Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance has just announced the finalists for the 2014 Maine Literary Awards, and I'm delighted to report that Massacre Pond is a nominee in the crime fiction category (along with Al Lamanda's Sunrise and Barbara Ross's Clammed Up), The awards have grown in prestige from year to year — the list of finalists itself is impressive — and I am honored to be included. The winners will be announced on May 29.