One of my favorite songs. One of my favorite artists. After living for years in New York without getting mugged, he was finally mugged while visiting Africa, damaging his vocal chords and making him fear his career was over. A suicide at 35...another one too soon gone.
Patricia Abbott is the author of more than 125 stories that have appeared online, in print journals and in various anthologies. She is the author of two print novels CONCRETE ANGEL (2015) and SHOT IN DETROIT (2016)(Polis Books). CONCRETE ANGEL was nominated for an Anthony and Macavity Award in 2016. SHOT IN DETROIT was nominated for an Edgar Award and an Anthony Award in 2017. A collection of her stories I BRING SORROW AND OTHER STORIES OF TRANSGRESSION will appear in 2018.
She also authored two ebooks, MONKEY JUSTICE and HOME INVASION and co-edited DISCOUNT NOIR. She won a Derringer award for her story "My Hero." She lives outside Detroit.
Patricia (Patti) Abbott
SHOT IN DETROIT
Edgar Nominee 2017, Anthony nominee 2017
CONCRETE ANGEL
Polis Books, 2015-nominated for the Anthony and Macavity Awards
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One of my favorite songs. One of my favorite artists. After living for years in New York without getting mugged, he was finally mugged while visiting Africa, damaging his vocal chords and making him fear his career was over. A suicide at 35...another one too soon gone.
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