SMFS Member Publishing News: Edie by Merrilee Robson

SMFS list member Merrilee Robson reported that her short story, Edie, appears in Black Cat Weekly #158. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format.

 

Publisher Description:

This time, we have an original mystery from Jack Roney (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and modern mysteries from Merrilee Robson (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman) and James Holding. Our mystery novel is from Golden Age author John Esteven. And, of course, Hal Charles returns with another solve-it-yourself puzzler.

   On the science fiction and fantasy side, we have a terrific tale from Anna Tambour, plus classics by Nelson S. Bond, Edmond Hamilton, Roger Dee, and Frank Belknap Long. Good stuff.

   Here’s the complete lineup—

 

Cover Art: Ron Miller

 

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

• “The Tom Baker Mystery,” by Jack Roney [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
• “The Golden Girl Is Gone,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
• “Edie,” by Merrilee Robson [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
• “Test Run,” by James Holding [short story]
• The Door of Death, by John Esteven [novel]

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

• “The Syncopation Streak,” by Anna Tambour [short story]
• “The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs,” by Nelson S. Bond [short story, Lancelot Biggs series]
• “The Space Visitors,” by Edmond Hamilton [short story]
• “The Man Who Found Out,” by Roger Dee [short story]
• “Two Way Destiny,” by Frank Belknap Long [short story]

SMFS Member Publishing News: Study Guide for Murder: A Master Class Mystery by Lori Robbins

SMFS list member Lori Robbins reports that her new book, Study Guide for Murder: A Master Class Mystery, was published early last week. Released by Level Best Books, the book is available at Amazon and other vendors.

 

Amazon Description:

Murder has no place in Liz Hopewell's perfect suburban life. She left her complicated past behind when she moved from Brooklyn to New Jersey, and she's determined to forget the violence that shadowed her early years. As an English teacher, wife, and mother, Liz now confines her fascination with existential dread to classroom discussions about Frankenstein and Hamlet. But violence follows her from the mean streets of her childhood home to the manicured lawns of suburbia when Elliot Tumbleson's head has an unfortunate and deadly encounter with a golf club. Her golf club.

A second murder, a case of mistaken identity, and a rollicking trip back to her childhood home all point to one prime suspect in each crime. Liz embarks upon a double investigation of homicides past and present, using her gift for literary theory to unearth clues that she finds as compelling as forensic evidence. But the killers, like her students, don't always read to the end.

2024 Anthony Award Winners: Ticket to Ride by Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgorski

As announced at Bouchercon: Nashville, SMFS list members Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgorski won the 2024 Anthony Award in the Best Short Story category for their short story, "Ticket to Ride." The winning tale was published in the anthology, Happiness Is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of The Beatles. (Editor Josh Pachter, Down & Out Books, October 2023). 

 

This story also won an Agatha Award earlier this year.

 

SMFS Member Publishing News: The Lucky One by Susan Alice Bickford

SMFS list member Susan Alice Bickford reports that her short story, The Lucky One, is published at The Saturday Evening Post. You can read the piece for free online here.

SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #15

Several SMFS list members have been published in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #15. Published by Wildside Press, the read is edited by SMFS list member Michael Bracken. The new issue is currently available in print at Amazon. The SMFS list members published in this issue are:

 

Editor Michael Bracken with the editorial, “From the Cat's Perch.”

 

Marcelle Dubé with “Getting Back into Heaven.”

 

Elizabeth Elwood with “The Child.”

 

John M. Floyd with “A Cold Day in Helena.”

 

Tara Laskowski and Art Taylor with “After Their Convictions, Six Murderers Reflect on How Killing Mr. Boddy Changed Their Lives.”

 

Josh Pachter translated Gert-Jan van den Bemd’s sort story, “Promises to Keep.”

 

Amazon Description:

This issue of Black Cat Mystery Magazine features a fresh array of gripping short crime and mystery stories. From heart-pounding tales of suspense to more subtle explorations of crime, each story showcases unique voices in the genre. Included are: ARMADILLO BY MORNING, by Stacy Woodson AFTER THEIR CONVICTIONS, SIX MURDERERS REFLECT ON HOW KILLING MR. BODDY CHANGED THEIR LIVES, by Tara Laskowski and Art Taylor PROMISES TO KEEP, by Gert-Jan Van Den Bemd A COLD DAY IN HELENA, by John M. Floyd HUMAN WASTE, by Davin Ireland HIVA-OA, by J.W. Wood MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY, by R.T. Lawton LUXURY GOODS, by R.M. Lowery THE CHILD, by Elizabeth Elwood GETTING BACK INTO HEAVEN, by Marcelle Dubé AN IMP IN SPY’S CLOTHING, by Robert Jeschonek LET'S SETTLE THIS, by Jack Ritchie

SMFS Member Publishing News: No Job For An Old Man by Bern Sy Moss

SMFS list member Bern Sy Moss reports that her short story, No Job For An Old Man, was recently published at The Yard: Crime Blog. You can read it online for free here.

SMFS Members Published in Midsummer Mysteries Short Stories: From the Crime Writers Association (Beyond and Within)

 

SMFS members have short stories in the recently published anthology, Midsummer Mysteries Short Stories: From the Crime Writers Association (Beyond and Within). Published by Flame Tree Collections, the book is available from the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors. The SMFS list members that reported their short stories in the book are:

 

G.M. Malliet with “Fear of Missing Out.”

 

William Burton McCormick with “City Without Shadow.”

 

Art Taylor with “The Gained Ground.”

 

Publisher Description:

From the Crime Writers' Association, a beautiful new book of short stories, designed as a perfect gift for the reader of crime and mystery, and a lifetime of reading pleasure.

Editor Martin Edwards has commissioned an entertaining range of stories from the membership of the world's most celebrated group of crime and mystery writers, the Crime Writers' Association (CWA). Founded over 70 years ago by John Creasey, the Crime Writers’ Association supports, promotes and celebrates this most durable, adaptable and successful of genres, while supporting writers of every kind of crime fiction and non-fiction. In this new collection, enjoy 19 original, thrilling mysteries packed full of enthralling characters, drama and intrigue, by the following authors: SJ Bennett, J.C. Bernthal, Chris Curran, Judith Cutler, Luke Deckard, Victoria Dowd, Martin Edwards, Kate Ellis, Helen Fields, Paula Lennon, G.M. Malliet, William Burton McCormick, Tom Mead, Christine Poulson, Jacquie Rogers, Meeti Shroff-Shah, Chris Simms, Art Taylor and L.C. Tyler.

The Flame Tree Beyond and Within short story collections bring together tales of myth and imagination by modern and contemporary writers, carefully selected by anthologists, and sometimes featuring short stories from a single author. Overall the series presents a wide range of diverse and inclusive voices, often with myth-inflected short fiction, and an emphasis on the supernatural, science fiction, the mysterious and the speculative. The books themselves are gorgeous with foiled covers, printed edges and published only in hardcover editions, offering a lifetime of reading pleasure.