Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale: Flash and Bang: A Short Mystery Fiction Society Anthology

For the month of July 2020, as part of the annual Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale, the eBook version of the Flash and Bang: A Short Mystery Fiction Society Anthology is on sale. Normally $4.99 it is currently available for $2.50. Go here and use the coupon code of SSW50.

Prefer a paperback or hardcover copy? Those are 15% off every day when you purchase through The Untreed Reads Store (http://bit.ly/flashandbang). The anthology even comes in large print for the same 15% off. If you spend $20, you can get free shipping. Check the site for all the details and more information.

Synopsis Supplied by Jay Hartman, publisher, Untreed Reeds:

From Jan Christensen’s introduction to the book, here’s the author matched up with their title:

There are nineteen short stories by nineteen amazing authors all in one volume. Here’s a peek inside:

1. “The Perfect Crime,” a rhyming flash by Herschel Cozine, proves that crime writers can write the perfect crime story.

2. Was the fire at the old cotton mill arson? If so, who could have set it? Find out the surprising answer in “The Conflagration at the Nameless Cotton Gin” by Bobbi A. Chukran.

3. There’d been a “Murder on Elm Street” years ago, and the house had remained empty ever since. Until the power went out and two strangers moved in. A real mystery by Su Kopil.

4. In “Fireworks (From Judge Lu’s Ming Dynasty Case Files)” by P.A. De Voe, what was supposed to be a celebration turns deadly.

5. If you like surprise endings, you’ll love “The Bag Lady” by Laurie Stevens.

6. In “Sierra Noir” by Tim Wohlforth, the stakes are hot and high. A fire almost burns down a whole town, but a young woman loses her life to gunshots, not the fire.

7. Suzanne Berube Rorhus tells an unusual tale of two inventors that takes place in ancient times in “Thor’s Breath.”

8. Sandra Murphy provides laughs and surprises in her flash story, “Arthur.” Don’t miss it.

9. In “Fractured Memories” by Julie Tollefson, more than fireworks go off at a Fourth of July celebration.

10. “Don’t Let the Cop into the House” by O’Neil De Noux is a powerful story about two police officers having an intense discussion, and what follows.

11. In “Rosie’s Choice” by John Floyd, the suspense builds to unbearable heights while an old woman confronts two gangsters offering “protection.”

12. A retro, atmospheric story about unrequited love is JoAnne Lucas’s offering, “Don’t Be Cruel.”

13. Andrew MacRae’s “A Simple Job” involves a detective, a beautiful female CEO and blackmail.

14. Another flash story, “Beautiful Killer,” by Judy Penz Sheluk is a moving tale of love and loss.

15. There’s Diana, the smart hooker whose heart of gold is a bit tarnished in “The Fruit of Thy Loins” by Albert Tucher.

16. Earl Staggs’s story, “The Raymond Chandler Con,” stars a smart sheriff and a brave best friend who disagree about how to catch a murderer.

17. A satisfying, flash revenge story is short and not so sweet—“The Wrong Girl” by Barb Goffman.

18. Then there’s “Silent Measures” by BV Lawson, a heartwarming tale of a little deaf boy being lost, then found. 19. Walter Soethoudt's story, “A Day Like No Other,” closes out the anthology with a look at a police lieutenant in Antwerp whose social intolerance leads to a very bad day.