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Reading: Every Single Funeral

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Reading: Suzy Makes Cupcakes

Local NPR affiliate, KUOW, recorded the January 2019 edition of Seattle’s Noir at the Bar. 

Listen to excerpted portion of the evening featuring just Bethany reading Suzy Makes Cupcakes:

https://bethanymaines.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sun-Oct-31-2021.mp3

Or listen to entire Noir at the Bar evening: KUOW – Speakers Forum – Noir at the Bar

Suzy Makes Cupcakes – The Film

With a script by Bethany Maines, directed by Jayson Therrien, starring Allison Lynch, this short is currently showing at festivals.  Based on the short story published in Shotgun Honey: Recoil, this short film tells the story of mobster Johnny Stills, who is surprised to discover that his previously compliant wife Suzy has decided that she’s taken all she’s going to from Johnny but she will be taking the mob’s money and skipping town with a well-conceived plan that leaves Johnny at first enraged, and then chilled to the bone.

Learn more about Suzy Makes Cupcakes on: IMDB

Winner:

Next Generation Indie Film Festival –

  • Best Comedy Short
  • Best Production Design
  • Best Editing

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UPCOMING RELEASES & APPEARANCES

2026

  • March 3 – Heart’s Curse (from Varus Publishing)
  • March 22 – Vashon Island Library, Mystery & Crime Panel Discussion
  • June – Forged in Flame (from Varus Publishing)
  • September – Curselocked (from Varus Publishing)
  • December – Swamp of Shadows (from Varus Publishing)

 

2025

  • March 24- Elevator Ride
  • June 18 – Anthology: Midnight Schemers & Daydream Believers – Front Desk Staff
  • June 23– Between Floors
  • September 22- Emergency Exit
  • October 1 – Anthology: 12 Knights of Christmas – Carol of the Bells
  • October 25 – Anthology: The Pumpkin Spice Romance
  • November 4 – Anthology: Cooking Up Death – Love, Lefse, & Murder

AWARDS

  • PNWA Literary Contest 2025
    The Black Crown – 2nd Place
    Paint for the Wild – FINALIST
  • Author Script Awards 2024
    Mayhem & Mahalo – WINNER, Best Short Screenplay
  • Florida Script Awards 2024
    Mayhem & Mahalo – 2nd PLACE, Best Short Screenplay
  • Book Excellence Award 2023
    Winter Wonderland – FINALIST, Holiday
  • Golden Giraffe International Film Festival 2022
    Shark’s Instinct – OFFICIAL SELECTION, Best Adapted Screenplay
  • Hollywood Script Awards 2022
    Vampire Heist – WINNER, TV Pilot
  • Portland Comedy Film Festival 2021
    Blue Christmas – FINALIST, Rom-Com
  • World’s Fastest Screenplay 2021
    Shark’s Instinct – FINALIST, TV pilot
  • Filmatic Short Contest 2021
    Lock & Key – SEMIFINALIST
  • Maincrest Media Award 2021
    The Second Shot Audio – WINNER
  • Maincrest Media Award 2021
    Blue Christmas – WINNER
  • Book Excellence Award 2021
    Blue Christmas – FINALIST, holiday
  • PNWA Literary Contest 2020
    Luckless Love – FINALIST, Screenplay
  • WriteMovies Romance & Comedy Award
    Blue Christmas  – FINALIST, 2020
  • PNWA Literary Contest 2019
    The Second Shot – FINALIST, Romance
  • Romance Film & Screenplay Festival
    Blue Christmas  – WINNER, July 2019
  • Book Excellence Award 2019
    The Seventh Swan – FINALIST, Adventure

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