PURCHASE LINK: AMAZON ; BLACK CAT WEEKLY ; Also available via various library ebook services, “The Case of the Dead Man’s Daughter” was selected by editor Michael Bracken for publication in Black Cat Weekly issue #242 in April. This story features my genetic genealogy private investigator, Maya Laster, in her fourth case. She …
PURCHASE LINK: BLACK CAT WEEKLY ; AMAZON ; ALSO available via library ebook services As some readers may already know, my husband is from Ecuador. I met him when we were both students at the University of Texas at Austin. Most of my husband’s extended family still lives in Ecuador. …
PURCHASE LINK: CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT The 1970s! Disco! Abba! The Eagles! Richard Nixon. The end of the Vietnam War. Women’s Rights. And, umm, yeah, other stuff. I was born mid-decade and have no real memories of the 1970s. Writing about the 1970s, for me, isn’t a matter of “write …
PURCHASE LINK: BLACK CAT WEEKLY ; AMAZON; find it also on various library ebook services My story entitled “A Matter of Trust” was published in Black Cat Weekly #110 on October 8, 2023, via editor Michael Bracken. The story features genetic genealogy private investigator Maya Laster who first appeared in …
PURCHASE LINK: AMAZON ; BLACK CAT WEEKLY ; The fact that the victim in my story entitled “Merry Library Murder” is a librarian is not a sign of hidden hostility or wishful thinking. Rather, the opposite is true. I set the story in a library because I spend a lot …
PURCHASE LINK: AMAZON ; By N.M. Cedeño People like to ask writers, do you ever use details from your life in your writing? Answer: Sometimes. It depends on what I’m writing. If I’m writing science fiction or noir, nothing in the story may be evocative of my life. Other times, …
PURCHASE LINK: BLACK CAT WEEKLY ; AMAZON “Serenity, Courage, Wisdom” is a crime fiction short story set in New Orleans. The title is inspired by a prayer that my parents had on the wall in their kitchen. The story features a medical student named Flor faced with the loss of …
PURCHASE LINK: CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT In 2020, I came across a call for submissions for mystery short stories to be included in an anthology. The anthology was to be called Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties. The editor, Michael Bracken, wanted stories set in the 1960s featuring …
