Bothering With the Details: A Copyediting Cozy Mystery Short Story

By Dayle A. Dermatis

Longtime copyeditor Lydia Menchin prides herself in having memorized The Chicago Manual of Style and being able to focus despite distractions. But the tech company she works for still fires her, assuming her age made her unable to understand electronic newsletters.

 

Lydia still reads the newsletter and finds the mistakes the new, clearly inferior editor misses.

 

Until she starts to suspect the errors might just be intentional….

 

"Bothering With the Details" originally appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, 2018.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Soul's Road Press
• Release date: May 20, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201717148

Dayle A. Dermatis

Dayle A. Dermatis is the author or coauthor of many novels (including snarky urban fantasies Ghosted and the forthcoming Shaded and Spectered) and more than a hundred short stories in multiple genres, appearing in such venues as Fiction River, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and DAW Books.Called the mastermind behind the Uncollected Anthology project, she also guest edits anthologies for Fiction River, and her own short fiction has been lauded in many year's best anthologies in erotica, mystery, and horror.She lives in a book- and cat-filled historic English-style cottage in the wild greenscapes of the Pacific Northwest. In her spare time she follows Styx around the country and travels the world, which inspires her writing.To find out where she’s wandered off to (and to get free fiction!), check out DayleDermatis.com and sign up for her newsletter or support her on Patreon.* * *I value honest feedback, and would love to hear your opinion in a review, if you’re so inclined, on your favorite book retailer’s site.* * *For more information:www.dayledermatis.com

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Bothering With the Details

Bothering With the Details

A Copyediting Cozy Mystery Short Story

Dayle A. Dermatis

Soul’s Road Press

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Longtime copyeditor Lydia Menchin prides herself in having memorized The Chicago Manual of Style and being able to focus despite distractions. But the tech company she works for still fires her, assuming her age made her unable to understand electronic newsletters.

Lydia still reads the newsletter and finds the mistakes the new, clearly inferior editor misses.

Until she starts to suspect the errors might just be intentional….

Bothering With the Details originally appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, 2018, and was reprinted in Voices Carry and Other Stories of Women and Crime, 2020.

Bothering With the Details

Lydia Menchin finished her crossword puzzle in record time, which would have been a success except she’d been trying to stretch the time out. Now her surroundings flowed back into her consciousness: the slightly bitter scent of coffee, the