Sunday, January 31, 2021
Little Big Crimes Review: A Family Affair by Barb Goffman
Little Big Crimes: A Family Affair, by Barb Goffman: "A Family Affair," by Barb Goffman, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2021. This is the third appear...
SleuthSayers: A Helping Hand by by R.T. Lawton
SleuthSayers: A Helping Hand: The Story My latest story, "A Helping Hand," is currently out in the AHMM January/February 2021 issue. It is the 8th in my 1...
Saturday, January 30, 2021
SleuthSayers: Behold a Black Cat by John Floyd
SleuthSayers: Behold a Black Cat: I first heard about Black Cat Mystery Magazine when everyone else did, when it was announced in 2017. It started out with John Betancour...
Friday, January 29, 2021
SMFS Member Publishing News: Stephen J. Golds
Today is publication day for Stephen J. Golds’ new book, Always The Dead. Illustrated by Craig Douglas, the read is available in print and eBook formats from Amazon and other vendors.
Synopsis:
Los Angeles, California. 1949.Scott Kelly is a World War Two Marine veteran and mob hitman confined to a Tuberculosis sanatorium suffering from consumption, flashbacks and nightmares from his experiences of The Battle of Okinawa and a botched hit for Bugsy Siegel. When his movie actress girlfriend disappears, he bribes his way out of the sanatorium to search for her. What follows is a frantic search, a manic murder spree, stolen contraband, and a briefcase full of cash. A story that stretches from the war torn beaches of Okinawa, all the way to the playground of the rich and famous, Palm Springs, California.An exploration into the depths of L.A crime, PTSD and twisted love. A semi-fictional novel based around the disappearance of Jean Spangler.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
One Writer's World: Three Hours a Day by Susan Oleksiw
One Writer's World: Three Hours a Day: A successful short story writer once explained that she wrote a new short story every morning and edited a draft of an older story in the af...
Criminal Minds: Devil in the Details by Frank Zafiro
Criminal Minds: Devil in the Details: How much scrutiny do you or an attorney give a contract, and have you ever realized after you signed that you left something on the table? F...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
SMFS Member Publishing News: Margaret S. Hamilton
SMFS list member Margaret S. Hamilton’s short story, “Killer
Weeds” appears in the January 20, 2021, issue of the weekly newsletter Texas
Gardener’s Seeds. You can read it online for free here.
SMFS Members Nominated for the 2021 Edgar Awards
The nominees for 2021 Edgar Awards, so named to honor Edgar Allen Poe, have been announced by the Mystery Writers Of America. Winners will be announced on April 29, 2021. There are twelve categories in fiction and nonfiction and SMFS list members have been nominated this year in two categories.
The nominated members and their categories are:
Best Short Story
Leslie Elman for “The Summer Uncle Cat Came to Stay," published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: January/February 2020 issue.
Joseph S. Walker for "Etta at the End of the World," published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine: May/June 2020 issue.
James W. Ziskin for “The Twenty-Five-Year Engagement,”
in the anthology, In
League with Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon.
The G. P. Putnam’s Son Sue Grafton
Memorial Award
James W. Ziskin with Turn To Stone: An Ellie Stone Novel published by Seventh Street Books. The book is also under consideration for a Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel.
SMFS salutes our list members in this accomplishment and wish them all the best as they represent the SMFS. The full list of all the nominees can be found on the MWA website.
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
SleuthSayers: Don't Kill the Dog: An Examination of this Fiction Dictum by Barb Goffman
SleuthSayers: Don't Kill the Dog: An Examination of this Fiction...: Don't kill the dog. This advice is commonly given to fiction authors. Readers will put up with a lot, but they won't put up with a d...
Monday, January 25, 2021
SMFS Member Podcast News: Ang Pompano
The latest KRL Podcast features the mystery short story, “The
Bucket List” by SMFS list member Ang Pompano.
You can listen for free to the KRL Podcast here.
From the site:
This episode features the mystery short story The Bucket
List By Ang Pompano. It is read by local actor Teya Juarez. The Bucket List was
first published in Best New England Crime Stories: Red Dawn,
Level Best Books (2015) and later in Kings River Life. You can learn more about
the author on his website. In each episode, we share with you mystery short
stories and mystery novel first chapters read by actors from the San Joaquin
Valley.
If you enjoyed this episode please review or rate it as that
helps more people be able to find us! Also, consider subscribing so you never
miss an episode-both to this podcast, and to the podcast newsletter. You can
find more mystery fun on our websites Kings River Life Magazine and KRL News
and Reviews. We now also have a Patreon where you can help support the podcast
and the magazine and get special perks! We also have a new Redbubble store if
you would like to purchase Mysteryrat's Maze Merchandise!
SMFS Member Publishing News: David Goudsward
SMFS list member David Goudsward edited and annotated
the new book, Old World Footprints by Cassie Symmes. Published by
Bold Ventures Press, it is currently available in paperback and hardcover at
the publisher.
Publisher Synopsis:
Preface by H.P. Lovecraft (ghosting for Frank Belknap Long)
Edited and annotated by David Goudsward; Foreword by Bobby
Derie
In 1928, Mrs. William B. Symmes published a 32-page
travelogue. The 300-copy run was privately distributed by Mrs. Symmes among her
friends and family. The book's publisher was amateur pressman W. Paul Cook and
his Recluse Press imprint. Mrs. Symmes' nephew, Frank Belknap Long is credited
for the preface, actually ghostwritten by H. P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft proofread
the book for Cook, and may have edited it as well. The involvement of Cook,
Long, and Lovecraft transforms an unremarkable travelogue by Cassie Symmes into
one of the rarest of Lovecraft-related publications.
Bold Ventures Press proudly presents a new edition, edited
and annotated by Lovecraft scholar David Goudsward. It is illustrated by photos
and period postcards, and includes a foreword by pulp scholar Bobby Derie and
Cassie’s biography.
Sunday, January 24, 2021
Little Big Crimes Review: The Underneath by Stephen Ross
Little Big Crimes: The Underneath, by Stephen Ross: "The Underneath," by Stephen Ross, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2021. This is the second appea...
2021 SMFS Lefty Award Nominees
Several SMFS list members are up for the 2021
Lefty Awards. There are four categories in total with 23 books. SMFS
list members are competing in two different categories regarding books first
published in 2020. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the winners will be announced online
on April 10, 2021. The SMFS list members and their books in the respective categories
are:
Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
Jennifer J. Chow, Mimi Lee Gets a Clue
(Berkley Prime Crime)
Cynthia Kuhn, The Study of Secrets (Henery Press)
Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel (The
Bruce Alexander Memorial for books covering events before 1970)
James W. Ziskin, Turn to Stone (Seventh
Street Books)
For a full list of all the books and their authors
under award consideration, go to the official Left Coast site at 2021 Lefty Awards: The
Unconvention
SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #8
Several SMFS list members have short stories in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #8. Published by Wildside Press, the read is currently available in eBook format at Amazon as well as print, and at other vendors. The SMFS members in the issue are:
Editor Michael Bracken with his editorial, “From The
Cat’s Perch.”
John M. Floyd with “The Big Picture.”
Barb Goffman with “An Inconvenient Sleuth.”
M. A. Monnin with “St. Killian’s Choice.”
Elizabeth Zelvin with “An Artist In The Harem.”
Amazon Synopsis:
The first Black Cat Mystery Magazine of 2021 presents 7
compelling original tales, plus a classic reprint by Donald Barr Chidsey.
Included are:
TRIP UP ON HIGH STREET, by John Hegenberger
ST. KILLIAN’S CHOICE, by M.A. Monnin
YOU LOSE, WE FIND, by Jon Matthew Farber
THE BIG PICTURE, by John M. Floyd
AN ARTIST IN THE HAREM, by Elizabeth Zelvin
PLANTED IN MIDAIR, by D.V. Bennett
AN INCONVENIENT SLEUTH, by Barb Goffman
"Just Another Bum," by Donald Barr Chidsey
SMFS Member Publishing News: John Floyd
SMFS list member John Floyd’s mystery driven short story, “The Warden’s Game” appears in the in the recently released anthology, Winter’s Vindication. Published by Summerstorm Press, the read is available from the publisher and Amazon. John is also interviewed in relation to his story and more here at the publisher.
Synopsis:
In these nine stories of frost and snow, join a collection
of survivors as they fight to overcome nuclear winter, 100 years of ice, elder
gods, frozen deities, a town ruled by thugs, and more. This premier anthology
from SummerStorm press features the writing of C. Marry Hultman, Christine
Watts, Erin Fanning, Thaddeus Rutkowski, John M. Floyd, David Green, Derek
Power, Louise Pierce, and Abigail Linhardt.
SMFS Member Publishing News: Bev Vincent
SMFS list member Bev Vincent’s short story, "Tupilaq"
appears online at The Cemetery
Gates Society as a winner in their flash fiction contest. The story can be
read for free here.
SMFS Members Published in Pulp Modern: Volume Two, Issue Six
Several SMFS list members are published in the new Pulp
Modern: Volume Two, Issue Six. Published by Uncle B. Publications /
Larque Press, LLC, the read is available
in both print and eBook formats at Amazon.
Edited by SMFS list member Alec Cizak, the latest issue includes short stories
by several other SMFS list members. Those other SMFS list members are:
John Floyd with “Twenty Minutes in Riverdale.”
Stephen J. Golds with “Hari-Kari.”
Stephen D. Rogers with “With Hindsight."
Louise Taylor with “Tall Tales.”
Synopsis:
The greatest multi-genre fiction digest of the 21st
century returns with eight stunning short stories by John M. Floyd, Stephen J.
Golds, Matthew X. Gomez, Stephen D. Rogers, Louise Taylor, Dustin Walker, and
Patrick Whitehurst. This issue features a non-fiction article by Anthony
Perconti. Bob Vojtko provides more entertaining cartoons. Art director Richard
Krauss and illustrator Ran Scott have worked their tails off making this the
most stunning issue yet. Chief editor Alec Cizak simply allowed all this talent
to come together and create yet another gold standard for independent fiction
digests.
Saturday, January 23, 2021
SleuthSayers: Still Collecting Names by O'Neil De Noux
SleuthSayers: Still Collecting Names: This writer has lifted character names from sidewalks, signs, name tags in grocery stores, the Olympics, and from live television. There'...
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
SleuthSayers: 2020 Was A Big Improvement
SleuthSayers: 2020 Was A Big Improvement: I had better explain that title before you send for the nice folks with the strait jackets. 2020 was better than 2019 only in the sense th...
Monday, January 18, 2021
Little Big Crimes Review: Just A Little Before Winter's Set In by Larry Tyler
Little Big Crimes: Just A Little Before Winter's Set In, by Larry Tyler: "Just A Little Before Winter's Set In," by Larry Tyler, in Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories, edited by Verena Rose, Ha...
SMFS Member Publishing News: Frank Zafiro
Today is publication day for Sugar Got Low
by SMFS list member Frank Zafiro. The short story collection is available in print
and eBook at Amazon
and other vendors. You can learn more about the book at Mr. Zafiro’s website.
Synopsis:
SUGAR GOT LOW contains a tale of grifters, a prequel story to the well-regarded Ania series, several trips back to River City and one to La Sombra, Texas. Enjoy a Walter Mitty homage set in San Francisco and a deadly day in Roman Britain, the heartbreaking story of a junkie and the suspenseful one of a murderer in a black car. And at the end of it all, you'll experience the dark but inspiring title story of perseverance that was only made possible because of a misunderstood lyric.Four-time Derringer finalist Frank Zafiro weaves a lucky thirteen tales drawn from throughout his career with one thing in common - characters you may love or hate, but will certainly feel.
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Saturday, January 16, 2021
SleuthSayers: What a Character . . . by John Floyd
SleuthSayers: What a Character . . .: How hard can it be, nonwriters often say, to name your characters? Well, I can think of easier tasks. It's one thing to name them, bu...
Friday, January 15, 2021
Criminal Minds: An Attitude of Gratitude by Paul D. Marks
Criminal Minds: An Attitude of Gratitude: How do you decide who to acknowledge and who to dedicate a book to, and have you ever had an awkward moment in making an “in” or “out” decis...
Thursday, January 14, 2021
SMFS Member Publishing News: Pam Ebel
SMFS list member Pam Ebel’s short story, “Shan Fa” appears
in the January 13, 2021, issue of the weekly newsletter Texas Gardener’s
Seeds. You can read it online for free here.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
SleuthSayers: Rolling With It: 2020 in Review by Michael Bracken
SleuthSayers: Rolling With It: 2020 in Review: In “ The End is Near ,” my year-end wrap-up for 2019, I noted, “I ended my review of 2018 with a note that ‘2019 will be the year I just rol...
Monday, January 11, 2021
SMFS Member Podcast News: Frank Zafiro
SMFS list member Frank Zafiro is interviewed at the
podcast, “You Really Shouldn’t Have.” In Episode 39, he discusses his journey
as a writer and his River City novels as well as bad gifts. The
podcast is on the Spotify subscription service and can be heard here.
Sunday, January 10, 2021
SMFS Member Publishing News: Stephen D. Rodgers
SMFS list member Stephen D. Rogers has released two short story collections on Amazon. They Stalk Because They Can and Three More PI Stories came out at the end of December. That was followed approximately a week later by the companion book, The Man Wore Motley and Three More Crime Stories. Both books are part of the and Three More Series available in eBook format at Amazon.
Synopsis for They Stalk Because They Can and
Three More PI Stories
The private investigators in this collection of four stories
will never be mistaken for knights in shining armor.
Synopsis for The Man Wore Motley and Three More
Crime Stories
When you don't have access to the benefits of privilege, you
find other ways to get by.
Little Big Crimes Review: Cahoots by C.C. Guthrie
Little Big Crimes: Cahoots, by C.C. Guthrie: "Cahoots," by C.C. Guthrie, in Cozy Villages of Death, edited by Lyn Worthen, Camden Park Press, 2020. Alan Peterson is a banker, ...
Saturday, January 9, 2021
SMFS Members Published in Mardi Gras Mysteries
Several SMFS list members have short stories in the recently published anthology, Mardi Gras Mysteries. Published by Mystery and Horror, LLC, the read is available at Amazon in print and eBook. The SMFS list members in the read are:
Tom Andes with "Keep Your Head Up."
Nancy Brewka-Clark "Unholy Beads.”
DG Critchley with "The Brass Menagerie."
John Floyd with “Spell Check.”
Synopsis:
By popular demand, we present the sequel to Mardi Gras Murder. Mardi Gras Mysteries offers seventeen tales of crime, mayhem, and murder set during the celebration and licentiousness of Carnival.
For a savory sample of New Orleans lore, take a sip of “A Prayer to Momus” by DJ Tyrer or “Carnival Carnage” by John Kiste. For a dish of redemption and revenge, returning author and Louisiana native Nathan Pettigrew serves up “The Steel Pelican.” Is a mystery with a literary flavor more to your taste? Try “The Brass Menagerie” by DG Critchley. If you prefer a racier seasoning, there’s “Unholy Beads” and “Gussy Saint and the Case of the Three-Boobed Woman.” For the deepest bowl of intrigue, we end with “Keep Your Head Up,” a thriller by Tom Andes.
Thursday, January 7, 2021
All Due Respect: Issue #71 -- LOTTERY TICKETS AND CIGARETTES by Stephen D. Rogers
All Due Respect: Issue #71 -- January 2021: LOTTERY TICKETS AND CIGARETTES By Stephen D. Rogers Brad placed his energy drink on the counter and turned to Kyle, who'd only starte...
Pulp Modern Flash: BOBO AND THE KNIFE by J.B. Stevens
Pulp Modern Flash: BOBO AND THE KNIFE by J.B. Stevens: T he knife was an unfortunate compromise, but Maria didn’t want to use a gun. A shot could wake the circus’s animals. Dealing with a pisse...
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
SMFS Member Publishing News: Bev Vincent
SMFS list member Bev Vincent’s novella, The
Ogilvy Affair: A novella is now out. It is available in eBook format at
Amazon.
Synopsis:
First came the warning note.
Then someone took a shot at Clifford Ogilvy, publisher of
the Harrisville Dispatch. The would-be killer missed, but he or she will likely
try again.
Enter Quentin Sawyer, a private detective from Houston who
responds to Ogilvy's request for an investigator to find out who's trying to
kill him. Sawyer is a fish out of water at the luxurious Ogilvy mansion and in
small town Harrisville. He soon discovers that his problem isn't finding
someone who has a motive to murder his powerful client. Just about everyone in
town has a reason to dislike Ogilvy.
Sawyer needs to narrow down the long list of suspects before
the killer tries again.
Little Big Crimes Review: Camberwell Crackers by Anthony Horowitz
Little Big Crimes: Camberwell Crackers, by Anthony Horowitz: "Camberwell Crackers," by Anthony Horowitz, in California Schemin', edited by Art Taylor, Wildside Press, 2020. This is a v...
SleuthSayers: Birthplace of a Story by Barb Goffman
SleuthSayers: Birthplace of a Story: Most anyone who's had their fiction published has likely been asked this question: Where do you get your ideas? It's a common enough...
Monday, January 4, 2021
SleuthSayers: Blurbs Too by Steve Liskow
SleuthSayers: Blurbs Too: by Steve Liskow If you read John Floyd's discussion of blurbs a few days ago, you found his usual Fort Knox worth of wisdom. Since we ...
Sunday, January 3, 2021
Gateway Drugs: Great Short Stories
Sadly there are some people in the world who haven't discovered the joys of short fiction. We invited members of the Society to list stories they thought would make a great introduction to the field, and here are their suggestions. Most but not all are mysteries. We have compiled sources for each story but we will have to put them in a separate note.
| Allingham | Margery | The Villa Marie Celeste |
| Barrie | J.M. | The Adventure of the two collaborators |
| Barthelme | Donald | The Joker's Greatest Triumph |
| Bierce | Ambrose | An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge |
| Bierce | Ambrose | A Horseman in the sky |
| Borges | Jorge Luis | Borges and I |
| Boyle | TC | Achates McNeil |
| Bradbury | Ray | The Fruit at the bottom of the bowl |
| Bradbury | Ray | The Jar |
| Bradbury | Ray | The Whole Town's Sleeping, |
| Brown | Fredric | Voodoo |
| Cecil | Henry | Proof |
| Chan | Christopher | Six year old serial killer |
| Cheever | John | The Enormous Radio |
| Child | Lee | Guy walks into a bar |
| Christensen | Jan | Artie and the long-legged woman |
| Collier | John | Thus I refute Beelzy |
| Connell | Richard | The most dangerous game |
| Dahl | Roald | Lamb to the Slaughter |
| de Maupassant | Guy | The Necklace |
| Dick | Philip K. | The Box |
| Dinesen | Isak | Babette's feast |
| Doyle | Arthur C | The Adventure of the Speckled Band |
| du Maurier | Daphne | Don't look now |
| du Maurier | Daphne | The Birds |
| Eliot | George | Lifted Veil |
| Ellison | Harlan | Soft Monkey |
| Ellison | Harlan | Jeffty is five |
| Fitzgerald | F. Scott | A Diamond as big as the ritz |
| Galsworthy | John | Under the Apple Tree |
| Garcia Marquez | Gabriel | Death Constant Beyond Love |
| Gilman | Charlotte Perkins | The Yellow wallpaper |
| Glaspell | Elizabeth | A Jury of her peers |
| Grafton | Sue | A Poison that leaves no trace |
| Hall | James W. | Crack |
| Hardy | Melissa | The Uncharted Heart |
| Harvey | WF | August Heat |
| Heker | Liliana | Stolen Party |
| Hemingway | Ernest | Hills Like White Elephants |
| Henry | O | The Gift of the magi |
| Henry | O | The Ransom of red chief |
| Hill | Joe | 20th century ghost |
| Holding | James | Second Talent |
| Jackson | Shirley | The Lottery |
| Jackson | Shirley | The Possibility of Evil |
| Jacobs | WW | The Monkey's Paw |
| James | PD | Great Aunt Allie's Flypapers |
| Kemal | Yashar | Dirty Story |
| King | Stephen | Mrs Todd's Shortcut |
| King | Stephen | Last Rung on the Ladder |
| Knight | Damon | The Country of the Kind |
| Lansdale | Joe R | The Night they missed the horror show |
| Lardner | Ring | Haircut |
| Lehane | Dennis | Running out of dog |
| Lippman | Laura | Crack Cocaine Diet |
| Matheson | Richard | Disinheritors |
| Melville | Herman | Benito Cereno |
| Oates | Joyce Carol | Where are you going, where have you been? |
| O'Connor | Flannery | A Good Man is hard to find |
| Pachter | Josh | The Odds are Good |
| Poe | Edgar A | The Murders in the Rue Morgue |
| Poe | Edgar A | A Cask of Amontillado |
| Rinehart | Mary R | Lipstick |
| Ritchie | Jack | The Green Heart |
| Russ | Joanna | My Boat |
| Sa'edi | Gholam-Hossein | Game is over |
| Saki | Reginald | |
| Slaughter | Karin | Remmy Rothstein Toes the Line |
| Spark | Muriel | The Portobello Road |
| Sturgeon | Theodore | A Way of Thinking |
| Symons | Julian | The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring |
| Taylor | Art | English 398: Fiction Workshop |
| Thurber | James W. | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
| Wilhelm | Kate | The Funeral |
| Winslow | Don | San Diego Zoo |
| Wodehouse | PG | Crime wave at Blandings |
Gateway Drugs: Sources for Great Short Stories
Here are sources for the stories mentioned in the other entry. In some cases there are books; in some websites. Many of the stories are available from various sources. Enjoy!
| The Villa Marie Celeste | Allingham Casebook | |||
| The Adventure of the two collaborators | http://www.diogenes-club.com/collab.htm | |||
| The Joker's Greatest Triumph | Collected Stories | |||
| An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/375 | |||
| A Horseman in the sky | https://tinyurl.com/y79vu3mz | |||
| Borges and I | Dreamtigers | |||
| Achates McNeil | New Yorker, June 26 and July 3, 1995 | |||
| The Fruit at the bottom of the bowl | The Golden Apples of the Sun | |||
| The Jar | October Country | |||
| The Whole Town's Sleeping, | Dandelion wine | |||
| Voodoo | From these ashes | |||
| Proof | Portrait of a Judge | |||
| Six year old serial killer | https://tinyurl.com/y8qz88bh | |||
| The Enormous Radio | Stories of John Cheever | |||
| Guy walks into a bar | https://tinyurl.com/y724o2qn | |||
| Artie and the long-legged woman | https://tinyurl.com/ybbratx8 | |||
| Thus I refute Beelzy | Fancies and Goodnights | |||
| The most dangerous game | https://tinyurl.com/ydaaare4 | |||
| Lamb to the Slaughter | Lamb to the Slaughter | |||
| The Necklace | https://tinyurl.com/y8ehfz2m | |||
| The Box | The Little Black Box | |||
| Babette's feast | Modern Classics | |||
| The Adventure of the Speckled Band | https://tinyurl.com/k39ruun | |||
| Don't look now | Don't look now | |||
| The Birds | Don't look now | |||
| Lifted Veil | Gateway to Great Books | |||
| Soft Monkey | Angry Candy | |||
| Jeffty is five | Shatterday | |||
| A Diamond as big as the ritz | Gateway to Great Books | |||
| Under the Apple Tree | Gateway to Great Books | |||
| Death Constant Beyond Love | Collected Stories | |||
| The Yellow wallpaper | https://tinyurl.com/pjhgczm | |||
| A Jury of her peers | troubled daughters, twisted wives | |||
| A Poison that leaves no trace | Kinsey and me | |||
| Crack | Best American Noir of the Century | |||
| The Uncharted Heart | Best American Short Stories 1999 | |||
| August Heat | https://tinyurl.com/hc9frhs | |||
| Stolen Party | Other Fires: Short Fiction by Latin American Women | |||
| Hills Like White Elephants | Complete short stories | |||
| The Gift of the magi | https://tinyurl.com/j4pmocp | |||
| The Ransom of red chief | https://tinyurl.com/y8mgu3tn | |||
| 20th century ghost | 20th century ghost | |||
| Second Talent | Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Stay Awake | |||
| The Lottery | https://tinyurl.com/y6b3b3ap | |||
| The Possibility of Evil | Just an ordinary day | |||
| The Monkey's Paw | https://tinyurl.com/gmk3of9 | |||
| Great Aunt Allie's Flypapers | International Treasury of Mystery & Suspense | |||
| Dirty Story | Anatolian Tales | |||
| Mrs Todd's Shortcut | Skeleton Crew | |||
| Last Rung on the Ladder | Night Shift | |||
| The Country of the Kind | In Deep | |||
| The Night they missed the horror show | By Bizarre Hands | |||
| Haircut | https://tinyurl.com/ybjzd5g6 | |||
| Running out of dog | Best American Noir of the Century | |||
| Crack Cocaine Diet | https://tinyurl.com/y7ee4953 | |||
| Disinheritors | Collected Stories vol 1 | |||
| Benito Cereno | https://tinyurl.com/yb8bqmph | |||
| Where are you going, where have you been? | Where are you going, where have you been? | |||
| A Good Man is hard to find | A Good Man is hard to find | |||
| The Odds are Good | https://tinyurl.com/ybmxj2t5 | |||
| The Murders in the Rue Morgue | https://tinyurl.com/y98z2km9 | |||
| A Cask of Amontillado | https://tinyurl.com/ycsmrw53 | |||
| Lipstick | Crime Book | |||
| The Green Heart | Little Boxes of Bewilderment | |||
| My Boat | Zanzibar Cat | |||
| Game is over | Dandil | |||
| Reginald | https://tinyurl.com/y7jxmw2e | |||
| Remmy Rothstein Toes the Line | https://tinyurl.com/y7qa6ebm | |||
| The Portobello Road | Stories of Muriel Spark | |||
| A Way of Thinking | E Pluribus Unicorn | |||
| The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring | A New Omnibus of Crime | |||
| English 398: Fiction Workshop | The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74 | |||
| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | https://tinyurl.com/ya6kg9g2 | |||
| The Funeral | Infinity Box | |||
| San Diego Zoo | Broken | |||
| Crime wave at Blandings | Wodehouse on Crime | |||
SMFS Members Published in Mystery Weekly Magazine: January 2021
Several SMFS list members are published in the Mystery Weekly Magazine: January 2021 issue. The read is available in both print and eBook from the publisher and at Amazon. The SMFS members in this issue are:
Peter DiChellis with “A Conventional Murder.” This is
the “A-You-Solve-It” story for this month with the conclusion appearing next
month.
R. T. Lawton with “The Clean Car Company.”
Alan Orloff with “Auditions Can Be Murder.”
Josh Pachter with “The Night Movers.”
Synopsis:
At the cutting edge of crime fiction, Mystery Weekly
Magazine presents original short stories by the world’s best-known and emerging
mystery writers.
The stories we feature in our monthly issues span
every imaginable subgenre, including cozy, police procedural, noir, whodunit,
supernatural, hardboiled, humor, and historical mysteries. Evocative writing
and a compelling story are the only certainty.
Get ready to be surprised, challenged, and
entertained--whether you enjoy the style of the Golden Age of mystery (e.g.,
Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle), the glorious pulp digests of the early
twentieth century (e.g., Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler), or contemporary
masters of mystery.
Our cover story, “The Dark Side Of The River” by
Brendan DuBois, discovers how far one man will go to help a brother whose
earlier betrayal sent him to jail.“The Clean Car Company” by R.T. Lawton: When
you offer a brand-new type of start-up business to the criminal element, you
can't always depend upon them to be trustworthy. Even when they pay half
upfront.In “A Day At The Office” by Anne Swardson, a Paris pickpocket who loves
high fashion has something a high-rolling drug dealer urgently wants.“Auditions
Can Be Murder” by Alan Orloff: Professional theater can be a cutthroat
business, and everyone is just playing a role, heroes and villains, alike.In
“Stakeout” by Caleb Coy, five people stakeout a hotel room, unaware that they
are having the same bizarre conversation.“Why Do They Have To Make It Easy?” by
Mike McHone: When the man who was sent to prison for killing Hal Richards' wife
shows up on the Detective's doorstep, old wounds are reopened and secrets
revealed. But is the escaped convict there for a more sinister reason?“The
Night Movers” by Josh Pachter: When you're looking for a clean break and a
fresh start, the Night Movers are there to help …In “Going Out To Sea” by Vy
Kava, Jake Walsh received a free ticket from the Gallagher Museum of Art to
view an art collection and soon learned that nothing ever comes free.“The
Recidivists” by Mark Feggeler Bryan Waller is murdered one morning on his way
to work. Things only get worse when it happens again the following day.The
issue finishes with a You-Solve-It mystery “A Conventional Murder” by Peter
DiChellis.Custom cover art by Robin Grenville Evans
Saturday, January 2, 2021
SMFS Member Publishing News: John Floyd
SMFS list member John Floyd’s short story, “Nobody’s
Business” appears in the new special holiday issue of The Strand Magazine.
The issue is available at the website.
SleuthSayers: A Blurb in the Hand by John Floyd
SleuthSayers: A Blurb in the Hand: For several weeks now, writers have been blogging about their 2020 accomplishments and whatever writing goals they might've set for...
Friday, January 1, 2021
SMFS Members Published in Mystery Tribune: Issue No. 14
SMFS list members have short stories in Mystery Tribune: Issue No. 14. The recently published issue is available on the website in print and eBook Formats. The SMFS members in the issue are:
Tom Barker with “Payback is a Bitch.”
Brian Silverman with "Cow Foot."
Synopsis:
Issue Nº14 features:
A curated collection of short fiction including stories by
Lori Roy, Brendan DuBois, Reed Farrel Coleman, Brian Silverman, Charles
Salzberg, Chris Knopf, Duncan Birmingham, David Berger, Robert Kostanczuk, and
Emily Ruth Verona.
Interviews, Essay and Reviews by Tobias Carroll, Scott
Adlerberg, Dana Robbins, William Ryan, and MJ McGrath.
Art and Photography by Vyacheslav Ivanov and more.
This issue also features a preview of the new graphic novel
Rivers of London Volume 8: The Fey and the Furious by Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew
Cartmel, and Lee Sullivan.
NY Times Bestselling author Reed Farrel Coleman has called
Mystery Tribune “a cut above” and mystery grand masters Lawrence Block and Max
Allan Collins have praised it for its “solid fiction” and “the most elegant
design”.
An elegantly crafted quarterly issue, printed on uncoated
paper and with a beautiful layout designed for optimal reading experience, our
Issue Nº14 will make a perfect companion or gift for avid mystery readers and
fans of literary crime fiction.
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