Ang Pompano's guest appearances

Ang Pompano

Dark and Stormy Book Club

Mysteryrat’s Maze Podcast

Ellery Adams

Donis Casey

Dennis Palumbo

Lorie Lewis Ham

Connie Berry

Lori Rader-Day

L.v. Nield

Amy Stewart

Louisiana Longshot DeLeon

Bess Carnan

Jon Land

Lee Goldberg

Jason Pinter

Anthony Horowitz

Susan Elia MacNeal

OwlTail

This episode features the mystery short story The Bucket List By Ang Pompano. It is read by local actor Teya Juarez. The Bucket List was first published in Best New England Crime Stories: Red Dawn, Level Best Books (2015) and later in Kings River Life. You can learn more about the author on his website. In each episode, we share with you mystery short stories and mystery novel first chapters read by actors from the San Joaquin Valley. If you enjoyed this episode please review or rate it as that helps more people be able to find us! Also, consider subscribing so you never miss an episode-both to this podcast, and to the podcast newsletter. You can find more mystery fun on our websites Kings River Life Magazine and KRL News and Reviews. We now also have a Patreon where you can help support the podcast and the magazine and get special perks! We also have a new Redbubble store if you would like to purchase Mysteryrat's Maze Merchandise!

This episode features the mystery short story The Bucket List By Ang Pompano. It is read by local actor Teya Juarez. The Bucket List was first published in Best New England Crime Stories: Red Dawn, Level Best Books (2015) and later in Kings River Life. You can learn more about the author on his <a href="https://angp105.wixsite.com/aj-pompano" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>. In each episode, we share with you mystery short stories and mystery novel first chapters read by actors from the San Joaquin Valley. If you enjoyed this episode please review or rate it as that helps more people be able to find us! Also, consider subscribing so you never miss an episode-both to this podcast, and to the podcast newsletter. You can find more mystery fun on our websites <a href="http://KingsRiverLife.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kings River Life Magazine</a> and <a href="https://www.krlnews.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KRL News and Reviews</a>. We now also have a <a href="https://www.patreon.com/kingsriverlife" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a> where you can help support the podcast and the magazine and get special perks! We also have a new <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/68568842" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Redbubble</a> store if you would like to purchase Mysteryrat's Maze Merchandise!

The Bucket List by Ang Pompano

Shawn Reilly

Ang Pompano CAS ’95 has been writing mystery for more than 20 years. When It’s Time for Leaving, his debut novel, was launched at the Wesleyan R.J. Julia Bookstore in October. It was nominated for a Best First Novel Agatha Award.WHEN IT'S TIME FOR LEAVING Agatha Nomination for Best 1st Novel. Al DeSantis is ready to get out of Connecticut. Suffering a recent breakup and a gnarly car crash which invokes in him a phobia of bridges, Al sets his sights on Los Angeles, only to have his plans foiled by his estranged father, Big Al, who is passing on the Blue Palmetto Detective Agency in Savannah, Ga., to his son. Begrudgingly, Al finds himself in the South and wrapped up in investigating a dead body found on the agency dock—a murder case that quickly becomes anything but straightforward.Shawn Reilly Simmons is the author of The Red Carpet Catering Mysteries featuring Penelope Sutherland, an on-set movie caterer, and of several short stories appearing in various anthologies including "Burnt Orange" in Passport to Murder: the 2017 Bouchercon Anthology (Down &amp; Out Books), and "The Prodigy" in Mystery Tour, the Crime Writers' Association Anthology (Orenda Books). "The Last Word" which appears in Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Edible, was nominated for a 2019 Agatha Award for Best Short Story. Shawn was born in Indiana, grew up in Florida, and began her professional career in New York City as a sales executive after graduating from the University of Maryland with a BA in English. Since then Shawn has worked as a book store manager, fiction editor, convention organizer, wine rep, and movie set caterer. She serves on the Board of Malice Domestic, and is an editor at Level Best Books. Shawn is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, the International Thriller Writers, and the Crime Writers' Association in the U.K. Cooking behind the scenes on movie sets perfectly combined two of her great loves, movies and food, and provides the inspiration for the Red Carpet Catering series.

Ang Pompano CAS ’95 has been writing mystery for more than 20 years. When It’s Time for Leaving, his debut novel, was launched at the Wesleyan R.J. Julia Bookstore in October. It was nominated for a Best First Novel Agatha Award. WHEN IT'S TIME FOR LEAVING Agatha Nomination for Best 1st Novel. Al DeSantis is ready to get out of Connecticut. Suffering a recent breakup and a gnarly car crash which invokes in him a phobia of bridges, Al sets his sights on Los Angeles, only to have his plans foiled by his estranged father, Big Al, who is passing on the Blue Palmetto Detective Agency in Savannah, Ga., to his son. Begrudgingly, Al finds himself in the South and wrapped up in investigating a dead body found on the agency dock—a murder case that quickly becomes anything but straightforward. Shawn Reilly Simmons is the author of The Red Carpet Catering Mysteries featuring Penelope Sutherland, an on-set movie caterer, and of several short stories appearing in various anthologies including "Burnt Orange" in Passport to Murder: the 2017 Bouchercon Anthology (Down &amp; Out Books), and "The Prodigy" in Mystery Tour, the Crime Writers' Association Anthology (Orenda Books). "The Last Word" which appears in Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Edible, was nominated for a 2019 Agatha Award for Best Short Story. Shawn was born in Indiana, grew up in Florida, and began her professional career in New York City as a sales executive after graduating from the University of Maryland with a BA in English. Since then Shawn has worked as a book store manager, fiction editor, convention organizer, wine rep, and movie set caterer. She serves on the Board of Malice Domestic, and is an editor at Level Best Books. Shawn is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, the International Thriller Writers, and the Crime Writers' Association in the U.K. Cooking behind the scenes on movie sets perfectly combined two of her great loves, movies and food, and provides the inspiration for the Red Carpet Catering series.

Ang Pompano & Shawn Reilly Simmons interviews Agatha Nominees