art by Violet Vandever
Patricia Abbott is the author of more than 140 short stories, which have appeared in literary journals, crime fiction zines, magazines, and anthologies. Two e-collections can be found online (Monkey Justice and Home Invasion). In 2015 Polis Books published Concrete Angel, which is the story of a dysfunctional mother and daughter in Philadelphia from the 1960s through 1980. SHOT IN DETROIT will be published in June, 2016. She won a Derringer Award for her short story “My Hero” in 2009. She is the senior film critic for Crimespree Magazine and blogs at pattinase.blogspot.com.
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online.