SMFS Member Publishing News: Debt Owed by Brandon Barrows and Patrick Simpson

SMFS list member Brandon Barrows’ short story, Debt Owed, was published today at Guilty Crime Story Magazine: Flash!  The story was cowritten with Patrick Simpson. You can read the flash fiction story online for free here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Outfitters and Critters by John M. Floyd

SMFS list member John M. Floyd’s short story, Outfitters and Critters, appears in the July 29th issue of Woman's World. The issue is available in grocery stores, newsstands, and at Woman’s World.

SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Weekly #151

 

SMFS list members are published in Black Cat Weekly #151. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format. The list members in the issue are:

 

Tracy Falenwolfe with “Jamming at Jollies.”

 

Teel James Glenn with “White Face/Blood Red.”

 

Veronica Leigh with “Divine Discontent.”

  

Publisher Description:

This issue, we have five mystery stories, three of which are originals—tales by Tracy Falenwolfe (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), Veronica Leigh, and Teel James Glenn—these last two names should be familiar to regular readers from previous issues. We also have a great modern tale by Jonathan Santlofer (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman) and a classic pulp crime story set in the dark world of Las Vegas casinos by Bryce Walton. Plus, of course, a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.

 

On the science fiction end, the Lancelot Biggs space opera series from Nelson Bond continues with “F-O-B Venus.” F-O-B was a more common term in early to mid 20th century. It stands for “Free on Board”—a term used in international shipping to indicate that the seller delivers the goods to a ship at a specified port, and the buyer assumes responsibility once the goods are on board and is responsible for shipping costs, insurance, and other expenses related to transporting the goods to their final destination. Rounding things out are a pair of novels: pulp action-adventure from Edmond Hamilton, then Lester del Rey’s classic tale of an atomic power plant heading toward meltdown. Great stuff.

 

Here’s the complete lineup—

 

Cover Art: Ron Miller

 

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

 

• “Jamming at Jollies,” by Tracy Falenwolfe [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
• “The Case of the Carried-off Coins,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
• “Lola,” by Jonathan Santlofer [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
• “Divine Discontent,” by Veronica Leigh [short story]
• “White Face, Blood Red,” by Teel James Glenn [short story]
• “Murderers Three,” by Bryce Walton [short story]

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

 

• “F-O-B Venus,” by Nelson S. Bond [short story, Lancelot Biggs series]
• Outside the Universe, by Edmond Hamilton [novel]
• Nerves, by Lester del Rey [novel]

SMFS Member 2024 Scribe Award Nominee: Terrie Moran

SMFS list member Terrie Moran reports that her novel, Murder, She Wrote: Fit for Murder was nominated for the 2024 Scribe Award in the “Original Novel—General” category by The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. The full list of The 2024 Scribe Award Nominees is on their website.

SMFS Member Publishing News: How Low Can You Go? by Sally Milliken

SMFS list member Sally Milliken reports that her short story, How Low Can You Go?, was published at Punk Noir Magazine. You can read the piece for free online here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: The Heart that Fed by Bev Vincent

SMFS list member Bev Vincent’s short story, The Heart that Fed, is published in the recently released anthology, About That Snowy Evening...: Stories Inspired by Classic Poems, from Emily Dickinson to Walt Whitman & More. Independently Published, the read is available at Amazon.

 

Amazon Description:

Poetry has inspired writers, artists, songwriters, and other artists for eons. About That Snowy Evening... offers 16 classic poems, and more than 20 short stories inspired by these poems, written by some of the most widely-published and highly-regarded writers working today.

A true hybrid, About That Snowy Evening... provides entertainment, insight, and an education in how the compression of language that bespeaks poetry can provide inspiration and spur the creative impulse.

Each story is different: they range from humanistic dramas, to ghost stories, crime thrillers, war stories, and childhood reminiscences.

Readers who are not familiar with poetry will be delighted at the classics offered, and the inspired stories will stimulate new understanding of literature and the power of the written word — in both poetic and prose formats.

SMFS Member Winner for the 2024 Public Safety Writers Association Awards: Frank Zafiro

SMFS list member Frank Zafiro reports that he won the below recognition at the Public Safety Writers Association conference held earlier this month.

 

Best Book Cover for Hope Dies Last (designed by Eric Beetner)

Mystery/Suspense (1st Place) for Hope Dies Last

Thriller (2nd Place - Tie) for Some Kind of Hell

Poetry (2nd Place) for When Something Slips (written as Frank Scalise... though I should have went with Zafiro, as it is a crime fiction poem...)

Short Story - Unpublished (Honorable Mention) for "The Second Degree" (written as Frank Saverio... it is science fiction/crime fiction)

Police Procedural (Honorable Mention) for All the Forgotten Yesterdays (River City #14)