The Lineup

The Lineup

 

Travis Cohen Acosta is a Cuban American author born and raised in Miami, Florida. He is a Ph.D student in Creative Writing (fiction) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Permafrost, Fourth Genre, and The Sonora Review.

Texan Pete Barnstrom is an author and filmmaker, and the winner of the 2025 Black Orchid Novella Award.

Randy Eggert is a linguistics professor at the University of Utah. He is the author of This Book is Taboo: An Introduction to Linguistics through Swearing.

Mississippi native, John M. Floyd is a recipient of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for lifetime achievement. He is the author of 10 books, including River Road and Other Mystery Stories (Crippen & Landru, 2025).

The former rock critic for The Wall Street Journal, Jim Fusilli is the author of A Song for Katy Shayne, and other crime thrillers. He is also the author of Pet Sounds, a tribute to Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys.

Kate Hohl’s story “The Body in Cell Two” (EQMM, May/June 2023) won the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for Best First Mystery Short Story, presented by the Mystery Writers of America.

Boston-based author Avram Lavinsky’s story “Playing God” (Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022, Crime Spell Books) appeared in The Best Mystery Stories of the Year, 2023.

Linda Niehoff’s short fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, and elsewhere.

Derringer Award winner Michael Penncavage is a former associate editor of Space and Time Magazine. He edited the anthology Tales From a Darker State. His novella, Person Unknown, adapted from his screenplay The Phone Call, was released from All Due Respect Press.

Bay area resident J. G. Tipton is the author of Annette Vallon: A Novel of the French Revolution (2007, Harper).

Hayden Trenholm is Canadian playwright and author of The Passion of Ivan Rodriguez (Tyche Books, 2023). His short stories have appeared in Analog, and other places. In 2022, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame. 

1. B. Watson’s stories have appeared in Mystery Magazine, Mystery Tribune, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. He was a 2025 Shamus Award finalist. He lives near the Oregon coast.

Andrew Welsh-Huggins’s newest book is Address Unknown (Mysterious Press, 2027) in his Mercury Carter thriller series. He edited the anthology Columbus Noir. His nonfiction title, No Winners Here Tonight, is the definitive history of the death penalty in Ohio.

John G. Wimer is a mechanical engineer based in West Virginia.

Tom Ziegler is a journalist who lives in Uruguay.