J.E. Seymour lives and writes in southern New Hampshire.

Published stories:

"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





Coming soon:

"Out of the Shadows" - Mysterical E, September 2009

Out for consideration:

"What Goes Around" - sent to Back Alley, 3/27/09

"Lights Out" - sent to Level Best Books, 1/8/09

"Pale Horse" - sent to Thrilling Detective, 1/9/09

"From a Distance" - reprint, sent to Mysterical E, 12/2/08

"Brotherly Love" - sent to Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, 10/27/08, rejected, sent to the Al Blanchard contest

"Death in the Family" - sent to Strand Magazine, 11/26/08




Links:

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" and "Fade Away." 

"Stress Fractures," "Frostbite," and "Lead Poisoning" are the first three novels in the series.  I am currently seeking agency representation.  "Lead Poisoning" is out on the query go round at the moment.  Three agents looking at the full, four looking at partials.


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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:

 

http://www.skyealexander.com - Skye Alexander, author of astrology and metaphysical books

http://personalpages.tds.net/%7Eberek/gonzo.html - John R. Clark, author of essays, short stories and novels

http://www.david-compton.com/  -  David Compton, author of non-fiction and fiction

http://www.susanoleksiw.com -  Susan Oleksiw, author of the Mellingham Mystery Series

http://www.margaretpress.com/index.htm -   Margaret Press, author of the Gabriel Dunn Mystery Series

http://www.stephendrogers.com -  Stephen D. Rogers, author of horror and fantasy

http://www.parlezmoipress.com/mermaid/parlezmoiblog.html -  Kathleen Valentine, author of essays, short stories and novels

http://www.lesliewheeler.com/ -   Leslie Wheeler, author of historical mystery novels

http://www.fvblacksheep.com -   Mark S. Williams, poet and author of non-fiction adventure