SMFS Members Published/Honored in The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023

 

Today is publication day for The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023. Published by the Mysterious Press, the book is available in a variety of formats at the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors. Some SMFS list members have stories reprinted in the main section of the book and another is listed in the “Honor Roll” section. The list members that reported their presence in the book are:

 

Main Full Story Section:

 

Joslyn Chase with “Cold Hands, Warm Heart.” Originally published in Cold Cases: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #12, published by Knotted Road Press.

 

David Krugler, with “Two Sharks Walk into a Bar.” Originally published in Mystery Magazine: September 2022.

 

Annie Reed with "The Promise." Originally published in Cold Cases: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #12,  published by Knotted Road Press.

 

Joseph S. Walker with "Crime Scene." Originally published in Malice in Dallas: Metroplex Mysteries Volume 1, published by the North Dallas Chapter of Sisters in Crime.

 

Honor Roll 

Michael Bracken with "Kissing Cousins." Originally published in Starlite Pulp Review #1, published by Starlite Pulp.

 

Description:

Amor Towles selects the best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Andrew Child, Jeffrey Deaver, and T.C. Boyle. 

Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, New York Times bestseller Amor Towles has selected the twenty most puzzling, most thrilling, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume. The volume also contains a "bonus story" selected from the bookshop's rare book room, featuring a look into the history of this illustrious genre.