The Electric God Won The Fall 2025 PenCraft Award for Short Stories

As my headline reads, The Electric God and the Other Shorts recently won The Fall 2025 PenCraft Award in the category of Short Stories/Anthologies! I actually forgot I had submitted for this award, as it was way back last October. This is the fourth award the short story collection has won, so it’s now tied with Danger Peak as my most celebrated book—at least critically. Also, cards on the table, I have never won this award before. According to their website, The PenCraft Awards “honor outstanding works across a variety of genres, recognizing authors who demonstrate exceptional talent and creativity.” And according to the email I received notifying me of my win, these awards “recognize books of remarkable literary quality, artistic excellence, and popularity with its readers.” Here is a link to the awards page with my book:

Please bear in mind the wrong category is currently listed under my book on the page. (It reads “Mystery – Sleuth.”) I’ve already contacted the awards organization to correct it to “Short Stories/Anthologies.” I’ve also updated the book’s homepage with the award seal.

As part of my win, I was invited to travel to Las Vegas to attend a bunch of seminars and an awards dinner where I receive a plaque and get to make a speech, along with the other winners, but I’m not flying to Vegas. I don’t even like to gamble, despite going to Atlantic City every year (to see an ‘80s show with my friends). I should say I am driving to New Jersey early next year for an awards dinner in honor of The NYC Big Book Awards, but sorry PenCraft; Vegas is a tad too far. Anyway, I’d like to thank the judges at PenCraft for having such fine taste in literature. 😊

That’s it! It was a short and sweet one this week, but next week’s blog will be slightly longer. I hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween yesterday.

MTP

P.S.: Welcome to the new people who signed up for my blog at my last book signing! Enjoy your stay, and as promised, I will never spam you.

P.P.S.: Next week’s blog: The Beta Feedback of My Next Novel Has Arrived!

P.P.P.S.: Don’t forget the Danger Peak audiobook is now available!

P.P.P.P.S.: The new edition of The Electric God and Other Shorts is available on Amazon: