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About Tom
Tom Milani’s short fiction has appeared online in Black Cat Weekly and Urban Pigs Press, as well as in several anthologies, most recently Janie’s Got a Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Aerosmith, Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir volume 5, In Too Deep: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Aerosmith, and Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun: Private Eyes in the Materialistic Eighties. “Barracuda Backfire” was published in 2024 as Book 4 of Michael Bracken’s Chop Shop series of novellas. His first novel, Places That Are Gone, will be published in May 2025 by Unnerving. He is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, the Short Mystery Fiction Society, the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Authors Guild. Tom lives in Old Town Alexandria with his wife, glass sculptor Alison Sigethy.
Short Fiction
Out Now
Night of the Laundry Cart
“Night of the Laundry Cart” appears in Black Cat Weekly #78. The story draws some of its inspiration from Arthurian Romances by Chrétien de Troyes
A Hard Night IN Hamburg
“A Hard Night in Hamburg,” noir with a dose of rock and roll, appears in Groovy Gumshoes, an anthology of PI fiction set in the 1960s, edited by Michael Bracken. The anthology is available from Down and Out Books here.
LAWYER LIPS
“Lawyer Lips,” my story about a woman with a bike and an abusive boyfriend, was published in the BOULD (Bizarre, Outrageous, Unfettered, Limitless, Daring) anthology. It is available for purchase here,
My story “A Head Start” is about a drug deal gone bad and the hard decisions a couple face. It appears in Illicit Motions, edited and compiled by Eddie Generous and published by Unnerving Crime. The anthology is available here.
“Ballad of a Dead Man,” a short story about friendship and betrayal, appears online from Urban Pigs Press.
In my story “Jesus Is on the Main Line," two women must deal with the actions of a jealous ex and confront a character from the past, before they were born. Janie's Got a Gun is available now.
Billy Wright’s first loves were Veronica Valdez and his 1965 Plymouth Barracuda. Forty-five years after he thought he’d lost them both for good, he has a plan to win them back. All he needs to make it work is a whole lot of luck—and maybe a miracle. Barracuda Backfire is available now.
“Barstow” appears in Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir vol 5, from Down & Out Books. When Spencer is laid off from his job a year into the pandemic, he heads west, forced to stop in Barstow after his car breaks down. Hoping his hookup with a waitress will lead to something more, he is instead confronted by her jealous boyfriend, who has very different ideas about Spencer’s future with Emily.
In “A Sign of the Times,” featuring PI Steve Kahler, a case of missing campaign signs turns out to be more than simple vandalism. It will appear in Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun: Private Eyes in the Materialistic Eighties out from Down and Out Books (https://downandoutbooks.com/) on April 14.
PLAces that are gone
Coming May 13, 2025
NEW NOVELS
ON SUBMISSION
POWER LINES
Life in suburbia unravels as decades of lies and secrets give way to the unbelievable truth.
POTOMAC SOUND
Two families collide as the mortgage crisis comes to a head.
