My mystery "Blown: A Dawna Shepherd Short Story" was reprinted this month in FICTION RIVER PRESENTS: Writers Without Borders.
"Blown" is also included in the BIG BUNDLE OF SHORTS . . . STORIES available from Bundle Rabbit. https://bundlerabbit.com/b/big-bundles-shortsstories
The story originally appeared in the Kobo Special Edition
of Pulse Pounders, the January 2015 issue of FICTION RIVER themed anthology magazine.
Very pleased by these reappearances!
Friday, September 29, 2017
SMFS Member Publication News: "The Greatest Escape:Halloween Short Story" by Gail Farrelly
Houdini
(he died on Halloween in 1926) has always fascinated me, so I thought
it would be fun to write a short story about him. What
if he came back from the dead and ended up in modern-day NYC? Result?
My publication at Kings River Life Magazine, "The Greatest Escape:
Halloween Short Story."
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
SMFS Member Publication News: The Uninhabited by Michael Bracken
TOUGH: The Uninhabited, fiction by Michael Bracken: As I rounded the corner of the one-room stone cabin and stopped, Melita Blanco rose naked from the hot spring twenty feet beyond, the cold b...
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Little Big Crimes Review: Aramis and the Worm by Michael Mallory
Little Big Crimes: Aramis and the Worm, by Michael Mallory: "Aramis and the Worm," by Michael Mallory, in ALfed Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2017. My friend Michae...
Saturday, September 23, 2017
SMFS Member Publication News: Fatal Flaw by Cathi Stoler
My
story "Fatal Flaw" featuring Nick Donahue is up today at Kings River Life Magazine. It's a tale of an International gambler who helps a
beautiful woman in distress and pays the price.
The story is start of my NICK OF TIME novella, which continues Nick's escapades.
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Little Big Crimes Review: Cabin Fever by David Edgerley Gates
Little Big Crimes: Cabin Fever, by David Edgerley Gates: "Cabin Fever," by David Edgerley Gates, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2017. This is the fifth...
SMFS Lunch at Bouchercon - Oct 13th
As announced on the list on September 9th, SMFS member Madeleine Callway has organized a lunch for SMFS members attending Bouchercon in Toronto next month. Below is her message to the list. I have taken the liberty of removing her email address so as to not spread her contact details around the internet. If you are a list member, please access the list and see the message from her so that you can contact her and let her know you are coming.
Greetings from Canada!
Greetings from Canada!
The
venue for the SMFS lunch at this year's Bouchercon in Toronto is now
set. We will be meeting at Shopsy's Deli, Friday, October 13th, at 12
noon. (Appropriate!)
Shopsy's is located in the
Sheraton Hotel where the conference is taking place so travel won't be
an issue. Mike, the manager, is delighted to have us and we will have an
area in the restaurant reserved for us.
Shopsy's has typical deli food and prices are reasonable. it's a Toronto classic.
Welcome to Toronto!
Madeleine (M. H. Callway)
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Monday, September 11, 2017
SMFS Members Published in Just To Watch Them Die: Crime Fiction Inspired By The Songs Of Johnny Cash
Just To Watch Them Die: Crime Fiction Inspired By The Songs Of Johnny Cash (Gutter Books Rock Anthologies Volume 3) was released last month. It features short stories from SMFS members Sarah M. Chen and S. W. Lauden.
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Little Big Crimes Review: Sure Thing by David Rich
Little Big Crimes: Sure Thing, by David Rich: "Sure Thing," by David Rich, in New Haven Noir, edited by Amy Bloom, Akashic Press, 2017. If a leopard had strolled up the ...
Saturday, September 9, 2017
SMFS Member Publication News: John M. Floyd
I have a mystery story, "An Act of Deception,” in the current (Sep. 18) issue of Woman’s World, and another story, “High Anxiety,” in the Sep. 9 issue of Kings River Life Magazine.
Friday, September 8, 2017
SMFS Members Published in Where Crime Never Sleeps: Murder New York Style 4
Where Crime Never
Sleeps: Murder New York Style 4 is a new anthology from the
New York/Tri-State Chapter
of Sisters in Crime. Published by Level Best Books, the anthology was edited by SMFS member Elizabeth
Zelvin who also has a short story in the book titled, “ Death Will Finish Your
Marathon.”
Editor Elizabeth Zelvin reports
that the following SMFS members also have short stories in the anthology:
Joseph R.G. DeMarco, Vincenzo's Head”
Nina Mansfield, “An Actor Prepares”
Anita Page, “The Cousins”
Cathi Stoler, “Every Picture Tells A
Story”
Thursday, September 7, 2017
SMFS Members Published in EQMM: September/October 2017
Josh Pachter, Paul D. Marks, and brand new member Laura Pigott have short stories published in the September/October 2017 of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Mystery Magazine
Today the first issue of Black Cat Mystery Magazine came out courtesy of Wildside Press. This first issue features short stories from a number of SMFS members including Michael Bracken, John Floyd, Kaye George, Barb Goffman, Alan Orloff, Josh Pacter, and Art Taylor.
Make sure you check out the interview with Editor Carla Coupe that appears today on the Sleuthsayers Blog courtesy of Barb Goffman.
Make sure you check out the interview with Editor Carla Coupe that appears today on the Sleuthsayers Blog courtesy of Barb Goffman.
SMFS Members Published in Mysterical-E: Summer 2017
The latest edition of Mysterical-E is now online and features work by three SMFS members. In fiction, Bern Sy Moss has a tale titled The Perfect Patsy and J.R. Lindermuth offers Yoga Kills.
Also in this edition, Gerald So has the latest roundup of news on movies and television in his column, "Mysterical-Eye on TV and Film."
You can read the current issue here. Make sure you check out the back issues as well for more solidly good fiction.
Also in this edition, Gerald So has the latest roundup of news on movies and television in his column, "Mysterical-Eye on TV and Film."
You can read the current issue here. Make sure you check out the back issues as well for more solidly good fiction.
Monday, September 4, 2017
Sunday, September 3, 2017
Little Big Crimes Review: Crossing Harry by Chris Knopf
Little Big Crimes: Crossing Harry, by Chris Knopf: "Crossing Harry," by Chris Knopf, in New Haven Noir, edited by Amy Bloom, Akashic Press, 2017. Knopf is making his second app...
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