SMFS Member Publishing News: House of Tigers by William Burton McCormick

SMFS list member William Burton McCormick’s novella, House of Tigers, has been published by Wildside Press. The read is available in eBook format at Amazon. This is in addition to the fact that it was also published this week in Black Cat Weekly 52. The story was a Black Orchid Novella Award finalist last year as noted here.  

 

Amazon Synopsis:

Ilya Dudnyk, a corrupt but romantic Russian police inspector, is trapped inside his oligarch employer’s Siberian mansion with an unknown killer, a duplicitous Latvian journalist chained to his arm, and an apocalyptic insect plague raging for hundreds of kilometers beyond the smoke barriers and barricaded windows. Can Ilya track down the killer before he is the next victim? Or will the endless swarms find a way inside and all are consumed by a hundred trillion ravenous, blood-sucking mosquitoes? An Honorable Mention for the Black Orchid Novella Award, “House of Tigers” is published here for the first time ever!

SMFS Members Published in The Mystery Readers Journal: Art Mysteries, Volume 38, No. 3, Fall 2022

Several SMFS list members have published works in The Mystery Readers Journal: Art Mysteries, Volume 38, No. 3, Fall 2022. Published by Mystery Readers International, the read is available in print and pdf formats on the website. The SMFS list members published in the issue are:

 

Vinnie Hansen’s article, “The Mystery of Art.”

 

Ron Katz’s article, “The Mystery of the Misplaced Mona Lisa.”

 

Terry Shames’ article, "Samuel Craddock's Art Collection."

 

Nina Wachsman’s article, “Art…Beauty…Poison.”

 

 

Website Synopsis:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

Why I Write Art Mysteries by Jennifer S. Alderson

Some Artists Need Killing by Donna Andrews

Art: A Criminal Passion by Ann Aptaker

When My Art Became Fiction by Anne Louise Bannon

Art Mysteries— from Nazi-Looted Art to Antiquities Trafficking by S.L. Beaumont

The Collector: Passion or Obsession? by Connie Berry

The Mystery of Real Desire by Rona Bell

Deepening the Mystery by Juliet Blackwell

Hop, Hop, Hopper! by Lawrence Block

The Sinister Attractions of the Art World? by Ruth Brandon

The Beauty of Holiness/The Holiness of Beauty by Kate Charles

The Fascination With Art & Art Mysteries by Rich DiSilvio

Folk and Outsider Art, and Scandal Mountain Mysteries by Trish Esden

The Power of Art by Laurie Fagen

My Love Affair with Vermeer by Susan Fleet

The Mystery of Art by Vinnie Hansen

A Deadly Art by Betty Hechtman

Inspiration from the Art Museum by Russell Hill

When Art Meets Crime by Stephanie Kane

The Mystery of the Misplaced Mona Lisa by Ron Katz

Art Will Have Its Way by J K Kennedy

Art and Crime Down Under by Katherine Kovacic

Light as a Sidekick by Kathryn Lasky

Telling the Stories I See (and the Joys of Research) by Joan Leotta

Small, Tender Art by Claudia Long

Escape From the Life Room by Peter Lovesey

Art Appreciation—a Dangerous Business by Adrian Magson

Research in the Days of Covid by Peter May

Our Art Adventures by Rosemary and Larry Mild

Searching for Mona Lisa by Carson Morton

Write Like an Artist by Radine Trees Nehring

Art, Then Mysteries by KC Nelms

Why I Was Inspired to Write Art Heist Novels by Carol Orange

Georgia O’Keeffe Was My Co-Author by Mike Orenduff

My Writing Forays into the Art World by Dale T. Phillips

Ekphrastic Fiction by Neil S. Plakcy

Plotting a Killer Inside Job by Martha Reed

Mixed Media: Art, Crime, and Romance by Claudia Riess

What If You Found a Florida Highwayman Painting? by Laura Kelly Robb

Art Thrillers and Me: My Love/Hate Affair by Jonathan Santlofer

Samuel Craddock’s Art Collection by Terry Shames

When the Hammer Falls by Susan C. Shea

The World’s Biggest Art Heist by Nancy Cole Silverman

Ten Clues for Art and Writing by Sue Star

Art…Beauty…Poison by Nina Wachsman

Art Cops and Weeds by David Wagner

Walking and Talking: Bringing Art and Artists to Life by Alana White

Who Tried to Kill France’s First Painter? by Judy Willmore

 

COLUMNS

Mystery in Retrospect: Reviews by Jay Gertzman, Aubrey Hamilton, Lesa Holstine, Joan Ramirez, Kathy Boone Reel, L.J. Roberts, Lucinda Surber, Benjamin L. Clark

Children’s Hour: Art Mysteries by Gay Toltl Kinman

In Short: Art and the Mystery by Marv Lachman

Real Art Crimes by Cathy Pickens

Crime Seen: Moving Pictures by Kate Derie

From the Editor’s Desk by Janet A. Rudolph

SMFS Members Published in Rock and a Hard Place: Issue 8, Summer 2022

Several SMFS members are published in the Rock and a Hard Place: Issue 8, Summer 2022. Published by Rock and a hard Place Press, the read is available in print and digital formats at Amazon. The SMFS list members in this issue are:

 

Scott Von Doviak with "Senior Skip Day.”

 

Mike McHone with "Keeping Time." 

 

Synopsis: 

When your girlfriend is selling your used condoms, rethink the relationship. 

High school is until death do us part. 

Clowns! That's all we're gonna say. 

Could anything be worse than looking like Ben Affleck? Well, yeah. 

Issue Eight of Rock And A Hard Place chose its own theme. We've been seeing that happening. This time it's prison. Confinement. That trapped feeling. Knowing you have no choice. What could be more noir than that? 

With stories by: Hector Acosta, Linda B. Adams, Jason Allison, John Bovio, Andy Boyle, B.W. Carter, Stephen J. Golds, Mark Jonathan Harris, Aislin Kelly-Lyth, Mike McHone, Eddie McNamara, Robert P. Ottone, Anthea Pretorius, Jennifer Stark, Scott Von Doviak, Marc Watkins, and Mike Zimmerman. 

Rock And A Hard Place is the magazine that never looks away.

SMFS Members Published in Chesapeake Crimes: Magic is Murder

Today is publication day for the new anthology, Chesapeake Crimes: Magic is Murder. Several SMFS list members have short stories in the book and others were involved in the editing. Published by Wildside Press, the read is edited by SMFS list members Barb Goffman and Donna Andrews and non member Marcia Talley. Available in print and digital formats, the read can be purchased at Amazon and other vendors. The SMFS members in the read are: 

Smita Harish Jain with "A Charming Solution."

 

Eleanor Cawood Jones with “Whiskers McGruff and the Case of the Missing Clue.”

 

Tara Laskowski with "The Wig."

 

Adam Meyer with “Mr. Filbert’s Classroom.”

 

Alan Orloff with "Abracadaver."

 

Kathleen Rockwood with “Pyewackett.”

 

Cathy Wiley with "Courting Disaster."

 

Stacy Woodson with "The Midnight Show." 

 

Amazon Synopsis: 

Mystery and magic collide in this thrilling, all-new collection of short stories by some of the top talents in the crime-writing field. Tales of fantasy worlds and stage illusion, of magic-users and magic-abusers, fill these pages with a heady, deadly mix!

Here you will find— 

WHAT’S A LITTLE MURDER BETWEEN MAMMALS, by Rosalie Spielman

COURTING DISASTER, by Cathy Wiley

THE THIRTEENTH HOUSE, by Jaquelyn Lyman-Thomas

THE MIDNIGHT SHOW, by Stacy Woodson

THE WIG, by Tara Laskowski

A TOUCH OF MAGIC, by Shari Randall

THE SNOW GLOBE, by Greg Herren

SOMETHING DARK AND DANGEROUS, by Donna Andrews

A CHARMING SOLUTION, by Smita Harish Jain

WHAT GOES AROUND, by Robin Templeton

EVERYDAY MAGIC, by Pam Clark

PYEWACKETT, by KM Rockwood

BEHIND THE MAGIC 8-BALL, by Marcia Talley

WHISKERS McGRUFF AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING CLUE, by Eleanor Cawood Jones

ABRACADAVER, by Alan Orloff

MR. FILBERT’S CLASSROOM, by Adam Meyer

 

Includes an INTRODUCTION by Daniel Stashower.

Edited by Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, and Marcia Talley

SMFS Member Publishing News: The Alchemist of Riddle and Ruin: An Accidental Alchemist Mystery by Gigi Pandian

Today is publication day for SMFS list member Gigi Pandian’s new book, The Alchemist of Riddle and Ruin: An Accidental Alchemist Mystery. Published by Gargoyle Girl Productions, the read is the sixth book in the Accidental Alchemist Mystery series. It is available in digital and paperback formats at Amazon and other vendors.

 

Amazon Synopis: 

A riddle, a game, and a clue in the garden. Don’t miss the page-turning sixth book in the award-winning Accidental Alchemist Mystery Series, perfect for fans of cozy mysteries and urban fantasy.

When Zoe Faust sees the ghost of a murdered young woman, is it really a spirit—or a flesh and blood woman who stopped aging because she’s a fellow alchemist?

Sixteen years ago, high school student Ridley Price discovered a secret she planned to reveal through a party game—but someone killed her first. The baffling crime was never solved. Zoe’s friend Heather has always wondered: which of the seven guests at the party killed Ridley? When the newly-appeared ghost turns dangerous, threatening people they love, Zoe teams up with her gargoyle roommate Dorian to unmask the supposed specter.

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SMFS Member Publishing News: The Blonde on the Bridge by Wendy Harrison

 
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SleuthSayers: Last Dance With Mary Jane by Steve Liskow

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SMFS Member Publishing News: The DJ Saved My Life by Nikki Knight

 
SMFS list member Nikki Knight’s short story, The DJ Saved My Life, appears today at White Cat Publications. The story is free to read online here.

Ladies of Mystery: Foreshadowing by Susan Oleksiw

 Ladies of Mystery: Foreshadowing by Susan Oleksiw 

SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Weekly #52

Two SMFS list members are featured this week in Black Cat Weekly #51. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format. The SMFS list members in the issue are:

 

William Burton McCormick with his novella, “House of Tigers.” The story was a Black Orchid Novella Award finalist last year as noted here.  

 

Shannon Tate with “It’s Not Tennis.”

 

Publisher Synopsis: 

This week, our acquiring editors have outdone themselves—Michael Bracken has an original story by William Burton McCormick, “House of Tigers,” which was a Black Orchid Novella Award finalist. Though it didn’t win, it’s a great story. (Competition is fierce for this particular award, since it judged by Linda Landrigan, editor of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. I won the first Black Orchid for my story “Horse Pit,” and I haven’t dared enter since—I try to read all the winners, and they keep getting better and better. These days I probably wouldn’t stand a chance!) Barb Goffman also has an original, “It’s Not Tennis” by Shannon Taft, another good one. And Cynthia Ward has selected the modern classic “Whiter Teeth, Fresher Breath” by Tom Marcinko, which proves aliens do have it all. Even better oral hygiene! Plus we have a mystery novel by David Goodis (author of Dark Passage and Shoot the Piano Player), a space opera by E.E. “Doc” Smith, and science fiction from Arthur Leo Zagat and Stephen Marlowe! Here’s the complete lineup:

 

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure: 

“House of Tigers,” by William Burton McCormick [Michael Bracken Presents, Novella]

“Mailed It,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]

“It’s Not Tennis,” by Shannon Taft [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

Cassidy’s Girl, by David Goodis [novel]

Science Fiction & Fantasy: 

“Whiter Teeth, Fresher Breath,” by Tom Marcinko [Cynthia Ward Presents short story]

“Picnic,” by Stephen Marlowe [short story]

“The Cavern of the Shining Pool,” by Arthur Leo Zagat [novella]

Galactic Patrol, by E.E. “Doc” Smith [novel]

SMFS Members Published in Jewish Noir II: Tales of Crime and Other Dark Deeds

Several SMFS list members are published in the new anthology, Jewish Noir II: Tales of Crime and Other Dark Deeds. Published by PM Press, the read is available in print and digital formats at the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors. The SMFS members in the book are:

 

Ellen Kirschman with “The Almost Sisters.”

 

Jeff Markowitz with “The Black and White Cookie.”

 

Terry Shames with “"Inheritance."

 

Elizabeth Zelvin with “"The Cost of Something Priceless.” 

 

Publisher Synopsis: 

This second volume of Jewish Noir brings together an all-new collection of twenty-three stories from literary and genre authors from across the globe—Jewish and non-Jewish alike—exploring both the light and dark sides of the religion and culture. In addition to overall themes of hope and fear during this time of rising anti-Semitism in the US and abroad, the stories explore such issues as the Jewish support of the civil rights movement, the enduring legacy of negative stereotypes, the history of prejudice, assimilation, and questions of regional, national, and ethnic identity in stories that range from the fantastical to the all-too-real.

Featuring works from notable authors: Gabriela Alemán, Doug Allyn, Jill D. Block, Craig Faustus Buck, Jen Conley, D.M. Evans, Robin Hemley, Ellen Kirschman, Rita Lakin, Joy Mahabir, Jeff Markowitz, Zoe Quinton, Eileen Rendahl, Rabbi Ilene Schneider, Terry Shames, A.J. Sidransky, Lizzie Skurnick, E.J. Wagner, Kenneth Wishnia, Steven Wishnia, Xu Xi 許素細, Elizabeth Zelvin, and Yigal Zur.

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SMFS Member Award Winners at 2022 Killer Nashville

Three SMFS list members won awards at the Killer Nashville Conference last weekend. The full list of winners can be found at the website. The SMFS list members who received awards as listed below:

James L’Etoile won a Silver Falchion Award in the 2022 Killer Nashville Best Book By Attending Author  category for Black Label (Level Best Books, July 2021).

Jeffrey James Higgins won the overall 2022 Killer Nashville Claymore Award for Shaking. The unpublished manuscript also won a Killer Nashville Claymore Award For Best First Fifty Unpublished Pages in the Best Mystery category.

Nina Wachsman won a Killer Nashville Claymore Award For Best First Fifty Unpublished Pages for the manuscript, The Surrealist Circle, in the Best Historical category.

The First Two Pages: “The Black and White Cookie” by Jeff Markowitz

 The First Two Pages: “The Black and White Cookie” by Jeff Markowitz

SMFS Member Publishing News: HardScrabble Kids: Semi-magical tales of Maine by John R. Clark

 
SMFS list member John R Clark’s book, HardScrabble Kids: Semi-magical tales of Maine was recently published by Sennebec Hill Press. The read is available at Amazon in print and digital formats.

 

Amazon Synopsis:

Myrna, Icky, Sara (with no H), Greg, and everyone else in these stories face a challenge. Some are more serious than

others, but all seem daunting until a bit of magic comes along to help them. Challenges include helping a Revolutionary War ghost find eternal rest, coming up with a way to thwart a bully thanks to some football drills, an outhouse that serves as a transport system, time-traveling wildlife, a gift from a priest that saves a girl and her friend from a demon, and an alien stuck in a mall parking lot.

Follow along through sixteen stories and one novella as these Maine teens and youngsters find ways to overcome what at first seems impossible.

SleuthSayers: Can I Trust You? by Michael Bracken

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Murder Books: The Lighter Side of Darkness by Roger Johns

 Murder Books: The Lighter Side of Darkness by Roger Johns

SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Weekly #51

Three SMFS list members are featured this week in Black Cat Weekly #51. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format. The SMFS list members in the issue are:

 

Michael Bracken with “Little Spring.”

 

R. T. Lawton with “Tightening of the Bond.”

 

 Bev Vincent with “Death Sentence.”

 

Website Synopsis

Our 51st issue is another strong one one, with four of our acquiring editors finding tales for us. Michael Bracken has an original Bev Vincent mystery, and Barb Goffman has a winner from R.T. Lawton. Cynthia Ward turns the tables on fellow editor Michael Bracken and selects a haunted house story by him! And too-long-absent editor Paul Di Filippo has picked a powerful story by Sheree R. Thomas. Good stuff.

As if that’s not enough (which it never is for the Black Cat!), we have gone back to the pulps for some historical mystery-adventure tales by Harold Lamb and Philip M. Fisher, and dived even deeper for a collection of mysteries by Dick Donovan called The Chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service.

On the science fiction front, we have novellas by Arthur Leo Zagat and George O. Smith, plus Skylark Three, by E.E. “Doc” Smith.

 

Here’s the complete lineup:

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure

“Death Sentence,” by Bev Vincent [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

“Letter Perfect,” Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]

“Tightening of the Bond,” by R.T. Lawton [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

“The Man Who Measured the Wind,” by Harold Lamb [novella]

“The Yangtze Horde,” by Philip M. Fisher [short story]

The Chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service, by Dick Donovan [novel]

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

“Little Spring,” by Michael Bracken [Cynthia Ward Presents short story]

“Thirteen Year Long Song,” by Sheree R. Thomas [Paul Di Filippo Presents short story]

“The Faceless Men,” by Arthur Leo Zagat [novella]

The Kingdom of the Blind, by George O. Smith [novella]

Skylark Three, by E.E. “Doc” Smith [novel]

SMFS Members Published in Cozy Sidekicks: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #11

Several SMFS list members are published in the new, Cozy Sidekicks: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #11. Published by Knotted Road Press, the read is available in eBook at Amazon. The SMFS list members in the issue are: 

 

Joslyn Chase with “Facing the Diamond-Hard Truth.”

 

Diana Deverell with “White Nights.”

 

David H. Hendrickson with “Peanut and the Pentecostal Nun. ”

 

Michele Lang with “Satisfaction Brought Him Back”

 

Steve Liskow with “Spread it on Thick.”

 

Amazon Synopsis:

Sidekicks can play such an important part in mysteries. Where would Sherlock be without Dr. Watson? Or Nero Wolfe without Archie Goodwin?

Though the main character may not consider the sidekick an equal partner, every person is the hero of their own story.

Collected here are stories from the sidekick’s point of view. Because, after all, they might be the star of the show.

Issue 11 of Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem presents Cozy Sidekicks.

So Criminal, it’s Good.

Something Is Going To Happen: When Strangers Meet (by Art Taylor)

Something Is Going To Happen: When Strangers Meet (by Art Taylor)

SMFS Member Publication News: A Thousand Miles Away by Joseph S. Walker

SMFS list member Joseph S. Walker’s short story, A Thousand Miles Away, is published today on the website, Uncharted. You can read it for free here.

2022 Quill Award Winner: Lyn Worthen

SMFS list member Lyn Worthen collected several honors during the recent Quills Conference held by The League of Utah Writers. The group is a non-profit organization dedicated to offering friendship, education, and encouragement to the writers and poets of Utah. Our organization aids our members in the improvement of their craft and support of their goals. You can learn more about the group at their website.  The honors she received are:

 

Diamond Quill

The anthology, Street Magic, edited by Lyn Worthen. Also includes the short story, Spirit of the Law, written under the pseudonym Leigh Saunders.

 

Collections—Recommended Reads

The short stories, The Party Planning Pickle, written under the pseudonym Lauryn Christopher, and, One Magical Christmas, written under the pseudonym as Leigh Saunders in the Whimsical Winter Wonderland: A Holiday Hijinks Anthology. The anthology was also edited by Lyn Worthen.

 

Genre Short Story—Recommended Reads

Lyn Worthen’s short story, Tilting At Windmills, written under the pseudonym Lauryn Christopher, in Fiction River: Dark & Deadly Passions.

Lyn Worthen’s short story, Virtual Oracle, written under the pseudonym Leigh Saunders, in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine: #12.

 

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SMFS Members Published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine: September/October 2022

Today is release day and several SMFS list members are published in the Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine: September/October 2022 issue. The issue is available at the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors. The SMFS members in the issue are:

 

Elizabeth Elwood with “The Light on the Lagoon.”

 

Smita Harish Jain with "Publish or Perish.

 

Paul D. Marks with “The Wraith of Bunker Hill.”

 

William Burton McCormick with “The Celta Wave Conundrum.”

 

Leigh Perry with “The Skeleton Rides a Horse.”

 

Anne Swardson with “Uncaged.” 

 

Art Taylor with “We Are All Strangers Here.”

 

Joseph S. Walker with “Cleaning Day.”

 

Website:

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

September/October 2022

FICTION

The Wraith of Bunker Hill by Paul D. Marks Uncaged by Anne Swardson We Are All Strangers Here by Art Taylor No Peace for the Wicked by Martin Edwards The Celta Wave Conundrum by William Burton Mccormick The Light on the Lagoon by Elizabeth Elwood Deconstruction by David Dean The Skeleton Rides a Horse by Leigh Perry Cleaning Day by Joseph S. Walker Publish Or Perish by Smita Harish Jain Sound Moral Character by Hal Charles The Kindness of Strangers by Twist Phelan The Edinburgh Vampire by Jane Jakeman

DEPARTMENT OF FIRST STORIES

Down the Mine by John Dziuban Dogs in the Canyon by Mark Harrison

BLACK MASK The Hideout by Bernard Onken PASSPORT TO CRIME Police Technique by Pierre Véry NONFICTION AND REVIEWS The Jury Box by Steve Steinbock  Stranger Than Fiction by Dean Jobb Blog Bytes by Kristopher Zgorski

 

SMFS Members Published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine: September/October 2022

Today is release day and several SMFS list members have stories in the Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine: September/October 2022 issue. The issue is available at the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors. Those members are:

 

James R. Benn with “Irish Tommy.”

 

Kevin Egan with “Becoming Ian Fleming.”

 

John M. Floyd with “The Donovan Gang.”

 

James A. Hearn with "When the Dams Break."

 

Edith Maxwell with "Peril in Pasadena.”

 

Melissa Yi with “My Two-Legs.” 

 

Website: 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

September/October 2022

FICTION

The Donovan Gang • John M. Floyd My Two-Legs • Melissa Yi Becoming Ian Fleming • Kevin Egan Polk, Pitts, and Cadaver • Michael Nethercott Dragon Well • Martin Limón The People All Said Beware • Christopher Latragna The Bosky Dell • Janice Law When the Dams Break • James A. Hearn Irish Tommy • James R. Benn The Green Man • James Tipton Peril in Pasadena • Edith Maxwell Scars • Iain Rowan A Stranger in the House • Sharon Hunt Victim of Circumstance • L. A. Wilson, Jr. Adorable • Tara Price and James Patrick Kelly

DEPARTMENTS

The Lineup Mysterious Photograph Dying Words by Arlene Fisher Scrambled Wimsey by Mark Lagasse Booked & Printed by Laurel Flores Fantauzzo The Story That Won Solution to Dying Words

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