Tim Chapman
Tim Chapman
Tim Chapman is a former forensic scientist for the Chicago police department who currently teaches writing and tai chi chuan. He holds a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from Northwestern University. His first novel, Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold, (re-released as A Trace of Gold) was a finalist in Shelf Unbound’s 2013 Best Indie Book competition. In his spare time he paints pretty pictures and makes an annoying noise with his saxophone that he claims is music.
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A Trace of Gold
Forensic scientist Sean McKinney hunts a serial killer who is targeting senior citizens associated with the 1930s era Barker-Karpis gang. But, getting justice for a wrongfully accused man means bucking the system and putting his life on the line. Will the trail of corpses left by the real killer include...
Kiddieland and other misfortunes
In his first short story collection, Tim Chapman explores behaviors that are at once familiar and bizarre, while introducing us to an odd assemblage of characters. A reformed hit man has to kill to save the love of his life. An advertising executive deserts her family to find happiness as...
Litbop: Art and Literature in the Groove (Vol. 1, No. 1)
Litbop is a literary journal containing short fiction, short-short fiction, poetry, art, photography, and cartoons. This first issue contains work by Carma Lynn Park, Catherine Jacobi, Christine Sneed, Crystal S. Rudds, D. Kosiba, Jennifer Worrell, Katherine Ace, L.C. Fiore, Lani T. Montreal, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Molia Dumbleton, Rachel L. Robbins,...
Litbop: Art and Literature in the Groove (Volume One ° Number Three)
Litbop is an annual literary journal containing short fiction, poetry, art, and photography.
Litbop is a literary journal containing short fiction, poetry, art, and photography. This issue contains work by Amy Aracena, Anna Maeve, Bruce Parker, Carma Lynn Park , Claudia Tong, Cristina Vanko, David Heo, Douglas Colston, DS Maolalai,...
Litbop: Art and Literature in the Groove (Volume One Number Two) 
The Blue Silence: Murder New Orleans Style
In "The Blue Silence," forensic scientist Sean McKinney faces one of his toughest challenges yet when he's called upon to help find his daughter's missing college roommate. Struggling to adjust to being an empty nester, McKinney travels to New Orleans to investigate, but when his own daughter is kidnapped, he'll...
Provoked
Anything can happen when people are provoked, and nobody knows this better than the authors in the Blackbird Writers group. Ten suspense and mystery novel writers bring characters or settings from their novels to life in these captivating stories. Whether you love mysteries with baked goods or with...