About Erik Arneson

Here’s my published crime fiction (listed in reverse chronological order):

• “Just One Moment”
  Published by BEAT to a PULP on 9 February 2013. “I enjoyed the hell out of Just One Moment.” –Jim Wilsky; “Another fine stroke of the keys.” –Bill Campbell
• “For the Honesty”
  Published by The Flash Fiction Offensive at Out of the Gutter Online on 14 January 2013. “A cold shot to the heart.” –Ron Earl Phillips; “This one reads like a mini Gil Brewer story.” –Bruce Harris
• “Blow Out the Candles”
  Published by Shotgun Honey on 28 December 2012. “Like an artist sketching a sad, sad picture.” –Michael Monson; “A perfect little sketch of the lost.” –Isaac Kirkman
• “Sole Operator”
  Published by The Flash Fiction Offensive at Out of the Gutter Online on 26 November 2012. “Love it! Even if I am an ex- drummer…” –Bill Baber; “Drummers should never be allowed to write the songs.” –Joe Clifford
• “Mess With Me”
  Published by NEEDLE: A Magazine of Noir in the Fall-Winter 2012 issue on 7 November 2012. “Great story! Didn’t see the end coming.” –Harry Evans
• “Twitter and Coke”
  Published by Shotgun Honey on 5 October 2012. “Interactive, multidimensional storytelling.” –Jim Haigh “Loved the creativity here.” –Anonymous 9; “Well done!” –Jen Conley
• “American Beauty”
  Published in the charity anthology Off the Record 2: At the Movies on 26 September 2012. “Beaut story. … Tasty bit of hardboiled!” –Paul D. Brazill
• “Swing and a Miss”
  Published by Near to the Knuckle on 30 August 2012. “Fast, scary, tension-filled and funny as hell.” –AJ Hayes; “Great story and love the humour element.” –Ruth Jacobs
• “Fortune”
  Published by Shotgun Honey on 27 July 2012. “Funny, tense and sorta sad.” –AJ Hayes; “Love the humor in this.” –Kathleen A. Ryan
• “12 Before 9″
  Published by Shotgun Honey on 14 May 2012. “Smooth. … A great, crisp take on the assassin genre.” –Ryan Sayles; “Funny, astute stuff.” –Chris Rhatigan
• “The Murder of Ernest Trapnell”
  Published by Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine in the Fall 1998 issue. “A crackling good story … good characters, well-plotted and fun to read.” –Mary Higgins Clark
  Winner of the 1998 Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Short Story Contest and nominated for a 1999 Derringer Award, Short Story Category, by the Short Mystery Fiction Society.

Self-published:

• “Do Not Open Door”
  Published on Twitter on 28 January 2013.

Accepted but not yet published (listed in alphabetical order):

• “Fortune”
  To be published in Kwik Krimes, an anthology edited by Otto Penzler.
• “Noose of Trust”
  To be published by Grift Magazine.

By day, I work as Communications & Policy Director for Senator Dominic Pileggi (Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania state Senate). I also write about board games and card games. My wife Beth (who happens to be the world’s best editor) and I are both part-owners of the greatest franchise in all of professional sports, the Green Bay Packers.

If you’d like to get in touch, I’m on Twitter. Or send an email to erikarneson4 {at} gmail {dot} com.