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