William Ard’s Timothy Dane Series

A recent collection from Stark House Press, published in December 2022, features a couple of highly absorbing 1950s hardboiled mysteries by prolific novelist William Ard. The two adventures in this volume include Cry Scandal, from 1956, and The Root of His Evil, published in 1957 and reprinted as Deadly Beloved the following year. It also contains “Timothy Dane: A Hardboiled Combination of Toughness, Compassion, And Quiet Humor,” an essay by Nicholas Litchfield, the editor of Lowestoft Chronicle, in which he discusses the history of the Timothy Dane series.

Lowestoft Chronicle’s 2022 Pushcart Prize Nominations

This November, Lowestoft Chronicle made the following nominations for the Pushcart Prize XLVIII: Best of the Small Presses 2024 Edition. As with hundreds of other online magazines, the annual selection process, onerous printing of documents, and waiting in line at USPS has been a labor of love since our founding. A selfless ritual to honor the brilliant writers who bless our magazine with their fine work. Alas, only six can be chosen.

Nominations by Lowestoft Chronicle for the 2023 Best American Series

Lowestoft Chronicle recently nominated a number of pieces for the Best American Series, published annually by Mariner Books (an imprint of HarperCollins). Although The Best American Travel Writing series was brought to a sudden halt in 2021, other titles in the long-running anthology series still accept submissions. These are our nominations for volume 2023 of the Best American Series.