Short Fiction
Andrew is the author of more than fifty published mystery stories in some of the top crime fiction magazines and anthologies, including Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Weekly, and multiple Best Mystery Stories of the Year anthologies. His stories feature book series characters such as freelance mailman Mercury Carter and private eye Andy Hayes, along with numerous stand-alone stories set in Ohio, Indiana, New York State, and beyond. Andrew’s short story-only character Jerry Hollister, a Rochester, N.Y. private eye, has appeared in four Down & Out anthologies featuring PI stories set in the ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s.
Andrew’s Newest Stories
Nominated or Award-Winning Stories
“So South It Was,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine January/February 2025, selected for inclusion in Rabia Chaudry Presents The Mystery Hour with Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
“Cold Comfort,” Private Dicks and Disco Balls: Private Eyes in the Dine-O-Mite Seventies, Derringer Long Story nominee, April 2025
“Through Thick and Thin,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine September/October 2024, selected for The Best American Mystery Stories 2025 and The Best Private Eye Stories of the Year 2025; selected for inclusion in Rabia Chaudry Presents The Mystery Hour with Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
“Wonder Falls,” Mystery Tribune May 2023, selected for The Best American Mystery Stories 2024.
“Supply Chains,” Black Cat Weekly, May 2023; 2024 Derringer nominee in Best Flash category.
“Ignatius Rum-and-Cola,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, January/February 2023, 2024 Derringer Long Story nominee.
“Digging In,” published in Black Cat Weekly, June 2022, 2023 Derringer Short nominee.
“The Path I Took,” Mystery Tribune March 2020, selected for The Best American Mystery Stories 2021.
“The Mailman,” Mickey Finn 21st-Century Noir, Vol. 1, 2020, International Thriller Writers award 2021 nominee for best short story.
“Long Drive Home,” Tough, July 2018, listed among “Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2018” in The Best American Mystery Stories 2019.
“The Murderous Type,” winner, 2017 Al Blanchard Prize for Best New England Short Crime Fiction, included in Snowbound: The Best New England Crime Stories 2017.
The Path I Took,” Mystery Tribune March 2020, selected for The Best American Mystery Stories 2021
Anthologies
“Through Thick and Thin” (an Andy Hayes adventure), included in Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2025, Mysterious Press, September 2025; and in The Best Private Eye Stories of the Year 2025, Level Best Books, Fall 2025.
“M*A*S*H*-Up” (a Jerry Hollister adventure), included in Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun: Private Eyes In the Materialistic Eighties, Down & Out Books, April 2025.
“All Apples,” included in Mickey Finn 21st Century Noir: Vol. 5, Down & Out Books, December 2024.
“Wonder Falls,” included in Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2024, Mysterious Press, September 2024.
“Sticky,” included in Smothered, Covered, Chopped and Scattered: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House, Down & Out Books, October 2024.
“Cold Comfort” (a Jerry Hollister story), included in Private Dicks and Disco Balls: Private Eyes in the Dyn-O-Mite Seventies, Down & Out Books, May 2024.
“A Smith & Wesson With A Side of Chorizo,” included in Crimeucopia: Say It Again, Murderous Ink Press, January 2024.
“Our Abraham,” included in Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir, Vol. 4, Down & Out Books, December 2023.
“Once Upon A Time There Was an Ocean,” included in Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon, Down & Out Books, October 2022.
“The Path I Took,” included in Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021, Mysterious Press, September 2021.
“The Delivery” (a Mercury Carter story), included in Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir, Vol. 3, Down & Out Books, December 2022.
“Building Something Better” (featuring Rochester, NY private eye Jerry Hollister), included in Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties, Down & Out Books, April 2022.
“The Lake,” This Time For Sure, included in the 2021 Bouchercon anthology, Down & Out Books, 2021.
“The Mailman” (the first Mercury Carter story), included in Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir, Vol. I, Down & Out Books, December 2020.
“Going Places,” included in Columbus Noir, Akashic Books, March 2020.
“The Murderous Type,” included in Snowbound: The Best New England Crime Stories 2017, Level Best Books, November 2018.