J.E. Seymour lives and writes in southern
New Hampshire. 
Coming Events:
"Quarry" signing, Crime Bake Mystery conference. November 13th, 14th and 15th, Hilton Hotel, Dedham, MA
"Quarry" Reading in Exeter, NH at Water Street Books. November 18th, 7pm
"Quarry" Reading in Brentwood, NH at Mary Bartlett Library. January 21st, 7pm
Published
stories:
"Lights Out" - "Quarry," an anthology of crime fiction by New England writers, Level Best Books, November 2009
"Out of the Shadows" - Mysterical E, September 2009
"The Wrong Place" - Darkest Before the Dawn, April 2009
"Exile" - Crooked, March 2009
"Coming
Home" - A Twist of Noir, January 2009. I have an amateur
film maker working on a movie of this story. Should be done in
2011.
"The Big Bash" - "Deadfall," an anthology of crime fiction by New England Writers, Level Best Books, November 2008
"Fade Away" - Mouth Full of Bullets, March
2007
"Blackbird" - reprinted in Thriller UK,
July 2006
"Blackbird" - Shred of Evidence, February 2006 - tied for 20th place in
the Preditors and Editors readers poll for best Mainstream short story
of 2006
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart" - A Cruel World, January 2006
"Life's a Beach" - "Windchill," an
anthology of crime fiction by New
England writers, Level Best Books, November 2005.
"Slow Burn" - Shots Crime and Mystery
Magazine, summer 2005
"From a Distance" - A Cruel World,
summer 2005
"Murder by Committee" - Mysterical-E,
summer 2005
"Fish in the Trees" - Shots Crime and
Mystery Magazine, summer 2004
Read Blackbird here: Blackbird
Coming
soon:
"Brotherly Love" - Beat to a Pulp, November 2009
"Pale Horse" - Thrilling Detective
Out for consideration:
"Disappearing Act" - sent to EQMM, 10/27/09
"What Goes Around" - sent to Back Alley, 3/27/09
"From a Distance" - reprint, sent to Mysterical E, 12/2/08
"Death in the Family" - sent to Strand Magazine, 11/26/08
Links:
Thrilling Detective
Beat to a Pulp
Darkest Before the Dawn
Crooked
A Twist of Noir
Preditors and Editors Readers' Poll
Shots
Mysterical-E
A Cruel World
Level Best Books
Shred of Evidence
Thriller UK
Mouth Full of Bullets
Works in progress:
A series of crime novels featuring Kevin Markinson, the main character
in "Life's a Beach," "From a Distance," "Blackbird," "Murder by
Committee," "Coming Home," "Exile," "Fade Away" and "The Wrong Place."
"Stress Fractures," "Frostbite," and
"Lead Poisoning"
are the first three novels in the series. I am currently seeking
agency representation.
email
Reviews:
"Coming Home" was reviewed at Eastern Standard Crime in January of 2009. 3 out of a possible 5 fedoras. Not bad.
"Deadfall" was reviewed in the North Shore Book Notes at Wicked Local Rockport Arts.
Links to other crime fiction
writers:
Frank Zafiro
SF Johnston
Here are links to other writers in the Level Best Books webring: