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.