Short Stories
Since 2009, over a hundred fifty original tales of mystery, crime, horror, fantasy, science fiction, speculative fiction, magical realism, historical fiction, slipstream as well as literary/mainstream fiction have been published online and in print journals. Several dozen more have been published as reprints.
The Amsterdam Quarterly (the Netherlands) hosted their 2014 Yearbook East Coast launch party on January 17th 2015 at the Anne Frank Center in NYC. I was one of the guest authors and read from “Roy’s Desert Motel” which they published in September 2014.
The editors of The Missing Slate nominated “Roseland” which they published in October 2015, as The Story of The Month. My interview about a black couple surviving in present day gang-infested New York City, was published on December 14th. 2015. http://journal.themissingslate.com/2015/12/13/author-of-the-month-arthur-davis/
Calliope, the official publication of the Writers’ Special Interest Group of American Mensa, Ltd., published “Conversation In Black” online and in print in their Spring 2014 issue and nominated it for a Pushcart Prize.
Mystery Weekly Magazine, which published “In Innocence And Guilt” as the featured story in their July 1st 2016 issue, nominated it for Best American Mystery Stories 2017. It was awarded Honorable Mention.
Mystery Weekly Magazine subsequently published “The Juggler’s Brew” on June 1st 2017 and nominated it for Best American Mystery Stories 2018.
The Bookends Review which published “The Street Polisher” in 2016 and “The Koala Brothers” this year, featured my podcast interview in their January 2018 issue. http://thebookendsreview.com/2018/01/03/cover-cover-arthur-davis/
“Do Vampires Get Tooth Decay” was selected as one of the winning stories of the 2018 Write Well Award, www.aaward.silverpen.org which recognizes excellence in short fiction. The winning stories were published in print and an e-book anthology on Amazon.com.
The annual issue of Inscape Magazine launched on April 25th with a celebration and reading at the ArtsConnect in Topeka, Kansas. Inscape only published three pieces of fiction in their 2023 issue. I am honored that “Hadley” was published as the Editor’s Choice.
Over the last decade I have been fortunate to work with some of the finest editors in the business. As life would have it, events and circumstances change. With deep regret, one of those editors passed away, a handful have closed their publication due to personal circumstances, mostly for health and financial reasons, and several have put their publication on Temporary Hiatus. Such is the natural rhythm of life.
I thank all of them for their support and wish them well and have much to be grateful for and that’s always worth a mention.
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