The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell
**WINNER** 2021 Derringer Award for Best Short Story: Stacy Woodson for "River" **NOMINATED** 2021 Anthony Award for Best Anthology **NOMINATED** 2021 International Thriller Awards for Best Short Story: Elaine Viets for "Dog Eat Dog" **NOMINATED** 2021 Macavity Award for Best Short Story: Elaine Viets for "Dog Eat Dog" 1/3 of the author royalties will be donated to the Brain Aneurysm Foundation in Joni Mitchell's name. With nine Grammys¸ multiple lifetime achievement awards¸ inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame¸ and a Top Ten ranking on Rolling Stone 's "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time¸" Joni Mitchell has established herself as one of the most important singer/songwriters¸ not only of her generation¸ but in the history of popular music. In this collection¸ 28 crime writers pay tribute to Joni's musical legacy with short stories inspired by her lyrics¸ representing each of her seventeen studio albums from 1968's Song to a Seagull to 2007's Shine. Many of the classics are represented here¸ including "Both Sides¸ Now" (in the first literary collaboration between Art Taylor and Tara Laskowski¸ who have each won major awards for their fiction)¸ "Big Yellow Taxi" (by Kathryn O'Sullivan¸ author of the Colleen McCabe series)¸ and "River" (by Stacy Woodson¸ winner of the 2019 Readers Choice Award from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine )¸ plus such equally fascinating titles as "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" (by Donna Andrews¸ author of the award-winning Meg Lanslow series)¸ "The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines" (by Amber Sparks)¸ and "Ray's Dad's Cadillac" (by Michael Bracken). This title is available in EPUB and PDF formats.