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“To Catch a Thief” in The Dark Waves of Winter, edited by David M. Olsen, Kelp Books, January 2023

“Looking For The Next Best Thing” in Crime Fiction Inspired by Warren Zevon, edited by Libby Cudmore and Art Taylor, Down & Out Books, June 2022

“King of the Castle” in Death of a Bad Neighbour: Revenge Is Criminal, edited by Jack Calverley, April 2022

“Another Hooker” in Under the Thumb: Stories of Police Oppression  

Rock and a Hard Place, November 2021 

“Weed Man” in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, September/October 2021 issue

Finalist for a Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence

Selected as a Distinguished Story of the Year for The Best American Mystery 

and Suspense 2022 

“Cockroach” in The Swamp Killers, edited by Ed Aymar and Sarah M. Chen 

Down & Out Books, March 2020

“Cold Comfort” in At Home in the Dark, edited by Lawrence Block 

Subterranean Press, April 2019

“Unforgiven” in Murder A-Go-Go’s, edited by Holly West 

Down & Out Books, March 2019

Finalist for the 2020 Anthony Award for Best Short Story

“Honor Thy Father” in Mystery Tribune, Winter 2019 issue

“Mr. Bones” in Florida Happens: Bouchercon Anthology 2018, edited by Greg Herren 

Three Rooms Press, September 2018 

“Answered Prayers” in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine 

May/June 2018 issue

“The Darkest Hour” in The Night of the Flood, edited by Ed Aymar and Sarah M. Chen 

Down & Out Books, March 2018

“My Side of the Matter” in Killing Malmon, edited by Dan & Kate Malmon  

Down & Out Books, October 2017

Winner of the 2018 Anthony Award for Best Short Story

“Jerusalem Syndrome” in Passport to Murder, edited by John McFetridge 

Down & Out Books, October 2017

Finalist for the 2018 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Short Story

“In the Bunker” in Out of the Gutter, November 2016

“Swan Song” in Unloaded: Crime Writers Writing Without Guns, edited by Eric Beetner 

Down and Out Books, April 2016

Finalist for the 2017 Derringer Award for Best Long Story 

“Mistletoe”  in Thuglit Presents Cruel Yule, edited by Todd Robinson 

December 2015

“The Siege” in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine 

December 2015 issue

Finalist for the 2016 Anthony Award for Best Short Story

Finalist for the 2016 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Short Story

“Sister Cecilia” in Protectors 2: Heroes, edited by Thomas Pluck 

September 2015

“Hungry Heart” in Trouble in the Heartland: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen, edited by Joe Clifford, December 2014

“My Sweet Angel of Death” in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine 

December 2014 issue

“A Hopeless Case” in All Due Respect #4 

September 2014

Winner of the 2015 Derringer Award for Best Long Story

“The Debt” in The Lizard’s Ardent Uniform & Other Stories, edited by David Cranmer 

June 2014

“The Barnacle” in Criminal Element’s Malfeasance Occasional 

September 2013

“Darkness in the City of Light” in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine 

November 2013 issue

“Fair Warning” in Beat to a Pulp, September 2013

“Magpie” in Thuglit, Issue One, September/October 2012

“A Special Kind of Hell” in Beat to a Pulp: Round Two, edited by David Cranmer and Matthew P. Mayo, May 2012

Finalist for the 2013 Derringer Award for Best Short Story 

“Hedge Hog” in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, September/October 2011 

Podcast of Hilary Davidson reading “Hedge Hog” and being interviewed by Ellery Queen’s editor, Janet Hutchings: Listen on iTunes | Listen on PodOmatic 

“Ladykiller” in Crime Factory: The First Shift, edited by Keith Rawson, Cameron Ashley, and Jimmy Callaway, New Pulp Press, 2011

“Necessary Evil” in D*CKED: Dark Fiction Inspired by Dick Cheney, edited by Greg Bardsley, Kieran Shea, and Jedidiah Ayres, 2011

Reprinted in Noir at the Bar 2, edited by Jedidiah Ayres and Scott Phillips, New Pulp Press, September 2012

“The Other Man” in Beat to a Pulp, July 2011

Reprinted by Mulholland Books, August 2011

Finalist for the 2012 Spinetingler Award for Best Short Story 

“Sorry Bastard” in A Twist of Noir, July 2011

“This Little Piggy” in Pulp Ink, edited by Nigel Bird & Chris Rhatigan, 2011

“Fetish” in Beat to a Pulp, April 2010 

“The Black Widow Club” in Needle: A Magazine of Noir, issue #1, April 2010

“Cheap Bastard” in Spinetingler Magazine, March 2010 

Named a Notable Story of 2010 by storySouth

“Good Bones” in Crime Factory, January 2010

“Beast”

Winner of the 2009 Watery Grave Invitational 

“Insatiable” in Beat to a Pulp, 2009

Reprinted in Beat to a Pulp: Round One, 2010 

Winner of the 2010 Spinetingler Award for Best Short Story 

“Undying Love” in Murder and Mayhem in Muskego, edited by Jon & Ruth Jordan 

Down and Out Books, November 2012

“Silent Partners” in The Rose & Thorn, Spring 2009

“Stepmonster” in Thuglit, issue #30, March/April 2009 

“Family Man” in Crimespree Magazine, issue #29, March/April 2009 

  

“Son of So Many Tears” in Thuglit, issue #24, February/March 2008

Reprinted in Thuglit Presents: Blood, Guts, & Whiskey, edited by Todd Robinson; Kensington, 2010 

Named a Notable Story of 2008 by storySouth

“Anniversary” in Thuglit, issue #17, March 2007

Reprinted in A Prisoner of Memory and 24 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, edited by Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg; Pegasus, 2008  

Reprinted in Feeding Kate, edited by Clare Toohey, Laura Benedict, Neliza Drew, and Laura K. Curtis; Gallowstree Press, January 2013 

Named a Distinguished Mystery Story of 2007 in The Best American Mystery Stories 2008 by George Pelecanos and Otto Penzler