dale C. Andrews.

Click here to purchase The Tree of Life, a collection of all 10 of the Mahboob Chaudri stories, in paperback.

Click here to purchase The Mahboob Chaudri Mystery Megapack, which is The Tree of Life in e-book format.

Click here to purchase Styx, a zombie cop novel by Bavo Dhooge that I translated into English.

Click here for a free download of Discover a New Author, a Wildside Press ebook containing four of my short stories.

Click here for a bibliography of my publications.

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