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TWICE THE TROUBLE

2025 SHAMUS AWARD WINNER FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL

2025 EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL

Published by Crooked Lane Books. Available for order from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, and other book sellers.)

“Noland Twice is a charismatic hero in a riveting story with breakneck pacing, unguessable twists, and a heart-stopping ending. Fans of Robert B. Parker and Lee Child will love him.”
—Booklist, starred review

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Novellas

HALLUCINOGENIC TOREADOR

Published in the anthology Myopic Duplicity published by Leonardo Audio.

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Short Stories

“WEST”

THE MISSOURI REVIEW

When the bus first carried Tina and her mother into the desert, past the oil fields of west Texas, Tina felt somehow that they had passed a point of no return. The land itself became sinister, barren even of oil wells and sage bushes higher than her knee. It was as different from Georgia as a place could be, and everything under the hot, flat sun seemed to speak to her: From now on you are different. From now on you are ours…

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Volume 21, Issue 1

“MARTIN HELLINGER”

THE MASSACHUSETTS REVIEW

When Judith comes out of the bookstore and sees Martin Hellinger across the parking lot, she recognizes him instantly, even though he is thirty yards away and she has not seen him in twelve years. Twelve years is a long time, yet she can see that he has actually changed very little: the same broad face, thoughtlessly handsome, the same dark hair, still youthfully long and wavy. He is getting into a big, shiny car, and she barely has time to take a breath before he gets in and drives away. She watches as he pulls out of the lot and disappears, vanishing down the freeway, while she stands there on the walkway, unable to move…

Volume 48, Issue 3

“THE GATOR”

CUTHROAT: A JOURNAL OF THE ARTS

Gail was composing an erotic email to her boss when her daughters, Pam and Tyler, burst into the room.

“Mom,” Pam said. “You’re not going to believe this.”

Volume 19, Issue 2

“YOUR GUIDE TO THE ALEXANDRIAN”

STEPAWAY MAGAZINE

The savvy traveler will not miss a chance to visit the New Alexandrian Library just outside of Richland, Connecticut. Founded in 1923 by railroad tycoon Leopold Hirschfeld, the Alexandrian has become the largest private lending library in the country….

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“CERULEAN”

KILLER NASHVILLE MAGAZINE

I had just emerged from the subway station on 57th Avenue when I got the text from Ben Fuller. —BIG STORM. LANDFALL IN 24 HRS. YOUR DAD WON’T LEAVE. CALL HIM. 

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