Claire Applewhite, Cynthia Drew, Elaine Sandra Abramson, Robert McClure, and Sunny Frazier share what they have learned about writing and selling short fiction. This session covers both craft and strategy, showing how strong storytelling and smart marketing work together to help short stories find readers.
Belfast Noir: Crime Shaped by Place
Three authors explore the rise of Belfast Noir and what makes the city such a powerful setting for crime fiction. Drawing from their own novels and a Belfast-based short story collection, they discuss how history, politics, and place shape stories of murder and...




