The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog
From the group keeping mystery & crime stories in the public eye since 1996
Monday, December 9, 2019
SleuthSayers: The Book Review Jungle by Steve Liskow
SleuthSayers: The Book Review Jungle: by Steve Liskow Years ago, publishers sent out about 6000 advanced reading copies (ARC) two or three months before a book's release. T...
Sunday, December 8, 2019
A Short Walk Down A Dark Street: Issue 82
As posted by SMFS list member Peter DiChellis:
This week’s blog cheers
short mystery and crime fiction with links to a concoction of crime-infested
reviews, releases, free reads, and more.
Includes the entire past
library of stories from crime ‘zine All Due Respect—58 of ‘em, free
to read. (And ADR has now reopened for ‘zine submissions and
suggests reading past stories as examples of what they want.)
Plus: How stuff
works—Standard police interrogation technique, step-by-step.
A short walk down a dark
street (#82).
Celebrating short mystery and crime fiction.
Best wishes,
Peter
SMFS Members Published in Crime Travel
Several SMFS members are published in the anthology, Crime
Travel. Edited by SMFS member Barb Goffman, the read was published today in
honor of “Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day.”
The new anthology is available at the publisher, Wildside Press, and other vendors
including Amazon.
The SMFS members published in the anthology are:
Melissa H. Blaine with “Living on Borrowed Time.
James Blakey with “The Case of the Missing Physicist.”
Michael Bracken with “Love, or Something Like It.”
John Floyd with “Ignition.”
Barb Goffman with “Alex’s Choice.”
Heidi Hunter with “No Honor Among Thieves.”
Adam Meyer with “The Fourteenth Floor.”
Barbara Monajem with “The Last Page.”
Korina Moss with “On The Boardwalk.”
Art Taylor with “Hard Return.”
Cathy Wiley with “And Then There Were Paradoxes.”
Synopsis:
CRIME TRAVEL features
time-travel mysteries by a terrific lineup of authors. Included are:
James Blakey
Melissa H. Blaine
Michael Bracken
Anna Castle
Brendan DuBois
David Dean
John M. Floyd
Barb Goffman
Heidi Hunter
Eleanor Cawood Jones
Adam Meyer
Barbara Monajem
Korina Moss
Art Taylor
Cathy Wiley
James Blakey
Melissa H. Blaine
Michael Bracken
Anna Castle
Brendan DuBois
David Dean
John M. Floyd
Barb Goffman
Heidi Hunter
Eleanor Cawood Jones
Adam Meyer
Barbara Monajem
Korina Moss
Art Taylor
Cathy Wiley
Saturday, December 7, 2019
SleuthSayers: More Experiments by John M. Floyd
SleuthSayers: More Experiments: In last week's column I talked a bit about experimental writing, and gave as an example one of my recent stories, which was told in ...
SMFS Members Published in Heart’s Kiss: No. 18 December 2019 - January 2020
Two SMFS members are published in the
recently released, Heart’s Kiss: No. 18 December 2019 - January 2020. Published by
Heart’s Nest Press, the read is currently available from the publisher as well as in digital format at
Amazon. Our two SMFS members with short stories in this issue are:
David H.
Hendrickson with “The Girl in the Glitter.”
Tonya D.
Price with “Christmas Love For Three.”
Both
stories by these members are also currently available to read for free at the website along with some of the other content
of the issue.
Amazon
Synopsis:
A Magazine Celebrating Romance:
Love romance? Love discovering the best new writers with bite-sized stories? Or maybe you prefer to treat yourself by escaping into a sure-to-please favorite author’s world now and again, but don’t have the time to read a full-length novel. Heart’s Kiss magazine offers delicious variety and more.
Each issue has at least 60,000 plus words of fiction from names readers will recognize, to newly discovered writers, including interviews and articles talking about what romance readers love most—the books they love, why romance is important in today’s world, their love of the genre and what to enjoy next.
Heart’s Kiss is filled with a sweet-spicy-erotic mix of historical, contemporary, paranormal, suspense and futuristic romance stories that will be sure to make you yearn for more.
IN THIS ISSUE:
OPENING EDITORIAL by Lezli Robyn
HEART’S KISS INTERVIEWS ANNA J. STEWART by Lezli Robyn
ONE NIGHT IN LONDON (serialization) by Kayla Perrin
CHRISTMAS LOVE FOR THREE by Tonya D. Price
THE GIRL IN THE GLITER by D. H. Hendrickson
JOCKED BLOCKED by Alice Faris
DEVOTION (serialization) by Gracie Wilson
RECOMMENDED BOOKS by C.S. DeAvilla
CLOSING EDITORIAL by Lezli Robyn
Love romance? Love discovering the best new writers with bite-sized stories? Or maybe you prefer to treat yourself by escaping into a sure-to-please favorite author’s world now and again, but don’t have the time to read a full-length novel. Heart’s Kiss magazine offers delicious variety and more.
Each issue has at least 60,000 plus words of fiction from names readers will recognize, to newly discovered writers, including interviews and articles talking about what romance readers love most—the books they love, why romance is important in today’s world, their love of the genre and what to enjoy next.
Heart’s Kiss is filled with a sweet-spicy-erotic mix of historical, contemporary, paranormal, suspense and futuristic romance stories that will be sure to make you yearn for more.
IN THIS ISSUE:
OPENING EDITORIAL by Lezli Robyn
HEART’S KISS INTERVIEWS ANNA J. STEWART by Lezli Robyn
ONE NIGHT IN LONDON (serialization) by Kayla Perrin
CHRISTMAS LOVE FOR THREE by Tonya D. Price
THE GIRL IN THE GLITER by D. H. Hendrickson
JOCKED BLOCKED by Alice Faris
DEVOTION (serialization) by Gracie Wilson
RECOMMENDED BOOKS by C.S. DeAvilla
CLOSING EDITORIAL by Lezli Robyn
SMFS Short Story Saturdays: Joan Leotta
Each Saturday, we feature a SMFS list member whose work can
be read online for free. These short stories are at least a year old.
For
SMFS Short Story Saturdays today, list member Joan Leotta shares the October
2017 short story, “Fish Out of Water” archived
at Lawyerist.
If you would like
to be included and are a member of the SMFS list at groups.io, email the link
to your story to KevinRTipple at Verizon dot net. If you are not a member, this
would be a good time to check us out at https://groups.io/g/shortmystery
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Denim and Diamonds aka Bouchercon 2019 by Sandra Murphy
Denim and Diamonds aka Bouchercon 2019: by Sandra Murphy On October 31 I flew to Dallas for the 50th anniversary of Bouchercon, the country’s largest mystery conference for readers, writers, editors, and publishers. Four days of panels, meet-ups in the halls and lobby, and late nights left me feeling exhausted but exhilarated. Each hour brought a wide selection of panels, often …
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