MEGA CONGRATS to the Mesdames and Messieurs of Mayhem’s very own Sylvia Warsh for winning the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Best Short Story!

“Polly Wants a Freaking Cracker” tells the story of a lawyer who is reincarnated as a parrot. He discovers that he’s been murdered…by reading the newspaper at the bottom of his cage. The only person who can understand him – and help him save his wife’s life – is the autistic son of his owner…

Sylvia’s hilarious comedy mystery was published in the Malice Domestic anthology, Mystery Most Humorous.

HUGE CONGRATS also go to Mmes M. H. Callway, Therese Greenwood and Lorna Poplak who were finalists for the CWC Awards of Excellence.