llustration for
“Between Minkhe and Mayrev”
by Leah V. Wishnia
(Click to view larger PDF image)

Breaking News!

The Italian translation of  THE FIFTH SERVANT (in Italian: IL QUINTO SERVITORE), has been nominated in the "Premio Ragazzi" category of the Premio Letterario ADEI-WIZO--the Associazione Donne Ebree d'Italia (Italian Jewish Women's Assoc.) and the Women's International Zionist Organization.

The Sequel: Two stories in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine

Back when I was still buried under the various drafts of what I took to calling “The-Endless-Novel-From-Hell,” one of the people who helped me stay focused on the task of finishing the book was Linda Landrigan, editor of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (AHMM). Linda, whose job includes sifting through enormous piles of manuscripts, actually agreed to read an early draft of The Fifth Servant out of professional interest, but also as a personal favor. In return, I promised to deliver her a story featuring some of the characters from the novel.

Although the novel ends exactly where I want it to end, there was so much left to tell that I ended up writing two more stories, for “Burning Twilight” and “Between Minkhe and Mayrev,” which are available in the March and April 2010 issues of AHMM, respectively. They are in fact sequels, taking place about a month after the action of the novel, and one of them ("Burning "Twilight) has been been reprinted as “bonus materials” in the trade paperback edition of The Fifth Servant.

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Q & A Blog Entries

E.J. Wagner, Edgar Award-winning author of The Science of Sherlock Holmes

Enzo "BodyCold", an Italian blogger (the interview is in Italian...)

Michele Lang, who writes Jewish paranormal thrillers.

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Podcast News

Download two stories from iTunes or visit the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine:   
     Burning Twilight
    Between Minke and Mayrev

Appearances

Sat. February 11, 7 PM
KGB Bar
85 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003-8904

Sat. May 5 at 1 PM
"Long Island Noir" panel
Left Forum (Forum runs March 16-18)  Grant Campus,
Suffolk Community College

Wed. March 28, 7:30 PM
Moe's Bookstore
iBerkeley (on Telegraph)

Thurs. March 29, 7PM
Modern Times, in
San Francisco (on 24th Street)

Sun.  April 1, early afternoon
San Francisco  Anarchist Bookfair
County Fair Building (Golden Gate Park (9th Avenue and Lincoln Way)