SMFS Member Publishing News: The Penny Drops by Shannon Taft

SMFS list member Shannon Taft’s short story, The Penny Drops, appears in Black Cat Weekly #147. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format.

 

Publisher Description:

his issue, we have a pair of original mysteries (by Ron Miller and Shannon Taft, the latter two thanks to our Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman), and our mystery novel is a Victorian-era sensation novel by Florence Warden. Of course, there’s a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles, too.

 

Our fantasy and science fiction section is heavier than usual on fantasy, with an Australian tale by Ernest Favenc, a dark fantasy by British master John Glasby, and a supernatural novel by E.F. Benson. Science fiction fans will enjoy classic pulp adventures by Edmond Hamilton and Arthur Leo Zagat. Fun stuff!

 

Here’s the complete lineup—

 

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

• “Take the Money and Run,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
• “The Penny Drops,” by Shannon Taft [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
• “Velda’s First Case,” by Ron Miller [short story, Velda series]
• The Mystery of the Inn by the Shore, by Florence Warden [novel]

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

• “Not Without Sorcery,” by John Glasby [short story]
• “Fey,” by Ernest Favenc [short story]
• “The Comet-drivers,” by Edmond Hamilton [short story]
• “No Escape from Destiny” by Arthur Leo Zagat [short novel]
• Across the Stream, by E.F. Benson [novel]