SMFS Members Published in More Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties

Today is publication day for the new anthology, More Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties. Edited by SMFS list member Michael Bracken, the new anthology is the second book in the series that started last year from Down & Out Books. It is available in digital and print formats from a variety of vendors, including Amazon. The SMFS list members in the book are:

 

Wil A. Emerson with “Blue Suede Shoes.”

 

Jeff Esterholm with “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun.”

 

John M. Floyd with “Summer in the City.”

 

Nils Gilbertson with "Where Dreams Await."

 

Wendy Harrison with "By the Bay." 

 

David H. Hendrickson with "Devil in Disguise."

 

Robert Petyo with "Hammer."

 

Bev Vincent with "Crocodile Tears."

 

Joseph S. Walker with "We Are The Stonewall Girls."

 

Stacy Woodson with "One Night in 1965." 

 

Publisher Description:

The Sixties were a time of great cultural upheaval, when long-established social norms were challenged and everything changed: from music to fashion to social mores. And the Leave It to Beaver households in Middle America didn’t know what to make of it all.

In the midst of this, private eyes tried to understand and bridge the generational divide while providing their clients with legal and extra-legal detecting services.

From old-school private eyes with their flat-tops, off-the-rack suits, and well-worn brogues to the new breed of private eyes with their shoulder-length hair, bell-bottoms, and hemp sandals, the shamuses in More Groovy Gumshoes—a follow-up to the far-out original Groovy Gumshoes—take readers on another rollicking romp through the Sixties.

Contributors include: Michael Chandos, Wil A. Emerson, Jeff Esterholm, John M. Floyd, Nils Gilbertson, Wendy Harrison, Dave H. Hendrickson, gay toltl kinman, Lynn Maples, Jarrett Mazza, John McFetridge, Robert Petyo, Graham Powell, Bev Vincent, Joseph S. Walker