A few months ago, I came across a short story collection by Cory Magee, a crime writer based in Brewer, Maine. I organized them into the collection, read through them, and thought they were pretty good, so I went with it. A Few Crime Writing EventsCrime Wave in Portland: A great many amazing crime writers will descend on the city. The New England Crime Bake: November 7-9, join 200+ crime writers for New England’s premier crime writing conference. Crime Bake is a crime-writing conference held outside Boston and co-sponsored by the New England chapters of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.