SMFS Member Publishing News: Crossfire in the Crosshairs by Paula Gail Benson

SMFS list member Paula Gail Benson’s short story, Crossfire in the Crosshairs, appears in the just released book, A Death in the Night: A Dragon Soul Press Anthology. Compiled and published by Dragon Soul Press, the read is available here in digital format and print formats.

 

Amazon Description:

Nowhere is safe.

Assassins who are paid well, blackmailed, or are repaying debts as they hunt face more challenges than anticipated. The worst crime is growing attached to their target or sympathizing with their cause. Each assassin’s journey is entirely unique in these eleven dark tales.

Featuring stories from Victoria Azzi, L.N. Hunter, Charles Kyffhausen, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Fulvio Gatti, Edgar Mahaffey, Gray Stanback, Jennifer Strassel, Douglas Allen Gohl, Paula Gail Benson, and Frank Sawielijew.

SMFS Members Published in Killin’ Time in San Diego: Bouchercon Anthology 2023

 

Today is publication day for Killin’ Time in San Diego: Bouchercon Anthology 2023. Published by Down & Out Books, the anthology is available in digital and print formats. The SMFS list members with short stories in the book are:

 

C.W. Blackwell with “Hard Rain on Beach Street.”

 

LH Dillman with "To Hell and Back."

 

John M. Floyd with “Plymouth West."

 

Kim Keeline with "The Business of Death."

 

Emilya Naymark with “Girl of Gold.”

 

JR Sanders with "Dead Even.”

 

James Thorpe with "Casualties Of War."

 

Victoria Weisfeld with "Pearl of a Girl."

 

Publisher Description:

Welcome to San Diego, where the perpetual sunshine blurs the line between good and evil, and sin and redemption are two sides of the same golden coin.

Killin’ Time in San Diego is a gripping anthology edited by Holly West, featuring twenty of today’s best crime and mystery writers. Published in conjunction with Bouchercon 2023, this new anthology peels back the postcard-perfect image of San Diego to expose its darker side.

With contributions from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box and the Edgar-award-winning author Naomi Hirahara, plus a new story from Ann Cleeves OBE, published for the first time in the U.S., Killin’ Time in San Diego showcases an impressive lineup of writers, including Mary Keenan, C.W. Blackwell, J.R. Sanders, John M. Floyd, Kathy A. Norris, Kathleen L. Asay, L.H. Dillman, Richie Narvaez, Wesley Browne, Désirée Zamorano, James Thorpe, Kim Keeline, Victoria Weisfeld, Anne-Marie Campbell, Jennifer Berg, Tim P. Walker, and Emilya Naymark.

From the haunted hallways of the Hotel del Coronado to the tranquil gardens of Balboa Park, from the opulent estates of La Jolla to the bustling Gaslamp Quarter, Killin’ Time in San Diego is your ticket to the hidden side of “America’s Finest City.”

SMFS at Bouchercon 2023

Bouchercon 2023: San Diego begins this Wednesday in San Diego, California, at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina. Numerous SMFS members will be attending and actively participating on panels, book signings, and more. The list below features just some of the many activities featuring SMFS list members. Please remember that times and room locations as well as panelists and other details are subject to change. More information can be found at the official website. 

 

Events 

Wednesday Evening

8:30 pm. Various SMFS members participate in the Cozies and Cocktails event.

 

Thursday Morning

7:00 AM  Various SMFS list members participate in Author Speed Dating.

 

12:30 PM    Crime Trivia with James L’Etoile (Author Spotlight).

 

2:30 PM   Curtis Ippolito, among others, discuss writing about their different regions of California (Author Spotlight).

 

Thursday Evening  

 

During opening ceremonies, Past President Robert Lopresti will present Derringer medals to the 2023 Derringer Award winners that are in attendance. More information on the winners and the categories they won in can be found here. 

6:00 PM  Various SMFS list members will be participating in the signing of the Bouchercon anthology, Killin’ Time in San Diego.

 

8:30 PM Various SMFS list members will be participating in the signing and launch party of the anthology, Crime Under the Sun.

 

Friday Morning

 

8:30 AM  Whet Your Appetite with Two Cozy Culinary Writers: Edith Maxwell aka Maddie Day will chat about her popular cozy series, and food, of course! (Author Spotlight)

 

11:45 AM  Various SMFS list members participate in Author Speed Dating.

 

Saturday

 

7:00 AM   Various SMFS list members will be participating in the Speed Dating event.

 

8:00 AM  Josh Pachter talks about anthologies inspired by singer/songwriters (Author Spotlight).

 

3:00 PM   Robert Lopresti: How Librarians Tracked A Rare Book Thief (Author Spotlight)

 

 

Panels

 

In addition to all the various panels below, fellow SMFS list member and Bouchercon 2023 Chair, Kim Keeline, reports that she will be at various “Bouchercon 101” or “Ask Me Anything” sessions each morning as well as attending other events.

 

Wednesday

 

2 PM   Michael Bracken moderates the panel, "Short Stories: Crime and Detection in a Smaller Form." Scheduled participants include SMFS list member Claire A. Murray among others.

4:30 PM  Judith Ayn moderates the panel, “Pacific Northwest Crimes (and authors).”

 

4:30 PM  Vinnie Hansen, among others, participate on the “Ticking Clock: Authors of Thrillers and Suspense Talk About Pace” panel.

 

4:30 PM  Warren Moore, among others, participate on the “Noir: Shining the Light on Dark Fiction” panel.

 

Thursday 

10:20 AM  Lori Robbins, among others, participate on the “Close Read: Panelists Analyze Short Passages of Writing” panel.

 

10:20 AM  Kevin Burton Smith moderates the panel, “You Can’t Kill Me – Why the PI Novel Won’t Die.” Andrew Welsh-Huggins, among others, participate.

 

10:20 AM  Art Taylor interviews Toastmaster Naomi Hirahara.

 

12:45 PM  Sybil Johnson, among others, participate in the panel "Entrepeneurial Detectives: Small Business Owners Who Solve Crime"

 

12:45 PM  Robert Lopresti moderates the panel, “20 Panels in One: Panelists Take a Shot at Answering As Many Panel Topics as Possible.”

 

2:00 PM  Edith Maxwell, among others, participate on the panel, The Hook: Books, Victorian Architecture, and Other Excitement  in Cozy Mysteries.”

 

3:15 PM  Mysti Berry moderates the panel, “Social Justice & Page-turners: Stories That Have it All.” 

 

Friday 

9:00 AM   Craig Faustus Black, among others, participate on the "Hollywood & Writers: Working for TV or the movies Plus Publishing Stories" panel.

 

9:00  AM  Mysti Berry, Josh Pachter, and Art Taylor, among others, participate on the “Anthony Short Story Anthology” panel.

 

9:00 AM Peggy Rothschild, among others, participate on the panel, "Mysterious Animals: Wild Creatures and Pets Bring Excitement to the Story."

 

10:20 AM   Michael Bracken moderates the panel, " Anthony Short Story." Scheduled SMFS list member participants include Barb Goffman, Bruce Robert Coffin, Curtis Ippolito, E.A. Aymar, and Gabriel Valjan.

 

1:00 PM  Teresa Inge, among others, participate on “The Legacy of Nancy Drew & the Hardy Boys” panel.

 

1:00 PM   Alan Orloff moderates the panel, “Best Children’s/YA Novel Anthony Award Nominees.” Fleur Bradley, among others, participate.

 

1:00 PM  Josh Pachter, among others, participate on the “"Openings That Kill It" panel.

 

1:00 PM    Joseph S. Walker participates on the panel, "Short Stories: The Joys of Mysteries in Bite Sized Form” as do fellow SMFS list members, R. T. Lawton, Melinda Loomis, James A. Hearn, and Art Taylor.

 

2:00 PM  M. L. "Matt" Buchman, among others, participate on the panel, “Find Your Next Favorite Author.” Hosted by Authors on the Air, how and why three successful authors turned indie publisher and launched six magazines. (Late add and not listed in the official schedule.)

 

6:10 PM  Barb Goffman, among others, participate on the “Liars Panel.”

 

Saturday

 

7:30 AM  Bonnar Spring, among others, participate on the panel, “Vanished: The Missing, the Dead, and the Ones They Left Behind.”

 

8:55 AM  Edith Maxwell, among others, participate on the panel, “Eating Your Way Thru a Book: Culinary Mysteries.”

 

10:10 AM T eresa Inge, among others, participate on the panel, “Authors and Their Childhood Reading: Nancy Drew & More.” This is offsite at the San Diego Public Library Downtown.

 

10:10 AM  G.M. Malliet, among others, participate on the panel, “Place as Character: How to Write a Great Setting.”

 

10:10 AM  Alan Orloff, among others, participate on the “Keep the Reader Turning Pages: Thrillers and Suspense” panel.

 

1:00 PM  Leigh Perry, among others, participate on the "Inhuman:  Vampires, Werewolves or other Supernatural Happenings” panel.

 

2:20 PM  Fleur Bradley, among others, participate on the “Mysteries for the Younger Set: What the Cool Kids Read.”

 

3:35 PM  Kathy Krevat moderates the panel, “A Community as Warm as the Cuisine.”

 

Sunday

 

9:00 AM  Leigh Perry moderates the panel, "Laugh It Up:  Humor Where the Bodies Drop.”

 

9:00 AM  Bonnar Spring moderates the panel, “Supporting Acts – How supporting characters develop, adapt and add to the world.”  M. L. "Matt" Buchman, among others, participate.

 

10:15 AM   Robert Lopresti, among others, participate on the “Librarians:  What they wished readers and writers knew” panel.

 

11:30 AM  Judith Ayn, among others, participates on the “Legal Crimes: The Law in Fiction” panel.

 

11:30 AM  Julie Leo and Rob Pierce. among others, participate on the “Long and the Short of It” panel.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Cargo by John M. Floyd

SMFS list member John M. Floyd’s short story, Cargo, is now published in Black Cat Weekly #102. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format.

 

Publisher Description:

Here’s the complete lineup for our 104th issue—technically, the 2nd anniversary issue, but since we had our big celebration with our 100th issue (whose number seems a more significant milestone), we simply note this new landmark. As always, we have a terrific lineup of original, modern, and classic fiction in multiple genres. Every reader is sure to find something to enjoy, no matter your tastes!

 

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

“Cargo,” by John M. Floyd [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

“The Case of the Polluted Punch” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]

“Carry-on” by Wayne J. Gardiner [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

“Dead Blood Runs Purple,” by Frank Kane [novelet]

The Adventures of Tyler Tatlock, by Dick Donovan [short story collection]

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

“The Fine Art of Dreaming,” by Larry Tritten [short story]

“Masters of the Metropolis,” by Lin Carter [short story]

“Awakening,” by Bryce Walton [short story]

“Fuzzy Head,” by Frank Belknap Long [novella]

“Warrior of Two Worlds,” by Manly Wade Wellman [novella]

SMFS Member Publishing News: Nowhere, Going Somewhere Else by Stephen D. Rogers

 

SMFS list member Stephen D. Rogers’s short story, Nowhere, Going Somewhere Else, was recently published at TOUGH. The story is free to read online here.

SMFS Member Award Winners at 2023 Killer Nashville

Several 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 are listed below:

 

Debra H. Goldstein won a Silver Falchion Award in the “Best Book By An Attending Author” category for Five Belles Too Many: A Sarah Blair Mystery (Kensington Books).

 

James L’Etoile won a Silver Falchion Award in the “Best Investigator” category for Dead Drop: A Detective Nathan Parker Novel (Level Best Books).

 

Robert Mangeot won the “2023 SEMWA Magnolia Award” for service to the Southeast Regional Chapter (SEMWA) of the Mystery Writers of America.

 

Cynthia Rice won a Killer Nashville Claymore Award in The Best First Fifty Unpublished Pages in the “Suspense” category for The Last Broken Girl. The book is scheduled to be published in 2024 by The Wild Rose Press.

 

Lori Robbons won a Silver Falchion Award in the “Best Cozy” category for Murder in Third Position: An On Pointe Mystery (Level Best Books).

 

Jennifer and Jessica Slee won a Killer Nashville Claymore Award in The Best First Fifty Unpublished Pages in the “Literary” category for Perfect Fifth.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Stealing Paradise: A Grifter’s Song by Curtis Ippolito

SMFS list member Curtis Ippolito’s novella, Stealing Paradise was released earlier this month by Down & Out Books. This is the thirty-fourth installment of the A Grifter’s Song series. The read is available in eBook format from Amazon.

 

Publisher Description:

Sam and Rachel are taking a much-deserved break in America’s Finest City—San Diego. Staying at the legendary Hotel Del on Coronado Island, the couple hack their way into a free suite, swanky spas, and numerous other luxuries. But that’s where the scams cease.

Rachel has enacted a mantra of “observe but don’t act,” intended to allow Sam time to decompress and recover—and it’s working. But true to their nature, when a con too easy to pass up comes along, all other intentions are quickly discarded. Once a young businessman brags about increasing his net worth over the pandemic through the windfall of small business loans from the Federal government he had forgiven, the couple hatch a simple con to lighten his load some.

After some cozying up and planning an “investor presentation,” they seem poised to net an easy payday of six figures. The only hitch? A disgruntled former employer also has Sam and Rachel’s mark in his sights, unknown to them. Will his unwelcome presence not only kill the con but spell doom for them all?

SMFS Member Publishing News: The Worth Of An Ear by Patrick Whitehurst

SMFS list member Patrick Whitehurst’s short story, The Worth Of An Ear, was recently published at Punk Noir Magazine. You can read the piece for free online here.

SMFS Members Published in Illicit Motions: Unnerving Crime Book 1

 

Today is publication day for Illicit Motions: Unnerving Crime Book 1. Compiled and edited by SMFS list member Eddie Generous, the read includes short stories by several SMFS list members and others. The read is available in digital and print formats from Amazon. The SMFS list members in the issue are:

 

Michael Bracken with "Getting Out of the Box."

 

Serena Jayne with "Requiem for a Drink."

 

Tom Milani with "A Head Start."

 

Robert Petyo with "Man Enough." 

 

M.E. Proctor with "Sweet Marylou."

 

P.M. Raymond with "Clean Up at Sunnyside Lounge."

 

Amazon Description:

Behind closed doors, down quiet streets, through the night fog rolling along the coasts, and deep within thick shadows the world over, criminals, opportunists, and maniacs roam; their hands, feet, and minds busy with Illicit Motions. Within these pages are fourteen crime stories; take a trip through the seedy side of the everyday world, the violence of professional hits, the chances to break away from the tedium of normalcy, and much more.

Illicit Motions includes stories from Charles Ardai (winner of the Shamus, Edgar Allan Poe, and Ellery Queen awards, and founder and editor of Hard Case Crime), Michael Bracken (winner of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer Award), Nick Mamatas (author of I Am Providence and The Second Shooter), Deborah Sheldon, (winner of an Australian Shadows Award), as well as Joe Allegretti, Serena Jayne, Chris Kuriata, Justine Gardner, Armand Rosamilia, P.M. Raymond, M.E. Proctor, Robert Petyo, Tom Milani, and Eddie Generous (founder and editor of Unnerving).

SMFS Member Publishing News: Maybe I Love You by M. E. Proctor

SMFS list member M. E. Proctor’s short story, Maybe I Love You, was published yesterday at Shotgun Honey. You can read the tale for free here.

SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Weekly #103

 

SMFS list members are published in Black Cat Weekly #103 out today. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format. The members and their stories are:

 

O’Neil De Noux with “A Dirty, Dimly Lit Place.”

 

Shannon Taft with “The End of the Road.”

 

 

Publisher Description:

Our 103rd issue is just one shy of our second anniversary issue, but we still have a whale of an issue for you. Regular readers will notice a new category (“Adventure”) below, which will appear occasionally to fit stories I like that aren’t necessarily mysteries, science fiction, or fantasy. (Well…this one may be fantasy, depending on how you feel about fish!) It’s from a pulp magazine called Mammoth Adventure, a companion to Amazing Stories and Fantastic when they were published by Ziff-Davis. It’s fun.

Working our way through the table of contents, we have a pair of original mysteries by O’Neil De Noux and Shannon Taft, thanks to our hardworking Acquiring Editors, Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman. James Holding has a crime story, and Golden Age British mystery author J.J. Connington adds a terrific novel.

For adventure (and nature) lovers, something’s fishy in “Only a Sucker Bites,” a whopper of a story about lake pike.

On the fantasy end of things, we have a tale of astral projection from Adrian Cole, a vintage zombi (or jumbee) story by Henry S. Whitehead first published in Weird Tales, and a pair of vintage science fiction stories by Arthur Leo Zagat and George O. Smith.

 

Here’s the complete lineup:

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

“A Dirty, Dimly Lit Place,” by O’Neil De Noux [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

“Too Many Suspects,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]

“The End of the Road,” by Shannon Taft [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

“Reason Enough,” by James Holding [short story]

Murder in the Maze, by J. J. Connington [novel]

 

Adventure:

“Only a Sucker Bites,” by J. C. Stanley [short story] 

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

“A Smell of Burning,” by Adrian Cole [short story]

“Jumbee,” by Henry S. Whitehead [short story]

“Lost in Time,” by Arthur Leo Zagat [novella]

Dynasty of the Lost, by George O. Smith [novel]

SMFS Member Publishing News: Grand-Père’s Last Transmission by Bev Vincent

SMFS list member Bev Vincent’s short story, Grand-Père’s Last Transmission, is published in the recently released anthology, Rhapsody of the Spheres. Latest in the series, Third Flatiron Anthologies, the read is available in digital and print formats at Amazon.

 

Publisher Description:

Rhapsody of the Spheres

Third Flatiron’s new all-original science fiction/fantasy/horror/humor anthology, Rhapsody of the Spheres, presents short stories about things that give us joy or meaning.

The theme is inspired by the well-known “music of the spheres” philosophy (aka musica universalis) and movements of the heavenly bodies, which dates as far back as ancient Greece. The term, rhapsody refers to an outpouring of ecstatic expression or an epic poem. Follow an international group of authors as they imagine visions ranging from an exhilarating space treasure hunt and alien contact, to nature, family, dreamscapes, discovery, mythology, and the power of music. Notably, a long sought-after truce with dragons is achieved. Includes a flash humor section, “Grins & Gurgles.”

Contents 

Editor’s Note by Juliana Rew

The Solution to Everything is Disco by Jenny Perry Carr

And Lifts Her Leafy Arms to Pray by Brian Trent

One Last Night at Benny’s Magic Fantastic Cabaret by Jeff Reynolds

The United Flamemakers of Ravalli by David Hankins

The Day Luna Swallowed the Sun by Akis Linardos

Euterpe by Maureen Bowden

Let Sleeping Rock Stars Lie by Bruce Golden

Celestial Notes by Robin Pond

Peer-Reviewed Spellcasting by M. A. Dosser

An Autograph by Stetson Ray

Dog’s Body by Edward Barnfield

Dream Bones by Neethu Krishnan

Discordia by Liam Hogan

Matryoshka by Douglas Gwilym

A Touch of the Grape by Sharon Diane King

Lost and Hound by M. R. Abbink-Gallagher

Museum of the Multiverse by Anne Gruner

Physics for Witches by Monica Joyce Evans

Grand-Père’s Last Transmission by Bev Vincent

Changing of the Guard by Taylor Dye

Sunrise on Eris by Mike Adamson

The Stellar Instrument by Brandon Case

Opal World Frolic by Jendia Gammon

 

Grins & Gurgles (flash humor)

The Art of Music Surfing by Lisa Timpf

The Last Viceroy by Julie Biegner

 

Epic Poem

The Arbitration of Beauty by Emily Martha Sorensen

Paperback available on Amazon. Kindle releasing on August 21.

SMFS Members Published in Yellow Mama Webzine: Issue 99

SMFS list members are published in the recently released Yellow Mama Webzine: Issue 99. The issue is online and a free read here. The SMFS list members in the issue are:

 

Pam Ebel with the short story, “Venom.”

 

Robert Jeschonek with his flash fiction tale, "Secretary to a Serial Killer."

 

Elizabeth Zelvin with her poem, "Afternoon on the Beach."

SMFS Members Published in Colp: Desert/Dessert

 

SMFS list members are published in the recently released Colp: Desert/Dessert. Published by Gypsum Sound Tales, the latest in their anthology series is available in digital and print formats at Amazon. The SMFS list members in the book are:

 

J. F. Benedetto with "The Desert of Death."

 

Robert Petyo with "A Bad Day."

 

Amazon Description:

Desert - A waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically one covered with sand.

Dessert - The sweet course eaten at the end of a meal.

Infinitely different, but easy enough to mix up.

Colp: Desert/Dessert features seventeen short stories from new and returning authors. Some are about deserts, some are about desserts, and some are about both.

SMFS Members Published in Library Cases: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #15

Several SMFS list members are published in Library Cases: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #15. Published by Knotted Road Press, the read is available in digital and print formats at Amazon and other vendors. The SMFS list members in the issue are:

 

Joslyn Chase with "Because of Louisa"

 

Diana Deverell with "Snakes in the Stacks."

 

Robert Jeschonek with "The Overdue Burrower."

 

Annie Reed with "A Lucky Man." 

 

Publisher Description: 

Stories can take place not only between the covers of books, but also in the places where books are kept.

Like in libraries.

The fifteenth issue of MCM is a collection of cozy stories by the syndicate, stories that will make you giggle, shake your head, or at the very least, think about.

So Criminal, It's Good.

Be sure to pick up all the issues!

SMFS Member Publishing News: Opportunity Flats by Ed Teja

SMFS list member Ed Teja’s short story, Opportunity Flats, is published at the Mystery Tribune. The story can be read for free at the website.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Making the Bad Guys Nervous by Joseph S. Walker

 

SMFS list member Joseph S. Walker’s short story, Making the Bad Guys Nervous, is now published in Black Cat Weekly #102. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format.

 

Publisher Description:

Black Cat Weekly #102 has quite an eclectic lineup. We have modern mystery tales by Joseph S. Walker and Marc Lecard (thanks to Acquiring Editors Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman. A parody of Harlan Ellison’s work from Larry Tritten. Noir from Bruno Fischer. A story featuring traditional British detective Sexton Blake from Hal Meredith. Classic sci-fi by Lester del Rey. And let’s not forget our solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.

We also have more than a few stories by famous authors that appeared outside of the genre for which they are most famous. This time it’s mystery writer Evan Hunter, plus horror writers Joseph Payne Brennan and H.P. Lovecraft, all with science fiction stories. Lovecraft’s first appeared as a 3-part serial in Astounding Stories.

How did Lovecraft’s work manage to appear in Astounding? For a brief time, he had an agent—who made the sale for him to a market that paid significantly more than Weird Tales. Surely Lovecraft never would have submitted to Astounding on his own. And never mind that it really is a science fiction story, though there are cosmic horrors as well. Literary quality sold it. And so Lovecraft became a science fiction pulp writer!

Evan Hunter—slumming in the science fiction field—sold his story to Science Fiction Quarterly—a respectable market, if not in the top tier. Brennan’s tale appeared as an original in his 1963 collection, Scream at Midnight.

 

Here’s the complete lineup:

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

"Making the Bad Guys Nervous," by Joseph S. Walker [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

"Things That Go Bump," by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]

"Teardown," by Marc Lecard [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

"Py Ponk," by Hal Meredith [Sexton Blake series, short story]

"Stop Him!," by Bruno Fischer

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

"Painbird, Painbird, Fly Away Home," by Larry Tritten

"Operation Distress," by Lester Del Rey

"The Dump," by by Joseph Payne Brennan

"Reaching for the Moon," by Evan Hunter

At the Mountains of Madness, by H. P. Lovecraft [novel]

SMFS Member Publishing News: The Good Samaritan by Shari Held

 

SMFS list member Shari Held’s mystery short story, The Good Samaritan, was published today at Kings River Life Magazine. You can read the piece for free online here.

SMFS Members Published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine: September/October 2023

SMFS list members are published in the Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine: September/October 2023 issue. The issue is available at the publisher and other vendors. The SMFS members in the issue are:

 

Curtis Ippolito with “Green and California Bound.”

 

William Burton McCormick with “Balloon.”

 

Twist Phelan with “Soon It’ll Be Over.”

 

Anna Scotti with “It’s Not Even Past.”