California Schemin’
Bouchercon 2020’s anthology of short stories, California Schemin’, will be available in mid-October.
The anthology, edited by Edgar Award-winning Art Taylor, includes new stories by the Guests of Honor as well as a baker’s dozen of tantalizing, whimsical, edgy stories all reflecting the California theme.
Here’s the cover:

Contributors:
- Jennifer Berg, “Schemes in the Dark”
- Cara Black, “Cabaret aux Assassins”
- David Boop, “Call Before You Die!”
- Chris Dreith, “Old Soles”
- Dixon Hill, “No Postman, No Doorbell”
- Anthony Horowitz, “Camberwell Crackers”
- Kim Keeline, “California Fold’em”
- R.T. Koreto, “The Hollywood Gangster”
- Joyce Kreig, “Last Call at the Zanzibar”
- Ellen Clair Lamb, “The Assistant”
- Catriona McPherson, “The Finishing Touch”
- Walter Mosley, “Fearless”
- Anne Perry, “An Affaire of Inconvenience”
- Eileen Rendahl, “A Spoonful of Poison”
- Christopher Ryan, “Hellhounds: Hollywood Demons”
- Linda Townsdin, “Re-entry”
- Scott Turow, “Tell Him No”
- Gabriel Valjan, “Elysian Fields”
- Carrie Voorhis, “The Fandancer’s First Murder”
California Schemin’ will be available from the publisher, Wildside Press, as well as online booksellers.