Tom Milani
Tom Milani’s short fiction has appeared online in Black Cat Weekly, Urban Pigs Press, and Mr. Bull, as well as in several anthologies, including Janie’s Got a Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Aerosmith, In Too Deep: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Genesis, and Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun: Private Eyes in the Materialistic Eighties. His novella Barracuda Backfire, a Derringer Award finalist, was published as part of Micharl Bracken’s Chop Shop series. “Barstow,” originally published in Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir,Volume 5, was given an honorable mention in The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025. “Mill Mountain” was selected for The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2026. Milani 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. He lives in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife, glass sculptor Alison Sigethy.