Ever wonder what happened to Chino and Maria after that final scene in West Side Story? I took a stab (sorry, Tony) at telling their tale in “Doc’s at Midnight,” a new short story published in Midnight Hour: A Chilling Anthology of Crime Fiction, edited by Abby L. Vandiver and published by Crooked Lane Press. I proudly share pages with Tracy Clark, David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Abby L. Vandiver, Callie

If you enjoy photo books and short fiction, you might like New York: Give Me Your Best or Your Worst Anthology, edited by Elizabeth Crowens. The book features short stories accompanying pictures taken by Crowens. Other contributors include Reed Farrel Coleman, Charles Salzberg, Tom Straw, R.J. Koreto, Steven Van Patten, Randee Dawn, Marco Conelli, and Triss Stein. You can get the hardcover version here or the Kindle version here. As