SMFS list member Jaqueline Seewald has an article in the
latest edition of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine. Her piece titled, “Why
Sherlock Holmes Won’t Die” appears in the just released issue 25. Available at Wildside
Press, Amazon,
and elsewhere, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine: Issue #25 came out earlier
this month in print format.
From the group keeping mystery & crime stories in the public eye since 1996
Monday, July 30, 2018
Writers Who Kill: I HEART Short Stories by Kaye George
Writers Who Kill: I HEART Short Stories by Kaye George: What’s not to like? They’re a fast read in a busy life, and they don’t take long to write. Okay, some writers find it hard to get a w...
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Little Big Crimes Review: Uncle Sam by Leye Adenle
Little Big Crimes: Uncle Sam, by Leye Adenle: "Uncle Sam," by Leye Adenle, in Lagos Noir, edited by Chris Abani, Akashic Press, 2018. This is Adenle's second appearanc...
Saturday, July 28, 2018
SMFS Member Publication News: John M. Floyd
In addition to the news that John M.
Floyd’s short story “Diversions” appears in Black
Cat Mystery Magazine: Issue Three, Mr. Floyd reports another publication in
Woman’s World
Magazine. His story, “Easy as Pie” appears in the August
6, 2018 issue currently available on newsstands and by subscription.
SMFS Member Publication News: Peter W. J. Hayes
In addition to his short story “Something
Certain” in Black
Cat Magazine: Issue Three, SMFS list member Peter W. J. Hayes also has a new
novel out by way of Level Best Books. The “police procedural mystery” titled, The
Things That Aren't There: A Vic Lenoski Mystery is
available in print and digital formats from various vendors including Amazon.
Synopsis:
Detective Vic Lenoski of
the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has just been handed the biggest case of his
career, the vicious murder of a venture capitalist known for funding high-tech
and robotics start-up companies. But Vic, haunted by personal loss and hounded
by a commander who despises him, is unraveling fast. Worse, his investigation
soon uncovers major corruption among Pittsburgh’s star robotics entrepreneurs,
that the city’s gangsters have gone straight, and Vic’s commander and
colleagues are only interested in promotions, pensions, and pats on the back.
Just as the case and his career are on the verge of collapse, Vic struggles to
make sense of his work and life while uncovering a series of deeply buried
truths, and tracking a murderer who is desperate to kill again.
SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Mystery Magazine: Issue Three
Several
SMFS list members are published in the new issue of Black Cat Mystery Magazine.
Currently, the print edition as well as the digital version is available at Wildside Press. The print version at Amazon and the digital version. The members in this issue
are:
Michael
Bracken with “Suburbia.”
John M. Floyd with “Diversions.”
Peter
W. J. Hayes with “Something Certain.”
Charles
Roland with “Whale Watch.”
SMFS Short Story Saturdays: Diana Deverell
SMFS Short Story Saturdays
was born out of the very successful International Short Story Month this year.
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 and were not previously
linked to during the May 2018 Short Story Month event.
Today for
SMFS Short Story Saturdays, Diana Deverell offers two short stories that feature
her signature character, FBI Special Agent Dawna Shepard. At the archives of The Norwegian American you can find her
three part serial, “Dirty Bop
To Blighty.” Part
One followed by Part
Two and Part
Three. Over at the archives of Kings River Life Magazine you can read “Black
Powder Boogie.”
If you would
like to be included and are a
member of the SMFS list at yahoo groups, 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 Yahoo
Groups.
Friday, July 27, 2018
SMFS Member Publishing News: Gary Phillips
Word comes today that in addition to the work of Catherine
Dilts, SMFS list member Gary Phillips also has a story in the new
anthology, Blood and Gasoline: How Octane, High-Velocity Action available
from the publisher
and Amazon in print and eBook formats. The story is
titled, “Grag’s Last Escape.”
SMFS Member Publication News: O'Neil De Noux
Following
up on his short story “The Gorilla Murders” that was published in Pulphouse
Fiction Magazine: Issue 2, SMFS list
member O’Neil De Noux has another short in the just released Pulphouse
Fiction Magazine: Issue 3. One of seventeen short stories included in
the issue available in print and eBook from Amazon and elsewhere, Mr. O’Neil De
Noux’s short story is titled “Pinning The Rap.”
SMFS Member Publishing News: Gerald So
SMFS list member Gerald So’s crime poem, “Why” appears
online at Retreats
From Oblivion: The Journal Of Noircon.
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
SMFS Member Publication News: Bob Peyto
Based in Sydney, Australia, Gypsum Sound Tales has published
their first book in the Colp anthology line. Titled, Colp:
The Passage of Time, the read contains the work of thirteen authors
includes SMFS list member Bob Peyto with his short story “Past Mistakes.” The
book is available in both print or eBook formats.
Synopsis:
Time is a difficult thing, a constant, yet one
that we can bend and manipulate as easily as rolling the clocks forward or
backwards each year for daylight savings. It ticks away each day, the minutes
and hours passing unnoticed and unrecorded until yet another sunset brings the
night. This passage, that’s the scary part - the lost opportunities, the
forgotten memories and the spectacular moments that you’re unlikely to
experience ever again.
Colp’s first collection contains thirteen stories from thirteen different authors, each of which explores in its own way the idea that time, no matter how we approach it, will continue to pass and that sometimes there may just be a little something that we can do about it.Blake’s rule has always been to do what’s right…not what’s easy.
Colp’s first collection contains thirteen stories from thirteen different authors, each of which explores in its own way the idea that time, no matter how we approach it, will continue to pass and that sometimes there may just be a little something that we can do about it.Blake’s rule has always been to do what’s right…not what’s easy.
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
SMFS Member Publishing News: J. R. Lindermuth
SMFS Member J. R. Lindermuth’s latest book is a western with a
mystery element to it. As announced on
the Sundown
Press Blog where there is also an excerpt from the new book, Blake’s Rule is
now available at Amazon in print
and eBook
formats.
Synopsis:
Blake’s rule has always been to do what’s right…not what’s easy.
Range
detective Sam Blake is after cattle rustlers—but when a beautiful woman is
accused of murdering her employer, he has to step in and see justice done.
Miriam had her reasons for the brutal killing, and though she’s not talking,
Blake understands there’s more to this crime than meets the eye.
When
the local sheriff, James Fremont, asks Blake to spirit Miriam and her two
children out of town before a lynch mob comes for her, he agrees. But Cyrus
Diebler, the influential rancher who is intent on seeing her pay for her crime,
is not about to be stopped. He will go to whatever lengths he must to see her
dead, though it means putting his own family in harm’s way.
As
Blake and Miriam stay one step ahead of the relentless Diebler and his deadly
henchmen, a relationship begins to build between them. When Blake learns the
real story behind the murder, and the dark secrets of Diebler’s motivation to
see Miriam dead, he vows he will protect her and her children at all costs—even
if it means his own life.
SleuthSayers: Just Like Starting Over by Michael Bracken
SleuthSayers: Just Like Starting Over: by Michael Bracken Beginning August 2003 and ending May 2018 I had one or more short stories published each and every month. That’s 14 yea...
Monday, July 23, 2018
Little Big Crimes Review: Made Men by Timothy O'Leary
Little Big Crimes: Made Men, by Timothy O'Leary: "Made Men," by Timothy O'Leary, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2018. Catterly never pictured himsel...
Sunday, July 22, 2018
Saturday, July 21, 2018
SMFS Short Story Saturdays: O'Neil De Noux
SMFS Short Story Saturdays
was born out of the very successful International Short Story Month this year.
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 and were not previously
linked to during the May 2018 Short Story Month event.
Today for SMFS Short Story
Saturdays, O'Neil De Noux shares the short story, “Friscoville: A
Lucien Caye Story” archived at The
Thrilling Detective.
If you would like to be included and are a member of the SMFS
list at yahoo groups, 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 Yahoo
Groups.
Friday, July 20, 2018
SMFS Member Publication News: William Burton McCormick
Curiosities #3: Summer 2018 has been released in digital
format at Amazon
with the print format coming soon. Among the eight stories included is “Kutsenko’s
Cage” from SMFS list member William Burton McCormick.
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Little Big Crimes Review: Jo by Wale Lawal
Little Big Crimes: Joy, by Wale Lawal: "Joy," by Wale Lawal, in Lagos Noir, edited by Chirs Abani, Akashic Press, 2018. Third person narrative is the norm. First p...
Saturday, July 14, 2018
SMFS Member Publishing News: Catherine Dilts
SMFS Short Story Saturdays: Elizabeth Zelvin
SMFS Short Story Saturdays
was born out of the very successful International Short Story Month this year.
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 and were not previously
linked to during the May 2018 Short Story Month event.
Today for
SMFS Short Story Saturdays, Elizabeth Zelvin shares the short story, “The
Saxon Hoard” archived at Mysterical-E.
If you would
like to be included and are a
member of the SMFS list at yahoo groups, 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 Yahoo
Groups.
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Blood-Red Pencil: Writers on Their Toes
Blood-Red Pencil: Writers on Their Toes: ~ Editor/Author/Publisher Mysti Berry is our guest at the Blood-Red Pencil today. ~ I’d like to share with you the most marvelous discover...
SMFS Member Publication News: John M. Floyd
SMFS Member John M. Floyd has a mystery story,
“Too Good To Be True” in the current issue (July 16, 2018) of Woman’s World Magazine.
The publication is available on some newsstands and by subscription.
This short story might or might not have
been the 100th sale that Mr. Floyd referred to in this recent piece
at SleuthSayers
Blog explaining how he goes about writing short stories for this market. Well
worth reading, especially if you are looking to break into this market.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Mystery Fanfare: I'LL COP TO IT: Guest post by Jim Doherty
Mystery Fanfare: I'LL COP TO IT: Guest post by Jim Doherty: JIM DOHERTY: I'LL COP TO IT When a policeman writes a police procedural novel, people are bound to wonder if the main character is ...
SMFS Members Published in Pulp Adventures #29
The latest issue in a long running series, Pulp
Adventures #29, has been released by Bold Ventures Press. Available from the publisher, as well
as Amazon
and elsewhere, this issue features two SMFS list members. They are:
David Bernard with “Laguna del Espirita Santo.”
Jack Bludis, writing as Jack Burns, with “Bloody Mary.”
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
SMFS Members in Low Down Dirty Vote: A Crime Fiction Anthology
Edited by SMFS list member Mysti Berry, Low Down Dirty Vote: A Crime Fiction
Anthology has been released. SMFS list member Travis Richardson is
one of the eleven authors in the book with the tale “Another Statistic.” Published
by Berry Content Corporation, proceeds from book will go to the ACLU to fight
voter suppression. The book is available in print and eBook formats at Amazon
and other vendors.
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Little Big Crimes Review: Isaac's Daugters by Anita Page
Little Big Crimes: Isaac's Daugters, by Anita Page: "Isaac's Daughters," by Anita Page, in Malice Domestic Presents: Murder Most Geographical, edited by Verena Rose, Rita Owen...
Saturday, July 7, 2018
SMFS Members Published in Pulp Modern: Volume 2, Issue 3, Summer 2018
Pulp Modern: Volume 2, Issue 3, Summer 2018 has been released
in print and eBook formats and is available at Amazon. There
are nine tales in this issue and three members of the SMFS list are included. They are:
Michael Bracken for “Good
Girls Don’t.”
Chris McGinley for “The Killing at Queen’s Tooth.”
Stephen D. Rodgers for A/S/L?”
SMFS Short Story Saturdays: Sarah M. Chen
SMFS Short Story Saturdays
was born out of the very successful International Short Story Month this year.
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 and were not previously
linked to during the May 2018 Short Story Month event.
Today for
SMFS Short Story Saturdays, Sarah M. Chen shares the short story, “The
Benevolent Man” archived at Spelk Fiction.
If you would
like to be included and are a
member of the SMFS list at yahoo groups, 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 Yahoo
Groups.
Friday, July 6, 2018
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
SMFS Members Published In Flash Bang Mysteries: Summer 2018: Issue 12
Four members of the SMFS have stories in
the just released Flash
Bang Mysteries: Summer 2018 Issue 12. Those four members are:
Michael Bracken with “Decision.”
Herschel Cozine with “Execution Day.”
John M. Floyd with “A Musical Clue.”
Stephen D. Rogers with “Much Obliged.”
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
SleuthSayers: Manuscript Janitor by Michael Bracken
SleuthSayers: Manuscript Janitor: by Michael Bracken I’m a manuscript janitor. I get paid to clean up electronic manuscripts to prepare them for editing and eventual publ...
Monday, July 2, 2018
Little Big Crimes Review: The Black Drop of Venus by Mark Thielman
Little Big Crimes: The Black Drop of Venus, by Mark Thielman: "The Black Drop of Venus," by Mark Thielman, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2018. The Black Orchid No...
Sunday, July 1, 2018
2018-2020 SMFS Officers Announced
The Short Mystery Fiction Society
is pleased to announce that, by acclimation, Kevin R. Tipple and Larry W.
Chavis are returning in their respective roles as President and Vice President
for the 2018-2020 two year term.
Tony Rudzki will be the Derringer
Coordinator and will be assisted by Erin F. Slattery in her role as the first
ever Derringer Coordinator Assistant. These two positions were also filled by
acclimation and are a one year term beginning today, July 1st.
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