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We've got a chorus line full of Snoopy Dances going here, folks. Sandra Ruttan has just announced the finalists for the second annual Spinetingler Awards and Wow! Just Wow!

Spinetingler Awards: Best Short Story On The Web NomineesMarch 23rd, 2009 by Sandra_Ruttan Filed under Book, Mystery, News.

The full list of nominees for the second annual Spinetingler Awards will be announced in a matter of days. The Spinetingler nominees have been selected by an editorial panel; the winners will be determined by public vote through an online voting system that will allow readers to have their say in each of the ten categories.

In anticipation of the pending announcement, we’ve decided to announce the nominees in the short story category early to allow readers the opportunity to check out some of the short fiction that we felt stood out this year. The nominees are:

· Cold Rifts by Sandra Seamans (Originally published at Crooked) - http://www.podiumfinishes.com/Crooked1.pdf

· Fruits by Steve Mosby (Originally published ay Spinetingler) - http://www.spinetinglermag.com/library/s08/fruits.html

· Hard Bite by by Anonymous-9 (Originally published at Beat to a Pulp) - http://www.beattoapulp.com/stor/2008/1221_a9_HardBite.cfm

· Lenny and Earl Go Shooting Off Their Mouths by Ray Morrison (originally published at Word Riot) - http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1532

· Random Acts of Fatherhood by Robert Pesa (Originally published at Darkest Before the Dawn) - http://darknessbefore.blogspot.com/2008/11/randon-acts-of-fatherhood-robert-peza.html

· Red Hair and Black Leather by Jordan Harper (Originally published at Thuglit) - http://www.thuglit.com/zine/thug20/text/Redhair.pdf

· She Watches Him Swim by Claude Lalumière (Originally published at Back Alley) - http://www.backalleywebzine.com/she%20watches%20him%20swim_lalumiere.htm

· Sisters Under the Skin by Naomi Johnson (Originally published at A Twist of Noir)http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2008/12/twist-of-noir-026-naomi-johnson.html

· They Take You by Kyle Minor (Originally published at Plots With Guns) - http://www.plotswithguns.com/3Minor.htm

· Wishing on Whores by John Weagly (Originally published at Thieves Jargon) - http://thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1251

Head on out and start reading guys. I've read most of these stories and they're great. Huge Snoopy Dances going out to Anonymous-9 and David and Elaine at Beat to a Pulp, and Christopher Grant's A Twist of Noir, all good friends of The Corner. And an especially big Thank You to Geoff Eighinger for accepting my story "Cold Rifts" for his zine Crooked. Kisses, Hugs, and Snoopy Dances all around!