Great News for the Mesdames and Messieurs of Mayhem!
Delighted that two works from our latest anthology, In the Spirit of 13, have been nominated for the CWC Awards of Excellence.
M. H. Callway’s light-hearted satire, “Amdur’s Ghost”, is a finalist for Best Novella. And Blair Keetch’s eerie thriller, “To Catch a Kumiho” is short-listed for Best Short Story.
A big thank you to publisher and editor, Donna Carrick, Carrick Publishing, to copy editor, Ed Piwowarczyk and cover designer, Sara Carrick, for making our anthology a book to be proud of.
From L to R below: M. H. Callway, Blair Keetch, Donna Carrick and Ed Piwowarczyk.




Two short stories by the Mesdames are also finalists for the CWC Award of Excellence for Best Short Story.
Sylvia Warsh’s scary thriller, “The Natural Order of Things”, which appeared in the May/June issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and
M. H. Callway’s comedy story, “Must Love Dogs – or You’re Gone” in GONE, An Anthology of Crime Stories, Red Dog Press.