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t story the lost diner published in issue 47 of pulp literature magazine is a finalist for the 2026 crime writers of canada award for best short story in addition i ve been interviewed by cwc s erik d souza for their podcasts to hear and see our great discussion follow these links video facebook https www facebook com reel 1548558770032998 instagram https www instagram com p dya6a8xnt1i youtube https youtu be 22wcsrynol4 podcast audio only look on the major podcast distributors and cwc s site here https crimewriterscanada com index php en page podcasts permalink m h callway nominee for best crime short story share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky like this like loading featured posted on may 10 2026 may 10 2026 categories news first ride of 2026 c o l d it s march already riding the bike at the gym is deadly dull and boring also you don t get the wind resistance and the hills time to get out there besides the spring flowers were out snow drops crocuses my very first ride was 10 km up and down the beltline via mt pleasant cemetery not too bad despite dodging ice patches and mud but then the snow storm started next ride much better with the temps up 15 degrees i was hot by the end of my 20 km with a rest stop in between at my fav cafe balzac s in the distillery district the lower don valley trail is still shut many unhappy hikers and bikers who ve inscribed on the notice give me back my park and on the danger sign danger due to incompetence the bayview extension trail offers an ok alternative at the lakeside spotted a freighter being loaded with sugar ship s name is blacky and some neat street art on a nearby hydro box raining cats and dogs share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky like this like loading featured posted on april 2 2026 april 2 2026 categories news urban explorer triffid in the house i have no talent with plants but here s a weird story two christmases ago a friend gave me an amaryllis bulb it bloomed beautifully then shed a mess of red petals i was ready to toss it in the compost bin when ed my husband speculated about what would happen if we simply left it alone ok why not far from dying it grew a profusion of long green tulip like leaves and stayed that way when the weather warmed up i popped it outside on our upper deck there it flourished the ultimate boring plant winter back inside boring leaves persisted summer back out on the deck no change finally though this fall the flopping green leaves by now 3 or 4 feet tall began to die this is it i thought plucking off yet another rotting yellow leaf the mundane end to our curiosity experiment out you go time to rejoin the earth then i noticed a strange oblong shape at the root could that be a bud damned if it wasn t the stem grew like a triffid several inches a day until wham four crimson flowers burst out of it wham four flowers yep four count them even stranger yet another bud has appeared what did i do right yet another bud turns out my neglect was just the right thing loads of sunlight on the deck and dry soil from forgetting to water it i guess this triffid s a keeper share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky like this like loading featured posted on january 12 2026 january 12 2026 categories the surreal trapdoor tags amaryllis oddities plants wilderness eat these books the house swap and every breath you take by miranda rijks eat these thrillers i don t usually read psychological thrillers so it was great to discover author miranda rijks and through the mundane route of an amazon book recommendation no less i ve now devoured two of her thrillers the house swap and every breath you take after purchasing both at a ridiculously low price that really discredits the quality of rijks s prose and her plotting what first intrigued me was the premise of the house swap a late friend of mine who was married to a professor often swapped houses with other professors when they vacationed in the uk the british professor and their family lived in my friend s toronto house and she and her family lived in the british family s house free accommodation not bad all went well for my friend but rijk asks what if the arrangement goes horribly wrong from the house being a dump to hostile neighbours to murder great suspense and satisfying plot twists kept me reading well into the night sorry readers no spoilers i hesitated only a minute to dive into another rijks s thriller every breath you take here the husband of the protagonist suddenly disappears soon she learns that he s been kidnapped to save his life she must perform humiliating tasks set by the kidnapper and post them on social media no one believes her especially the police once again amazing suspense and a great twist i did not see coming both books are published by inkubator books a digital publisher specializing in crime fiction so who is miranda rijks good question in 2016 she was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer in the middle of her successful business career she survived 11 rounds of chemo and having her femur replaced after recovering she retired to pursue her lifelong dream to write and write she has in less than 10 years she s written no less than 26 novels in other words two to three books a year read more about miranda rijks here and eat her books share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky like this like loading featured posted on january 5 2026 january 5 2026 categories news happy new year happy new year everyone looking forward to the new year with the publication of the mesdames and messieurs of mayhem s 7th anthology the power of 13 and possibly a novella from me here s to many more author events and adventures with fellow writers hope to meet many of you readers in the real world in 2026 share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky like this like loading featured posted on december 30 2025 december 30 2025 categories news happy holidays everyone wishing all my friends fans and family a wonderful holiday and the best of health and happiness in the new year here s a pic of a well behaved cat in a christmas tree and here s a fav video where they re not bing videos big hugs m h callway share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky like this like loading featured posted on december 21 2025 december 21 2025 categories news eat this book the king of ashes by s a cosby i love noir crime fiction me i love both reading and writing noir crime fiction when it comes to modern day noir authorts it s no secret that i m a big fan of sean cosby s work cosby is a superb stylist which makes his work a joy to read more importantly he give readers true insight into what it means to be african american in today s usa he also shares some unusual knowledge because his wife is a funeral director h is protagonist nathan waymaker in my darkest prayer worked for a funeral home but that was a mere hint of what s portrayed in his latest and what may be his toughest book yet king of ashes you may learn more about crematoriums and the firing process than you every wanted to know the carruthers family business is running the crematorium in the decayed town of jefferson run virginia many years before mama carruthers disappeared without a trace and ugly rumours about her demise and her husband s hand in it persist the eldest of the three children roman carruthers escaped to florida where he s now a highly successful financial manager of among other clients gangsta rap artists his sister neveah is the one who s left behind to run the family biz while younger brother dante wastes away in dissipation when their father is badly injured in a car accident roman returns to help the family he soon learns that dante is mixed up with two ruthless local drug dealers real and vicious gangsters not rap wannabees to save his brother roman tries to placate the gangsters by offering up his financial acumen and the darker benefits of the crematorium business roman s fall from grace is true noir and the deeply tragic twist at the end of the novel is unforgettable this thriller may be too tough for readers who enjoy the lighter side of crime fiction but if you love noir king of ashes is a must read 5 stars share this share on facebook opens in new 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other side what s the other meaning of the other side me the hereafter daughter convinced her mother is beyond help right oh so the real joke is about a suicidal chicken or a bird so brainless it s about to become roadkill i d honestly never thought about the irony inherent in the other side neither had my husband when i retold our conversation was there some deep philosophical meaning behind our misunderstanding the true joke a denial of life s mortality or a deep seated faith in the superiority of humans to the idiot chickens we regularly eat probably not the sound you now hear is the whistle of the penny dropping through the decades stretching from the jurassic period of my childhood till now on the other hand our daughter didn t get the joke that made our grandson laugh his butt off why couldn t the bike stand up by itself because it was two tired idiot chicken the tired bike share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on reddit 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reading from snake oil at a noir at the bar event south of the border my reading went pretty well i thought but the following day a macho noir writer stopped me you know the type shaved head muscular loads of tattoos he fixed me with a wary eye and said you you re the lady who wrote about snakes even the scariest dude can be undone by slithering reptiles apparently looking through my stories and novellas many do pivot on fear in my most recently published story the lost diner pulp literature issue 47 an older woman driver strays off the main highway and pulls in to a deserted diner soon she ends up fighting for her life the owners of the diner like to disappear customers who won t be missed isn t this a primordial fear we all share the fear of an unknown place where we are on our own and defenseless even my comical stories like must love dogs or you re gone edge into darkness published in gone red dog press my heroine is forced into working off her murdered ex husband s debt at a doggy daycare it s either groom dogs or die there she discovers that her ex used their dog flea to smuggle diamonds into the usa since flea will eat anything the resolution is a pretty dark fight at the edge of niagara falls perhaps the difference is this in noir fiction the often violent characters remain in control though a bad outcome is often assured in horror the characters are not in control they are frequently isolated and must battle through to an ending that promises to be bleak so what to do why not embark on a new adventure and so like bilbo i m quite ready for a scary dive into the realm of horror writers share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky like this like loading featured posted on december 3 2025 december 3 2025 categories news pearls of wisdom news news news the mmes of mayhem s 7th anthology when friend donna carrick and i co founded the mesdames of mayhem in 2013 little did we realize that our 13 member group would double in size and become a national organization nor did we foresee that we d have a cbc documentary made about us and publish six anthologies all with the brand of 13 after all thirteen has been our lucky number every year stories in our antho s have been nominated for the cwc award of excellence or the derringer two of our stories have won the outlier by catherine astolfo in 13 claws never trust a man what keeps pigs and hatcheck bingo by therese greenwood in the 13th letter never underestimate hardworking women and so we re super delighted to announce our seventh anthology the power of 13 with the theme of luck fate karma chance games of chance deadly gambles publication date september 2026 stand by for our spectacular cover reveal share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on bluesky opens in new window 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