tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60180266842476830102024-03-18T09:38:01.173-04:00The Short Mystery Fiction Society BlogFrom the group keeping mystery & crime stories in the public eye since 1996Joe Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06317560144998411460noreply@blogger.comBlogger3748125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-69162354947888105532024-03-18T08:32:00.002-04:002024-03-18T09:37:18.407-04:00SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Weekly #133<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjBcg6iWZhoBYWZ7e0gti728yN5YGP149RL_oCJkN8I8BItH9DCIf-i5mNB11-bNL7G46BK3ohxxFsjV8tmFMA0sargBJygYpIXzE1cdz4lEBkGELhnAZTG5-1wPupaUpDd_O55YI-Yf9Bo8f8tNMWWNo6rdTnct2fXLyzq5vmftwqWVijQ9qISy9fPw/s1280/BCW_133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjBcg6iWZhoBYWZ7e0gti728yN5YGP149RL_oCJkN8I8BItH9DCIf-i5mNB11-bNL7G46BK3ohxxFsjV8tmFMA0sargBJygYpIXzE1cdz4lEBkGELhnAZTG5-1wPupaUpDd_O55YI-Yf9Bo8f8tNMWWNo6rdTnct2fXLyzq5vmftwqWVijQ9qISy9fPw/s320/BCW_133.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">SMFS list members are published in Black Cat Weekly
#133. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available </span><a href="https://blackcatweekly.com/b/ejScz"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
in digital format. The members that reported their stories are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Veronica Leigh with "Trouble in Paradise."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Shannon Taft with "Pot o' Gold."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Website Description:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">It’s the time of year when things get
really crazed here at Wildside Press, as we are preparing books for the Malice
Domestic mystery convention. (We usually publish the official convention
book—in this case, <i>Malice Domestic 18: Mystery Most Devious</i>…plus
release other titles there, such as the sports crime anthology <i>Three
Strikes—You’re Dead!</i>, edited by our own Barb Goffman, with Donna Andrews
and Marcia Talley). Should you wish to attend, it’s held in Bethesda, Maryland
from April 26 to 28 this year. Info at malicedomestic.net.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> So it’s going to be
a <i>very </i>brief intro this time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Here’s the complete
lineup—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:</span></b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Ear Worm,” by Robert Jeschonek
[Michael Bracken Presents short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Who Slew the Valkyrie,” by Hal
Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Pot o’ Gold,” by Shannon Taft
[Barb Goffman Presents short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Trouble in Paradise,” by
Veronica Leigh [short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“The Scarlet Imperial,” by
Dorothy B. Hughes [novel]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Science Fiction & Fantasy:</span></b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“A Time To Die,” by Harold Calin
[short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Out of Nowhere,” by E.A. Grosser<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Star Chamber,” by H.B. Fyfe
[short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Pogo Planet,” by Donald A.
Wollheim [short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The Kid from Mars</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">, by Oscar J. Friend [novel]</span></li></ul>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-6393836297137374012024-03-17T11:47:00.006-04:002024-03-17T12:51:41.454-04:00SMFS Member Publishing News: Who Shot Goobie Morgan? by John M. Floyd<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xO9VGVb7VaTpGghGN0LacISOCqUHiDszq2zFLmpNBzuU1JgXBTpONQLs9JajFWAbVAIGkp563M0ktDMwuUDvr8DyQT5h1K45BX2pwSK9Viq-nTq5lyJcK8Y_Yd786nRcVvuZcOYiRwz1zL3z9TjQ6DDcsrxdU-Gz2cIbcFjC1SdKfIM9STD4rlCE5i0/s320/Floyd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xO9VGVb7VaTpGghGN0LacISOCqUHiDszq2zFLmpNBzuU1JgXBTpONQLs9JajFWAbVAIGkp563M0ktDMwuUDvr8DyQT5h1K45BX2pwSK9Viq-nTq5lyJcK8Y_Yd786nRcVvuZcOYiRwz1zL3z9TjQ6DDcsrxdU-Gz2cIbcFjC1SdKfIM9STD4rlCE5i0/w200-h200/Floyd.jpg" width="200" /></a> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">SMFS list member John M. Floyd’s short story, Who Shot
Goobie Morgan?, appears in the March 25th issue of <i>Woman's World</i>. The
issue is available in grocery stores, newsstands, and at <a href="https://www.womansworld.com/">Woman’s World</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-25363848796373373882024-03-16T01:00:00.004-04:002024-03-16T01:00:00.137-04:00SMFS Members Published in The Luck of the Irish: Cozy Mystery Anthology<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfmFOFM5882tl4L1WOrR1-0h7T8vEAZ_re0EoYkd2yVvZXndvnkBxFVjkccSEVahckOV3_S7bJz4L8u-EpEUNVLXMrHqffKou6o-C1Upw7uGi9vtJQB6KsFbQc41OOF4EuhoGROrN-YJKc71WCXpHZPbFEr6C4S2fsTFSS0rLzCo5XS7mfPYv3fSLqYM/s320/LUCK%20Anthology.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfmFOFM5882tl4L1WOrR1-0h7T8vEAZ_re0EoYkd2yVvZXndvnkBxFVjkccSEVahckOV3_S7bJz4L8u-EpEUNVLXMrHqffKou6o-C1Upw7uGi9vtJQB6KsFbQc41OOF4EuhoGROrN-YJKc71WCXpHZPbFEr6C4S2fsTFSS0rLzCo5XS7mfPYv3fSLqYM/s1600/LUCK%20Anthology.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Today is publication day for </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Luck of the Irish: Cozy
Mystery Anthology</i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">. Published by Ad Astra Press Inc, the read is
available at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Luck-Irish-Mystery-Anthology-authors/dp/B0CXDYNZN9/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and other vendors. SMFS list members that reported being in
the read are:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Kathleen Marple Kalb with “A Fatal St. Patrick's Day.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Cheryl Phipps with "Luck of Shadows."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Amazon Description:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Ten Tantalising Cozy Mysteries to delight you on Saint
Patrick's Day!<br />
Sure to make you chuckle, and keep you guessing!<br />
<br />
Includes the authors' Favorite Saint Patrick's Day Irish Recipes<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Ten
authors got together to bring you these super Cozy mysteries, themed around
Luck, Saint Patrick's Day and — in rather surprising ways — sometimes
leprechauns, too.<br />
Some of our authors are well known to you, such as radio celebrity Kathleen
Marple Kalb<br />
and USA Today listed author C. A. Phipps.<br />
Some are total unknowns, such as W. Jenkins.<br />
Short stories, novellas, and all stops in between!<br />
Enjoy dipping into this book whenever you have a few minutes when you can read.<br />
Whatever your taste in Cozies, we hope that you will enjoy these stories, and I
do not hesitate to say that there's something here for everyone...<br />
100% of book sale proceeds go to the non-profit RAICEStexas.org who help
children living in dreadful conditions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqGhYKhsE37pnpfnT3hacAe55lVOcl9Qkb8XtMm9GJh6Ct44u3PqxvsG2TwHPK3Ba0yxRxNNPvIpKZKRB1lFDQdAsSJhYsaitmNxyLDUAE5kJjyXoIpUxwPNDy5V9AjkP9cC0ZUYnbEEnqVUJxjwvaT3Xaae0fbOh_DUb1A2c923ZiqB2PRruecnDlmQ/s425/Luck%20BACK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="275" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqGhYKhsE37pnpfnT3hacAe55lVOcl9Qkb8XtMm9GJh6Ct44u3PqxvsG2TwHPK3Ba0yxRxNNPvIpKZKRB1lFDQdAsSJhYsaitmNxyLDUAE5kJjyXoIpUxwPNDy5V9AjkP9cC0ZUYnbEEnqVUJxjwvaT3Xaae0fbOh_DUb1A2c923ZiqB2PRruecnDlmQ/s320/Luck%20BACK.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span><p></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-74534663825891338402024-03-15T13:06:00.003-04:002024-03-15T13:06:25.379-04:00SMFS Member Publishing News: The Blackberry Pie Thief by Alice K. Boatwright<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHQ30LjfdfLRoQ6HAF5G7-BeLX2tKeseSDknSlf9kvQ53r7_k51QDAeJNWzI_iTm2nTHyDrVuiy8E4cE5W8MRg-LJNJ9lYbj_QnY0C_nMDA-Avb_Pe9kd-zQ0GgS3KvZCkw0vB1aYmnicmPmqb-A5zEr0ukiogi1Pj2jpDz7pfWfQGBfM8JvWsx08qn4/s810/IMG_0080.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="810" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHQ30LjfdfLRoQ6HAF5G7-BeLX2tKeseSDknSlf9kvQ53r7_k51QDAeJNWzI_iTm2nTHyDrVuiy8E4cE5W8MRg-LJNJ9lYbj_QnY0C_nMDA-Avb_Pe9kd-zQ0GgS3KvZCkw0vB1aYmnicmPmqb-A5zEr0ukiogi1Pj2jpDz7pfWfQGBfM8JvWsx08qn4/w200-h133/IMG_0080.PNG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p>SMFS list member Alice K. Boatwright’s short story, The
Blackberry Pie Thief, was published today at The Saturday Evening Post. You can
read the piece for free online <a href="https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/03/the-blackberry-pie-thief/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">here</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span><p></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-54214675844600044702024-03-14T01:00:00.009-04:002024-03-14T01:00:00.137-04:00SMFS Member Publishing News: Trains Passing by Marty Zeigler <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReDw-wLrD6pu3ZzQS-mhf6qsU9Dv3nHVVCEtig_cI1vCYeqDzCKoeyaEym2dFs7I3fLxd7I9kGB07YhyzX1dCb_ibx85lIsTTrJXM8VEkBrXlz_x7CXYWpu1vVIwwbIWb8jE_iSLcBi8I3Mc3g2srVndA6m2PEXPO6mbfHFGy2B6GZeCCmDrkxKSMP70/s425/3%20FRONT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="283" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReDw-wLrD6pu3ZzQS-mhf6qsU9Dv3nHVVCEtig_cI1vCYeqDzCKoeyaEym2dFs7I3fLxd7I9kGB07YhyzX1dCb_ibx85lIsTTrJXM8VEkBrXlz_x7CXYWpu1vVIwwbIWb8jE_iSLcBi8I3Mc3g2srVndA6m2PEXPO6mbfHFGy2B6GZeCCmDrkxKSMP70/s320/3%20FRONT.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Today is publication day for <b><i>Arithmophobia: An
Anthology of Mathematical Horror</i></b>. The new anthology includes SMFS list
member Marty Zeigler’s short story, Trains Passing. Published by <a href="https://polymathpress.com/products/arithmophobia-an-anthology-of-mathematical-horror-edited-by-robert-lewis">Polymath
Press</a>, the read is available at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW2WKXVD/">Amazon</a> and other vendors. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Publisher Description:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: #FCFCFC;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: .45pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“Arithmophobia,” n.: The fear of
numbers or mathematics.</span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: .45pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p data-mce-fragment="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: #FCFCFC; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(2, 34, 46, 0.75); font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: .45pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Whether you love mathematics or find it
terrifying, this anthology of original tales of terror is sure to send a chill
down your spine. With an unlucky thirteen brand new horror stories and a bonus
poem in case any readers suffer from triskaidekaphobia, these pages combine the
talents of some of the genre’s most experienced award-winning practitioners of
terror and some of the literary world’s most promising new voices.</span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: .45pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p data-mce-fragment="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: #FCFCFC; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(2, 34, 46, 0.75); font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: .45pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Featuring contributions by Elizabeth Massie,
Miguel Fliguer, Mike Slater, Patrick Freivald, Liz Kaufman, Damon Nomad, Sarah
Lazarz, Martin Zeigler, Josh Snider, Rivka Crowbourne, Joe Stout, Brian Knight,
Wil Forbis, David Lee Summers, and Maxwell I. Gold.</span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: .45pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p data-mce-fragment="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: #FCFCFC; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(2, 34, 46, 0.75); font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: .45pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">These stories tell us of strange and
horrifying new geometries, crazed and violent mathematicians, sentient and
malevolent numbers, and even some new mathematical twists on some classic
monsters. You needn’t be a mathematician to experience these new forms of
mathematical terror, though students of the discipline might recognize some
familiar names and ideas lurking in the shadows.</span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: .45pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p data-mce-fragment="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: #FCFCFC; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(2, 34, 46, 0.75); font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: .45pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">So pull up a chair, dust off your abacus and
slide rule, and prepare to experience…</span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: .45pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: #FCFCFC; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(2, 34, 46, 0.75); font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><em data-mce-fragment="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: .45pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Arithmophobia</span></em><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: .45pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">.</span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: .45pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70X5fq45lYsWRO1dbZ4ylacdARo_PhyphenhyphenwZYKNuXqD5WaWwnZuRtbS639L_Ol5sNBUSvIjdZKvcXCho4SnUn7ZDp2A51xwFQUdtr8Q6cFNAE4ZfLGKH0maUj7YdVfkmCJ6XsNDe3y3U0tv-HnSpe-cAP744nts9eWUodzdeVNC5R2T88-npJQwPXzLMUvM/s425/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="283" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70X5fq45lYsWRO1dbZ4ylacdARo_PhyphenhyphenwZYKNuXqD5WaWwnZuRtbS639L_Ol5sNBUSvIjdZKvcXCho4SnUn7ZDp2A51xwFQUdtr8Q6cFNAE4ZfLGKH0maUj7YdVfkmCJ6XsNDe3y3U0tv-HnSpe-cAP744nts9eWUodzdeVNC5R2T88-npJQwPXzLMUvM/s320/3.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-86607525568134465472024-03-13T11:22:00.004-04:002024-03-13T11:23:06.294-04:00SMFS Member Publishing News: A Case for the Ladies: A Dot and Amelia Mystery by Maddie Day <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_s_jg490b9bD_2l1ngMSlir31W_KJ1UECsDoeJLPaxp4SycedHzjV00ihnr7DHq7OmVJA7o3mFpt7TPXX7pO2gRnxrNCSFOytlQhauC9jEPQuzLhl0brcd4NltHz6JqQp6nitpDyMUZgyCJ4xouklyltHFkE7w5iC2aoZhuGPq9-Oe664-kIQpUdbQU/s425/Day.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="275" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_s_jg490b9bD_2l1ngMSlir31W_KJ1UECsDoeJLPaxp4SycedHzjV00ihnr7DHq7OmVJA7o3mFpt7TPXX7pO2gRnxrNCSFOytlQhauC9jEPQuzLhl0brcd4NltHz6JqQp6nitpDyMUZgyCJ4xouklyltHFkE7w5iC2aoZhuGPq9-Oe664-kIQpUdbQU/s320/Day.jpg" width="207" /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">SMFS list member Maddie Day’s book, <b><i>A Case
for the Ladies: A Dot and Amelia Mystery</i></b>, was released last month. It
is available from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Case-Ladies-Dot-Amelia-Mystery/dp/B0CW3GW7CX/">Amazon</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Amazon Description: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Amid Prohibition, Irish
gangs, the KKK, and rampant mistreatment of immigrant women, intrepid private
investigator Dorothy Henderson and her pal Amelia Earhart seek justice for
several murdered young women in 1926 Boston. As tensions mount, the sleuths, along
with their reporter friend Jeanette and Dot’s maiden aunt Etta. experience
their own mistreatment at the hand of society and wonder who they can really
trust.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">This novel brings a pre-fame Amelia Earhart to
life in 1926, when she lived in a Boston suburb and worked as a teacher and
social worker at a settlement house founded to help immigrant women. After
Amelia meets fictional lady PI Dot Henderson, and more than one young immigrant
woman is found murdered, the two put their heads together to seek justice for
the less powerful. Meanwhile, Etta Rogers, a founder of the settlement house
and a Wellesley professor, works with reporter Jeanette Colby to investigate the
Irish gangs who are not only running illicit liquor but also seeking to take
over the settlement house real estate.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12DXDFtqNNSNI-Xf8Svx41ZPbVR10Yi3SC-LnXi0vtcsHRLP9PcqatUoEn38YEmbW8spnmcHVqrsusEW4DVBY3yZyWMJ-7Q9cBMlMTcUeb-_2e3al0Yx191VcwP4yG9U8kbUTUjVGD4dCqIf52eLNWcJM4Ngg1e8GvYy-_hA6IYoOAX4yp1KxagzTTXk/s425/Day%20BACK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="275" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12DXDFtqNNSNI-Xf8Svx41ZPbVR10Yi3SC-LnXi0vtcsHRLP9PcqatUoEn38YEmbW8spnmcHVqrsusEW4DVBY3yZyWMJ-7Q9cBMlMTcUeb-_2e3al0Yx191VcwP4yG9U8kbUTUjVGD4dCqIf52eLNWcJM4Ngg1e8GvYy-_hA6IYoOAX4yp1KxagzTTXk/s320/Day%20BACK.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><p></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-86192284481815142012024-03-13T09:04:00.010-04:002024-03-13T10:07:56.172-04:00SMFS Member Publishing News: A Toe for Jesus - A Casper Barnett Story by John Weagly<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBVnNXAT5OJliHtnkzCx5XBJqJN_tyaBNGhxeZXMP_2Wurm6ILeiE30LGbetJM10XqCQE2XBvesFCWzR168AJACD62EBRSZHuV5_OG9aqciFnElSydVf4yzCzWphtiZ1lG_7CRX-FQqa5xlEuUmbtiJdkMWkARRQqKwJy84e2npCzpzvPFHpzvwyw81I/s678/Weagly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="678" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBVnNXAT5OJliHtnkzCx5XBJqJN_tyaBNGhxeZXMP_2Wurm6ILeiE30LGbetJM10XqCQE2XBvesFCWzR168AJACD62EBRSZHuV5_OG9aqciFnElSydVf4yzCzWphtiZ1lG_7CRX-FQqa5xlEuUmbtiJdkMWkARRQqKwJy84e2npCzpzvPFHpzvwyw81I/w200-h133/Weagly.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p>SMFS list member John Weagly’s short story, A Toe for
Jesus - A Casper Barnett Story, was recently published at Punk Noir Magazine.
You can read the piece for free online <a href="https://punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/a-toe-for-jesus-a-casper-barnett-story-by-john-weagly/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">here</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span><p></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-4393162866474806862024-03-11T08:25:00.017-04:002024-03-11T09:29:20.387-04:00SMFS Member Publishing News: Never Know What You’ll Hear by Nikki Knight <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYsc8kXRkhBlTA4YOjNvP3WwKZZ3VnD00DNufWs924MrQlLmkVhUWILV93u_ZEjFUxcn2UhYn5Qxaz1pWsdhWgsdHS2HT7HAEOzw7py-tngYQVSqQIF0Gm8Jzqc4NPOWXGeWly_I3_-vNYGZXqvBunDYkUUmHLzVGGqYDuPtEnJflId_wZ2efifctbZTg/s1124/BC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYsc8kXRkhBlTA4YOjNvP3WwKZZ3VnD00DNufWs924MrQlLmkVhUWILV93u_ZEjFUxcn2UhYn5Qxaz1pWsdhWgsdHS2HT7HAEOzw7py-tngYQVSqQIF0Gm8Jzqc4NPOWXGeWly_I3_-vNYGZXqvBunDYkUUmHLzVGGqYDuPtEnJflId_wZ2efifctbZTg/s320/BC.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">SMFS list member Nikki Knight’s short story, Never
Know What You’ll Hear, is published in Black Cat Weekly #132. Published by
Wildside Press, the issue is available </span><a href="https://blackcatweekly.com/b/KF5u6" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> in digital format.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Publisher Description:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You’re in for a mystery treat this
time, with the first Honey West novel. (If you’re not familiar with Honey, she
debuted in 1957—and created quite a stir as the first woman detective in a
field dominated by hardboiled males. See my long intro directly before the book
for a complete dossier on Honey.) Plus this issue we have an original tale from
Nikki Knight (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), a great tale by
David Dean (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman), and the first Gabriel
Gale mystery by G.K. Chesterton. And, of course, a solve-it-yourself puzzler
from the always-clever brains of Hal Charles (the writing team of Hal Blythe
and Charlie Sweet).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> On the science
fiction and fantasy side, we have a whopper of a fish tale from Carl Jacobi,
military sci-fi from J.F. Bone, a fiendish alien plot from H.B. Fyfe, a tale of
telepresence space exploration gone wrong from Daniel F. Galouye, and a short
pulp novel from Milton Lesser (Stephen Marlowe).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Here’s the complete
lineup—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:</span></b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Never Know What You’ll Hear,” by
Nikki Knight [Michael Bracken Presents short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Who Spoiledapple Cider Days,”
Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Mariel,” by David Dean [Barb
Goffman Presents short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“The Fantastic Friends,” by G.K.
Chesterton [short story, Gabriel Gale series]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">This Girl for Hire</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">, by G.G. Fickling [novel, Honey West series]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b><b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Science Fiction & Fantasy:</span></b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Carnaby’s Fish,” by Carl Jacobi
[short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Weapon,” by J.F. Bone [short
story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“The Klygha,” by H.B. Fyfe [short
story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Reign of the Telepuppets,” by
Daniel F. Galouye [short novel]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Son of the Black Chalice,</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> by Milton Lesser [short novel]</span></li></ul>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-28319117781427360582024-03-11T01:00:00.006-04:002024-03-11T01:00:00.251-04:00SMFS Members Published in Crimeucopia - Totally Psycho Logical<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghi0FI4rjaizB8JrMxY7bPkTPmoX6NUrucQ9m1qFvvsW-HIa21CJ5itcYf6NtDI8snNGhvqbW8gyau_C5GhnLC8P518ucWXZb6QfyfBVjZtCwXRORUowrqOxE7nzFwzAv-zPTACgTN4II0neQJKSGZT8qZWD9DpO3qmDoYC9LhEdy2h590KQStRyaVPVQ/s425/Crimeucopia.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="283" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghi0FI4rjaizB8JrMxY7bPkTPmoX6NUrucQ9m1qFvvsW-HIa21CJ5itcYf6NtDI8snNGhvqbW8gyau_C5GhnLC8P518ucWXZb6QfyfBVjZtCwXRORUowrqOxE7nzFwzAv-zPTACgTN4II0neQJKSGZT8qZWD9DpO3qmDoYC9LhEdy2h590KQStRyaVPVQ/s320/Crimeucopia.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Today is publication day for <b><i>Crimeucopia
- Totally Psycho Logical</i></b>. Published by <a href="https://www.murderousinkpress.co.uk/publications.html">Murderous Ink
Press</a>, the read is available at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crimeucopia-Totally-Logical-Authors-Various/dp/1909498564/">Amazon</a>
and other vendors. SMFS list members that reported being in the read are: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Daniel C. Bartlett with "How Easily Things Can
Explode."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Wendy Harrison with "It's Nothing Personal."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Carol Goodman Kaufman with "Skin Deep."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Amazon Description:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;">Totally - adverb: completely; absolutely. Used to emphasize a
clause or statement. "He/She is totally bat-shit crazy!"</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;">Psycho - noun: an unstable
and aggressive person. "Don't you know? My ex is a total psycho!"</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;">adjective: exhibiting
unstable and aggressive behaviour. "There's some kind of psycho nut job on
the loose out there!"</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;">Logical - adjective:
characterized by or capable of clear, sound reasoning. "His/Her logical
mind? Are you nuts or something?"</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;">But are all psychos 'nut
jobs'? Or, given the chance, could they show that their actions really are
totally logical? At least, from their perspective that is.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;">Laurie Stevens, Jesse
Aaron, Patrick Ambrose, Stephen D. Rogers, Wendy Harrison, Jan Glaz, Brandon
Doughty, Elena Schacherl, Joyce Bingham, Jeff Somers, Glenn Francis Faelnar,
Douglas Soesbe, C.G. Merchant, Daniel C. Bartlett, Richard J. O'Brien, David Bradley,
and Kamal M</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;">All take you on journeys
that might often put a skewer through any rational thought processes you think
you might have.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;">And as always, with all of
these anthologies, we hope you'll find something that you immediately like, as
well as something that takes you out of your regular padded cell comfort zone -
and puts you into a completely new one because, in the spirit of the Murderous
Ink Press motto:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;">You never know what you
like until you read it.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2B9qZIqMLHqYV1_xFvMVEA9JyFyxqnJBhAXwy8dPR0_6Jw3kXbEINraGHUmFkIzOMa0psjvIz7jtad0Rb1WJgf0oqGpLRhFyF0gt-JXpFW4Imu_w_x2s6yT_CJp2pAEyZ1VVH4SHN4rHEwj8E0YI3Vhopi_U9Nv85uIioHiQFIKALaRvjMFw5zNbiDsA/s425/Crimeucopia%20%20BACK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="283" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2B9qZIqMLHqYV1_xFvMVEA9JyFyxqnJBhAXwy8dPR0_6Jw3kXbEINraGHUmFkIzOMa0psjvIz7jtad0Rb1WJgf0oqGpLRhFyF0gt-JXpFW4Imu_w_x2s6yT_CJp2pAEyZ1VVH4SHN4rHEwj8E0YI3Vhopi_U9Nv85uIioHiQFIKALaRvjMFw5zNbiDsA/s320/Crimeucopia%20%20BACK.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-85208587967742894812024-03-09T09:45:00.030-05:002024-03-09T10:51:53.720-05:00SMFS Member is a 2023 Bram Stoker Award Finalist<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdGBcyoYFs6NKOj0F3DP1Kc-tMjoGIBV2lDBK6CHUEBL7uU5bqw_6Y9kss3G-02s2fOFBPw8gXj85d906DrG5tiFIsppeF36p74Gp-omhhB3LFLbUMYVgjk4DreIWwTVJWB4Le-o7dtvAM1yHfbajo7tGaHPp8IbDxCHu9EuJpaXMm1SxmoG2SWPHF_I/s290/awards-banner-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="128" data-original-width="290" height="88" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdGBcyoYFs6NKOj0F3DP1Kc-tMjoGIBV2lDBK6CHUEBL7uU5bqw_6Y9kss3G-02s2fOFBPw8gXj85d906DrG5tiFIsppeF36p74Gp-omhhB3LFLbUMYVgjk4DreIWwTVJWB4Le-o7dtvAM1yHfbajo7tGaHPp8IbDxCHu9EuJpaXMm1SxmoG2SWPHF_I/w200-h88/awards-banner-1.jpg" width="200" /></a> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The 2023 Bram Stoker Awards Finalists have been announced
by the Horror Writers of America. SMFS list member Lisa Morton reported that
she is a finalist in the “Superior Achievement in Long Nonfiction” category for
her book, <b><i>The Art of the Zombie Movie</i></b> (<a href="http://applausebooks.com/books/search/The%20Art%20of%20the%20Zombie%20Movie">Applause
Books</a>). The full list of finalists can be found at the <a href="https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/front-page/the-2023-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot/">website</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Lisa Morton also reported that the book is also nominated
for “Best Graphic Arts Presentation” in the <a href="https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/">2023 Rondo Hatton Classic
Horror Awards</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjboG0lLZ09wdtsSPtzHOgIg6Zt_qjsskMLN4CnxNlHE4fMlpjeJ5FOK0TW7oRuYMz5JuBq7iKHOA69Q-deYNwEHeC9-vrhvzmXJoiXtbOfsBvpW9FuxmCjiNzlRmlK5WAysBMdbfRyjdzJuOjBFm9oz-9aDKR6oOiNjNVedWSXfJ6QpsE9cYNCtrC0UcM/s349/morton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="315" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjboG0lLZ09wdtsSPtzHOgIg6Zt_qjsskMLN4CnxNlHE4fMlpjeJ5FOK0TW7oRuYMz5JuBq7iKHOA69Q-deYNwEHeC9-vrhvzmXJoiXtbOfsBvpW9FuxmCjiNzlRmlK5WAysBMdbfRyjdzJuOjBFm9oz-9aDKR6oOiNjNVedWSXfJ6QpsE9cYNCtrC0UcM/s320/morton.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><p></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-23458161691440394002024-03-05T08:56:00.015-05:002024-03-05T09:59:28.530-05:00SMFS Member Publishing News: Thursday Affair by Paul Ryan O'Connor<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpkmzshAzXmv4l7rq0x4HVRDsvOyrgC3wNLvjZmHc0Of78xmE2zwiVWzrRiM_qwn8mhuzk4KfMoxVjW0IUXSzzCvPSwbkOBEDda-FBIlIvyXS2YxwqWdf8UDiltM2ReK-C_cb5y9zUMBUBVfOAckLx-r-Y2WhQpbeCA-yfbCRWEMizbpGWv_7_PJDHl4/s1200/2024-flash-fiction-Thursday-OConnor-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="1200" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpkmzshAzXmv4l7rq0x4HVRDsvOyrgC3wNLvjZmHc0Of78xmE2zwiVWzrRiM_qwn8mhuzk4KfMoxVjW0IUXSzzCvPSwbkOBEDda-FBIlIvyXS2YxwqWdf8UDiltM2ReK-C_cb5y9zUMBUBVfOAckLx-r-Y2WhQpbeCA-yfbCRWEMizbpGWv_7_PJDHl4/w200-h108/2024-flash-fiction-Thursday-OConnor-.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">SMFS list member Paul Ryan O'Connor’s short story, Thursday
Affair, was published at Shotgun Honey. You can read the piece for free online <a href="https://shotgunhoney.com/fiction/thursday-affair-by-paul-ryan-oconnor/">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-57170310808772709182024-03-05T01:00:00.001-05:002024-03-05T01:00:00.142-05:00SMFS Member Publishing News: Half Crime by Rusty Barnes <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTtJYB-fZzMZj6tBxrdmn8ddQaRHjTgwkCF7HWTJ3USkIY8cSMXTm9wlOrLRkDXBedCsE9Qje9koSVJhadd9yfoj85KMKOE-8vnRSd5dxyyxqGPokVKPTrg409BvVNBxU-LWa1SPav8ySgLnDfioMVDOVOAkg6OJn8uV47RQkxXi_fxiIWZYPrm1OfTU/s425/Half%20Crime.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="266" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTtJYB-fZzMZj6tBxrdmn8ddQaRHjTgwkCF7HWTJ3USkIY8cSMXTm9wlOrLRkDXBedCsE9Qje9koSVJhadd9yfoj85KMKOE-8vnRSd5dxyyxqGPokVKPTrg409BvVNBxU-LWa1SPav8ySgLnDfioMVDOVOAkg6OJn8uV47RQkxXi_fxiIWZYPrm1OfTU/w125-h200/Half%20Crime.jpg" width="125" /></a> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Today is publication day
for SMFS list member Gary Phillips’ new book,<b><i> Half Crime</i></b>.
Published by Redneck Press, the short story collection is available at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Half-Crime-Rusty-Barnes-ebook/dp/B0CQBM1L3N/">Amazon</a>
and other vendors.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGuN_3i0y77S7LczUgUYb6wblD1k-uYlwxDC5Lon8niAw1fL-boyuCi6oI9TCj2SzyLAGIWOw6WqOS2DExGM3XYYsq7DVf43zfnG394NRuNh2I6j06U7uKh5D3odhFXAwxA8twdSeVSNfH8XN3QN7FU5tYI918xOQBar1ZR0I1dgytDuFB0_5qg2deJQ/s425/Half%20Crime%20BACK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="266" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGuN_3i0y77S7LczUgUYb6wblD1k-uYlwxDC5Lon8niAw1fL-boyuCi6oI9TCj2SzyLAGIWOw6WqOS2DExGM3XYYsq7DVf43zfnG394NRuNh2I6j06U7uKh5D3odhFXAwxA8twdSeVSNfH8XN3QN7FU5tYI918xOQBar1ZR0I1dgytDuFB0_5qg2deJQ/w125-h200/Half%20Crime%20BACK.jpg" width="125" /></a></div><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-19748408219243062692024-03-04T13:36:00.000-05:002024-03-04T13:36:11.565-05:00SMFS Member Publishing News: Everybody Loves a Hero by Richard Helms<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UGQXoClDAtZ_QydABwoeucW728R9ck3s9bnBfh3cwxu_v65hczzr_wdiOVPCMK4i5A5e11vfCa9eGvzzAg7HnDrZ7Otpug1_GOdHl-Zjp1A4-C8q7Erlu7n-E7gDCAc-cLgW5j5AhPwBRcGdmby0EyxHzf1IvnLbTQDSj0iWXDkdkc53_M6J8A5F7vw/s1280/BCW_131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UGQXoClDAtZ_QydABwoeucW728R9ck3s9bnBfh3cwxu_v65hczzr_wdiOVPCMK4i5A5e11vfCa9eGvzzAg7HnDrZ7Otpug1_GOdHl-Zjp1A4-C8q7Erlu7n-E7gDCAc-cLgW5j5AhPwBRcGdmby0EyxHzf1IvnLbTQDSj0iWXDkdkc53_M6J8A5F7vw/w150-h200/BCW_131.jpg" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">SMFS list member Richard Helms’ short story, Everybody
Loves a Hero, is published in Black Cat Weekly #131. Published by Wildside
Press, the issue is available <a href="https://blackcatweekly.com/b/AzbcH">here</a>
in digital format. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Website Description:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">This issue, we have a pair of original
tales—Aeryn Rudel’s “The Past, History” (which served double-duty as both
science fiction and a crime story, courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael
Bracken) and Janet Law’s urban fantasy, “The Fountain of Youth.” We also have a
pair of stories that fall squarely in the <i>Weird Tales</i> vein,
one by fantasy master Seabury Quinn and one by Malcolm Jameson, best known for
his military SF tales—this time, he serves up sci-fi horror in South America,
complete with monsters! A Jerome Bixby / Joe E. Dean collaboration and a novel
of a future in which the United States has cut itself off from the world with
an atomic curtain of power (a variation of the “iron curtain” theme…) by Nick
Boddie Williams round out the science fiction & fantasy part of the
magazine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> On the mystery side,
Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman serves up a tale of a potential high school
shooter and his best friend in “Everybody Loves a Hero,” by Richard Helms, plus
we have a classic short story by Murray Leinster and a powerful anti-racism
mystery novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. And, of course, one of Hal Charles’s
“solve-it-yourself” puzzlers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <b>A warning to the
culturally sensitive:</b> Dorothy B. Hughes’s novel, published in 1963,
contains language which will be offensive to some. It is used to highlight the
racism of villains in the story and was a powerful anti-racism tool of the time
in a skilled author’s hands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Here’s the complete
lineup—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:</span></b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“The Past, History,” by Aeryn
Rudel [Michael Bracken Presents short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“What’s Wrong with this
Picture?”by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Everybody Loves a Hero,” by
Richard Helms [Barb Goffman Presents short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Island Honor,” by Murray
Leinster [short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The Expendable Man,</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> by Dorothy B. Hughes [novel]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Science Fiction & Fantasy:</span></b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“The Past, History,” by Aeryn
Rudel [Michael Bracken Presents short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“The Fountain of Youth,”by Janice
Law [short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Share Alike,” by Jerome Bixby
and Joe E. Dean [short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“The Vengeance of India,” by
Seabury Quinn [short story, Jules de Grandin series]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Chariots of San Fernando,” by
Malcolm Jameson [short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The Atom Curtain</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">, by Nick Boddie Williams [novel]</span></li></ul>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-53791105379938386812024-03-03T14:38:00.013-05:002024-03-03T15:42:39.946-05:00SMFS Member Publishing News: The List by Karen Harrington<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoayHzbxMeg1V8i3BikXwLH8WP_NyGT_NgIPgMJ7U5KPFHoVYfr4tVoMnqdCMiMoS1aQecC3WezGzJG0owK0PKJawa10XoMxfwz-0Zfuqk_MtJbhOJqrV_4Y7PD65zK7CDIRmcLUfbuuRSqtItOrpwTfV0H5j6tetoaQaMMTzs29lZapx73S9kViGDj84/s320/issue-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="216" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoayHzbxMeg1V8i3BikXwLH8WP_NyGT_NgIPgMJ7U5KPFHoVYfr4tVoMnqdCMiMoS1aQecC3WezGzJG0owK0PKJawa10XoMxfwz-0Zfuqk_MtJbhOJqrV_4Y7PD65zK7CDIRmcLUfbuuRSqtItOrpwTfV0H5j6tetoaQaMMTzs29lZapx73S9kViGDj84/w135-h200/issue-0.jpg" width="135" /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">SMFS list member Karen Harrington’s short story, The
List, was published last week at Flash Fiction Magazine. The read is available
online and is a free read <a href="https://flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2024/02/27/the-list-3/">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-5532190376017366602024-03-03T13:17:00.001-05:002024-03-03T14:17:58.931-05:00SMFS Members Published in Mystery Magazine: March 2024<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rUcSGBjN3BugRiC6RTBx_ayIu75QKhR1Oiyknlcn_zi8LhRPBN2ahefzBcxSsOe_E_xSZtTsFSV69AJyQ3KRSq15NIFLNRFYl2_c1qpsfbwgGh4uSGmDHlceCCCZCvx6oHceM95gc23gyRb5b2l4IjMrqXb0VsNz0sjWq2E5ebZqJI1jZmwPj_fsUv0/s600/covermar2024lg.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="461" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rUcSGBjN3BugRiC6RTBx_ayIu75QKhR1Oiyknlcn_zi8LhRPBN2ahefzBcxSsOe_E_xSZtTsFSV69AJyQ3KRSq15NIFLNRFYl2_c1qpsfbwgGh4uSGmDHlceCCCZCvx6oHceM95gc23gyRb5b2l4IjMrqXb0VsNz0sjWq2E5ebZqJI1jZmwPj_fsUv0/s320/covermar2024lg.png" width="246" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">SMFS list members are published in the <i>Mystery
Magazine: March 2024 </i>issue. The read is available at the <a href="https://www.mysteryweekly.com/">publisher</a> and at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Magazine-March-Victor-Kreuiter-ebook/dp/B0CWW1S9HS/">Amazon</a>.
The SMFS list members that reported their presence in the issue are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Peter W. J. Hayes with "Yellow Tulips.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 284.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">David Krugler with “The
Cold Case Geniuses.” <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Robert Mangeot with "Someone Went and Killed
Tickly Thomason."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Paul Ryan O'Connor with "No One Will Believe You."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Amazon Description: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">At the
cutting edge of crime fiction, Mystery Magazine presents original short stories
by the world’s best-known and emerging mystery writers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The
stories we feature in our monthly issues span every imaginable subgenre,
including cozy, police procedural, noir, whodunit, supernatural, hardboiled,
humor, and historical mysteries. Evocative writing and a compelling story are
the only certainty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Get
ready to be surprised, challenged, and entertained--whether you enjoy the style
of the Golden Age of mystery (e.g., Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle), the
glorious pulp digests of the early twentieth century (e.g., Dashiell Hammett,
Raymond Chandler), or contemporary masters of mystery.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">★</span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <b>In this issue</b> </span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">★</span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<br />
In our cover feature, “The Five Wives Book Club” by Victor Kreuiter, book club
members—long-time friends—are inspired by their favorite fictions to manage
their lives.<br />
<br />
“Someone Went And Killed Tickly Thomason” by Robert Mangeot: Detective S.R.
Jefferson senses foul play behind a country gold legend’s conveniently
unsurprising heart attack. The path to police glory runs through a squabbling
family, a party barge, and a fateful hoedown showdown.<br />
<br />
In “Solitary” by Leland Neville, a work release program offers an inmate a
long-awaited opportunity to start over in life. His past, however, has other
plans.<br />
<br />
“Yellow Tulips” by Peter W. J. Hayes: Sent to Ankara to save a missing CIA
source, Levon Grace finds himself at dinner with one of Turkey's most senior
intelligence officials, who has a story to tell and a deadline to keep.<br />
<br />
In “Four To Go” by Richard Ciciarelli, mystery writer Sheryl Case decides to
murder her demanding writing partner, Myra Borne, and go it alone.<br />
<br />
In “The Cold Case Geniuses” by David Krugler, two coders have a million-dollar
idea: an app that enables armchair sleuths to crack unsolved murders on their
phones. Just before they launch the app, an armed intruder breaks in. Could he
be one of the killers?<br />
<br />
“The Princess” by Janice Law: Amber is a chilly beauty who is not only looking
for a prince but expects one to preform some difficult and dangerous task to
win her. Such an occasion arises, and to the narrator's surprise, murder
follows.<br />
<br />
In “No One Will Believe You” by Paul Ryan O'Connor, a down-on-his-luck
dishwasher is mugged at gunpoint by the most famous movie star in the world.<br />
<br />
“The Wisdom Of Solomon,” a You-Solve-It by Eric B. Ruark: If Solomon had had to
deal with three pre-teens in a snit, who knows how much wisdom he would have
accumulated.<br />
<br />
<b>Cover Art by Robin Grenville Evans</b></span></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-65607376526898420642024-03-03T12:54:00.014-05:002024-03-03T13:57:46.598-05:00SMFS Members Published in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine: Issue 26<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcm4Ip4U6Flm0bBy8ko0LpSwN5-4CYx8l0PbOPlbGU8fgJedLz0uW9_KkxD5PF1_aedPG4Qj_1Va0UGPE_Tv2FMBQYCMyRvdiy5dTvV1qSVvhRb2XZkYVXlwOr65ttVsyXSfG8VnUd9OgC0ydHsb9KzugS7vTvFqvb455I2R0Dxv7X5LZEd-pSmTfy9W4/s1234/Pulphouse-Fiction-Magazine-26.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="823" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcm4Ip4U6Flm0bBy8ko0LpSwN5-4CYx8l0PbOPlbGU8fgJedLz0uW9_KkxD5PF1_aedPG4Qj_1Va0UGPE_Tv2FMBQYCMyRvdiy5dTvV1qSVvhRb2XZkYVXlwOr65ttVsyXSfG8VnUd9OgC0ydHsb9KzugS7vTvFqvb455I2R0Dxv7X5LZEd-pSmTfy9W4/s320/Pulphouse-Fiction-Magazine-26.webp" width="213" /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">SMFS members are published in the recently released, <i>Pulphouse
Fiction Magazine: Issue 26</i>. Published by WMG Publishing, the read is
available from the <a href="https://pulphousemagazine.com/products/pulphouse-fiction-magazine-issue-26-edited-by-dean-wesley-smith">publisher</a>,
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pulphouse-Fiction-Magazine-Issue-26-ebook/dp/B0CW19SQ56/">Amazon</a>,
and other vendors. The SMFS list members that reported being in the issue are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">David H. Hendrickson with "End of the Line."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Annie Reed with "The Bobs."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Website Description:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The Cutting Edge of
Modern Short Fiction<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">A three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of <i>Pulphouse
Fiction Magazine</i> offers up ten fantastic stories by some of the best
writers working in modern short fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude,
feel, and high-quality fiction equals <i>Pulphouse</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“This is definitely a strong start. All the stories have a lot of life to
them, and are worthwhile reading.” <i>—Tangent Online </i>on<i> Pulphouse
Fiction Magazine, Issue #1</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Eggs of the Dog That Bit You” by Robert Jeschonek<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Time Travel is for the Trees” by Rob Vagle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Trees Perpetual of Sleep” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Daily Teds” by Ron Collins<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“End of the Line” by David H. Hendrickson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“A Nice Short Conversation” by Robert J. McCarter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Masked” by Dayle A. Dermatis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“The Bobs” by Annie Reed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“A Little Tennessee Williams Drama” by O’Neil De Noux<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Grief Spam” Kristine Kathryn Rusch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Minions at Work:”Deep Cleaning” by J. Steven York</span></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-65538618395912507182024-03-03T12:24:00.001-05:002024-03-03T13:25:08.932-05:00SMFS Member Michael Bracken elected to the Texas Institute of Letters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiQ0fheHYC0ycZmL2zzhuZoPPvhsYna2vFOyi4yUWVpe9fQO3lTz68HWKuZdIPNU7jRN6Cu04eTK4xnF3UqarnNI9oIM2bJsQSWIY2y56j7waQoBY7H9Gx4D_IjJ-ilBJwwCL_cGhWQETEMZw_1mF0u4Df1AKz999lr20Xj7kTYuiDs9_sWCkiUUHR8A/s1200/TIL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="1200" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiQ0fheHYC0ycZmL2zzhuZoPPvhsYna2vFOyi4yUWVpe9fQO3lTz68HWKuZdIPNU7jRN6Cu04eTK4xnF3UqarnNI9oIM2bJsQSWIY2y56j7waQoBY7H9Gx4D_IjJ-ilBJwwCL_cGhWQETEMZw_1mF0u4Df1AKz999lr20Xj7kTYuiDs9_sWCkiUUHR8A/w400-h60/TIL.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">SMFS list member Michael Bracken has been elected into
the Texas Institute of Letters and joins Terry Shames of the SMFS who was elected
last year. As announced today on the website,”</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Members of the
Texas Institute of Letters have overwhelmingly approved twelve new writers to
the TIL, a distinguished honor society established in 1936 to celebrate Texas
literature and recognize distinctive literary achievement.” More information
can be found on the <a href="https://texasinstituteofletters.org/twelve-new-members-elected-to-til/">website</a>,
including the full list of the authors joining this year.</span></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-59205618713830070032024-03-03T12:05:00.011-05:002024-03-03T13:08:24.075-05:00SMFS Member is a 2024 International Thriller Award Finalist<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiih7A0XQ8ThEeac-6dr4UAD0qL_Zn4wZiyJ_4NsOgxd1OFVjlHPLrBXiXQVlqeMLjr3COv8SFb6W-zTIS3-K33cUVNpcgt4sQUSTEftSLMQCHYhZoH3AQ2s1YZxkP2SKbgjG8H_Wb4M9ZDqJnN18JDgGJVQaygpatDCjwVrSvy97KJRa_QphKzzj6SsOE/s200/ITW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="200" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiih7A0XQ8ThEeac-6dr4UAD0qL_Zn4wZiyJ_4NsOgxd1OFVjlHPLrBXiXQVlqeMLjr3COv8SFb6W-zTIS3-K33cUVNpcgt4sQUSTEftSLMQCHYhZoH3AQ2s1YZxkP2SKbgjG8H_Wb4M9ZDqJnN18JDgGJVQaygpatDCjwVrSvy97KJRa_QphKzzj6SsOE/s1600/ITW.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The 2024 International Thriller Award Finalists in
seven categories have been announced. SMFS list member Smita Harish Jain reported
that she is a finalist in the “Best Short Story” category for her tale, “An
Honorable Choice.” (<a href="https://shortmystery.blogspot.com/2023/07/smfs-member-publishing-news-honorable.html"><i>Black
Cat Weekly #96</i></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Winners will be announced at the annual ThrillerFest in
June in New York City. For more information, including the full list of all the
finalists this year, go to the International Thriller Writers <a href="https://thrillerwriters.org/2024-thriller-awards/">website</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-47501926714592495232024-03-02T01:00:00.029-05:002024-03-11T12:35:56.566-04:00SMFS Member Guest Post: Luck of Shadows by Cheryl Phipps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz0rPwfEe9k8tZ5xuSY6MFav0UXm93D9oRPpWwZ_1-o4WR2a-3CdncKjQD7hPCDD7NiKpcQeOY0jHM61_2x2nl7SKGEuk4grMo9dImszdI_vOPR4bwlDehBJYg2Zy8np-5W5Nvpv4JpoSwXk8gOCXz1d7mWy8EhyphenhyphenReS115vvbM7pdL4COWrCQhKA2Qcqo/s425/LUCK%20Anthology.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="283" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz0rPwfEe9k8tZ5xuSY6MFav0UXm93D9oRPpWwZ_1-o4WR2a-3CdncKjQD7hPCDD7NiKpcQeOY0jHM61_2x2nl7SKGEuk4grMo9dImszdI_vOPR4bwlDehBJYg2Zy8np-5W5Nvpv4JpoSwXk8gOCXz1d7mWy8EhyphenhyphenReS115vvbM7pdL4COWrCQhKA2Qcqo/s320/LUCK%20Anthology.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Please welcome our fellow member,
Cheryl Phipps, to the blog today. Her short story, Luck of Shadows, appears in
the cozy mystery anthology, <b>The Luck of the Irish: Cozy Mystery Anthology</b>,
scheduled to be released March 16<sup>th</sup>.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">I’ve been
writing short stories for as long as I can remember, with a break when I got
married and had my 3 children. Working and raising a family while working,
pushed time constraints, but I always had a story to tell at bedtime! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">In 2001,
the founder of RWNZ (Romance Writers of New Zealand) did a talk at my local
library and I was hooked on writing more as well as having them published.
While I write cozy mysteries alongside contemporary romance and Women’s Fiction
novels these days, I still add in novellas or short stories when I can. Not
only are they a change of pace and often a challenge, but they can also be
repurposed down the track. For instance, I just wrote a cozy mystery for a
charity anthology and fully intend in a year or so to make it into a series of
novellas. Write what you love, and the length doesn’t matter! (Unless you enter
a competition! </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">😉</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">About my
story:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">All my cozy
mysteries are classic whodunnits. They are clean, with the emphasis on solving
a crime. I love that my heroines care for their small-town communities as well
as being somewhat feisty. They never take no for an answer!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In <b>Luck of Shadows,</b>
through compassion and empathy Patience O’Reilly helps people to realize the
biggest item on their bucket list while investigating the crime that invariably
turns up.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Cheryl
Phipps ©2024</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Cheryl
Phipps is a USA Today Bestselling author of cozy mysteries and contemporary
romance with over 45 works published. Hailing from a small town in beautiful
New Zealand, she loves everything bookish and is devoted to her family,
friends, and one delightful, if rascally, pooch. Weaving stories that celebrate
love, family, and resilience, as well as delivering a heart-racing, happy
ending, with a sprinkle of humor–or complex mystery, she couldn’t imagine a
different career. She also co-hosts a free popular podcast for self-published
authors of all levels called the <a href="http://spagirlspodcast.com">spagirlspodcast.com</a>.</span></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-24615238086603553982024-03-01T14:09:00.001-05:002024-03-01T15:15:15.305-05:00SMFS Member Publishing News: Cotton Jenny's Foot Smile Ale House by John Weagly<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5lwruk7D74iRAiKW0yjL0sq32l5spzD3AbYM39J8Y_FVrNG3CI66geq0Kh4gxLklUBeXA0DLI5kHFiVWjt8WdurfK5gkZrZlABAumBGVhU3PVhADbBaYNWZlS-nXKRmj7cUDzlrLKxGh8Wu4fcU3nqRHX35ds8PF4EsT-52tkgWzrbFKmdypIbGUBcNU/s445/sundown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="288" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5lwruk7D74iRAiKW0yjL0sq32l5spzD3AbYM39J8Y_FVrNG3CI66geq0Kh4gxLklUBeXA0DLI5kHFiVWjt8WdurfK5gkZrZlABAumBGVhU3PVhADbBaYNWZlS-nXKRmj7cUDzlrLKxGh8Wu4fcU3nqRHX35ds8PF4EsT-52tkgWzrbFKmdypIbGUBcNU/w129-h200/sundown.jpg" width="129" /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">SMFS list member John Weagly’s short story, Cotton
Jenny's Foot Smile Ale House, appears in the book, <b><i>SUNDOWN: A Gordon
Lightfoot Anthology</i></b>. Published by Cowboy Jamboree Press and Leftover Books
in early February, the read is available at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/SUNDOWN-anthology-incited-Gordon-Lightfoot/dp/B0CVF24ZB3/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and other vendors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Amazon Description:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Cowboy Jamboree Press and
LEFTOVER Books are proud to present this joint anthology as part of a
continuing series inspired, influenced and incited by our country and folk
musical heroes. The writing in </span><span class="a-text-italic"><i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Sundown </span></i></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">is tinged by Gordon Lightfoot's life and lyrics in some way. Herein are
nine writers that create an anthological soundtrack that can go next to your
Lightfoot records, on your music books shelf or slot nicely into your grit lit
collection. Featuring Stephen Pierce, John Weagly, Steve Novak, Mark Rogers,
Derek R. Smith, Karl Koweski, Anthony Neil Smith, Patrick Trotti, and Adam Van
Winkle.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />
<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />
LEFTOVER Books<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />
Cowboy Jamboree Press</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlt1T3hd9O7KLzik0Q5kKmzBX9UnwQejvsQVCLrgeAbV83Kj98GL23Cw7zC-XUa6z-SO5CtWoBh0posGDlRYeYqItozgJtHPxZAmukNfDaujbmQJxw69i5H20BfgkG2OwG-SXOlkwRNNN_R7BRI3J9OYdselxFqU9S4wqc-5fv951OiCeciSCFGeN2zpw/s425/Sundown%20BACK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="275" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlt1T3hd9O7KLzik0Q5kKmzBX9UnwQejvsQVCLrgeAbV83Kj98GL23Cw7zC-XUa6z-SO5CtWoBh0posGDlRYeYqItozgJtHPxZAmukNfDaujbmQJxw69i5H20BfgkG2OwG-SXOlkwRNNN_R7BRI3J9OYdselxFqU9S4wqc-5fv951OiCeciSCFGeN2zpw/w129-h200/Sundown%20BACK.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><p></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-71392370139208656252024-03-01T12:03:00.017-05:002024-03-01T15:15:55.860-05:00SMFS Member Publishing News: The Pros and Cons of Time Travel by James Blakey<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDNdjgIzmkKAcPKjNVQgZ5BRlz3AhmkYMDpRmmHehd22dVTBo31ebjjFW14c9fTodIXIpIL0eUZa3c2W1SVoJX6cBpyndHXAmkDnIV0nKeJk3OeIzDcBKqEgAOxLD85Z8gx4TCcDpJ4XCySrvYnoNJHWFkrc-9TBMztVYbB1jQgHqTivlJOZ2wpxLKMY/s640/Dawn_900px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="640" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDNdjgIzmkKAcPKjNVQgZ5BRlz3AhmkYMDpRmmHehd22dVTBo31ebjjFW14c9fTodIXIpIL0eUZa3c2W1SVoJX6cBpyndHXAmkDnIV0nKeJk3OeIzDcBKqEgAOxLD85Z8gx4TCcDpJ4XCySrvYnoNJHWFkrc-9TBMztVYbB1jQgHqTivlJOZ2wpxLKMY/w200-h125/Dawn_900px.jpg" width="200" /></a> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">SMFS list member James Blakey’s short story, The Pros and
Cons of Time Travel, is published at Stupefying Stories. The read is available online
and is a free read <a href="https://stupefyingstories.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-pros-and-cons-of-time-travel-by.html">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-4453636098413046422024-02-29T01:00:00.018-05:002024-02-29T01:00:00.245-05:00SMFS Members Published in Anna Karenina Isn't Dead: The Rewritten Lives of Literary Legends<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzldYRiYSRI5WevQOtwXgwG_9Wf6iMW-2oDuuzoWmhH8r7DVKl60FRtN48RJnAHebFotacKi6Gg3fwK4JgIIDlbLDbUYjPu1KRsiRR4zjKuF04NfMxB57ae5YmeLnSiPKTOQhh6cSiq9i81ir1f_NaZ7c-kPA9hZ-gSAyecw9tfCD7fDyGiMM8mfVqhk/s425/Anna%20K.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="258" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzldYRiYSRI5WevQOtwXgwG_9Wf6iMW-2oDuuzoWmhH8r7DVKl60FRtN48RJnAHebFotacKi6Gg3fwK4JgIIDlbLDbUYjPu1KRsiRR4zjKuF04NfMxB57ae5YmeLnSiPKTOQhh6cSiq9i81ir1f_NaZ7c-kPA9hZ-gSAyecw9tfCD7fDyGiMM8mfVqhk/w194-h320/Anna%20K.jpg" width="194" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p>Today is publication day for the anthology, <b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Anna
Karenina Isn't Dead: The Rewritten Lives of Literary Legends</i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">. Published
by </span><a href="https://improbablepress.com/products/anna-karenina-isnt-dead" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Improbable
Press</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">, the read is available at </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anna-Karenina-Isnt-Dead-Rewritten/dp/1922904686/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Amazon</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">
and other vendors. The SMFS list members that reported being in it are:</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Stephen D. Rogers with "Greater
Expectations."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Joseph Walker with "Unintended."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Publisher Website Description:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #3f3732; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Welcome to the rewritten lives of<br />
thirty-two literary legends</span></b><span style="color: #3f3732; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: #3f3732; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">From Russia's Anna
Karenina to Vietnam's Lady Trieu, from Cio-Cio-San to Frankenstein's <i>second</i> creature,
suffering, madness, or death is the fate of far too many women in classic
literature. <i>Anna Karenina Isn't Dead</i> undoes that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: #3f3732; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">In this anthology of
literary women, these women <i>live.</i> Do they have a happily ever
after? You'll see. Do they have a happy-right-now? Oh yes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: #3f3732; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">These are the reimagined
tales of the famous, the infamous, the barely mentioned women in myths, poems,
and legends. These are the stories of the Lady in Black, Wendy Darling, Dido,
and many more, each getting a better journey than the one she originally got.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: #3f3732; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Here Anna Karenina and
her literary kin are <i>not </i>dead. Very far from it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><i><span style="color: #3f3732; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Anna Karenina Isn't
Dead,</span></i><span style="color: #3f3732; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> edited by <a href="https://improbablepress.com/pages/atlin-merrick" title="Atlin Merrick, author and editor"><span style="color: #338d1e;">Atlin
Merrick</span></a>, with magnificent cover artwork by Claudia Caranfa contains
tales by:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: #3f3732; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Ali Coyle <i>(The
Magician's Children)<br />
</i>Ann S Epstein <i>(Snappily Ever After)<br />
</i>Aparna Kapur <i>(My Gratitude Journal)<br />
</i>Ari Ochoa Contreras <i>(A Heart Of Stained Glass)<br />
</i>Béatrice De Charmoy <i>(Lilac)<br />
</i>Ceallach Stevens <i>(This Pyre Isn't Big Enough For The Two Of Us)<br />
</i>Christina Ladd <i>(Lady Godiva In The Garden)<br />
</i>Dana M. Evans <i>(Annabelle Lee Escaped The Sea)<br />
</i>Dannye Chase <i>(Love Knot)<br />
</i>George Ivanoff <i>(My Last Duke)<br />
</i>Jack Fennell <i>(The Leopard Queen)<br />
</i>Jesse Friend <i>(There Was An Old Woman)<br />
</i>J.M. Cyrus <i>(A Call To Arms)<br />
</i>Jonathan Titchenal <i>(Her Holiness)</i><br />
Joseph S. Walker <i>(Unintended)<br />
</i>Kenzie Lappin <i>(And Wendy)<br />
</i>Lena Ng <i>(Made For A Monster)<br />
</i>Melissa Coffey <i>(The Price For Fire)<br />
</i>Miranda Jubb <i>(Beyond The Wall(Paper))<br />
</i>Narrelle M Harris <i>(Metamorphosis)<br />
</i>Nelly Shulman <i>(Madame)<br />
</i>Nhu Le <i>(Three Make A Tiger)<br />
</i>Patsy Pratt-Herzog <i>(Sweet Everything's)<br />
</i>Sadie Fox Curtis <i>(Helen Highwater)<br />
</i>Samir Sirk Morató <i>(Gorgoneion Knot)<br />
</i>Sheryl Clough <i>(Limits Of Perfection—Remembering Mrs. Cleaver)<br />
</i>SM Lawson <i>(Dancing By The Red Sea)<br />
</i>Stacy Bierlein <i>(The Story Of A Future)<br />
</i>Stephen D. Rogers <i>(Greater Expectations)<br />
</i>Tansy Rayner Roberts <i>(Cassandra Gets A Future)<br />
</i>Yvonne Knop <i>(To The Editor Of The Strand Magazine)<br />
</i>Zachary Rosenberg <i>(That Which Yields)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; text-align: right;"><b><span style="color: #3f3732; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">ISBN</span></b><span style="color: #3f3732; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">:<br />
978-1-922904-69-0 (paperback)<br />
978-1-922904-70-6 (ebook)<br />
978-1-922904-68-3 (hardbacks available through online sellers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NAjzFbQXLvo9SECq7aC8O85xWc7hJOnuvYepmbSHMG59IuTfqukjXaAoJtCfzMcwe6xXD9LgLbRP5kk59SfjfWFsi1SjG5AM8hNFC8eqwSgLIkNL1mpDPGmm8GW7m0G57xQzQau5oOi4vG89QuBCV3ZThUbhUs4hz7NyeGTmJ5J8hq2lKqpiamy5dMI/s425/Anna%20K%20BACK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="258" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NAjzFbQXLvo9SECq7aC8O85xWc7hJOnuvYepmbSHMG59IuTfqukjXaAoJtCfzMcwe6xXD9LgLbRP5kk59SfjfWFsi1SjG5AM8hNFC8eqwSgLIkNL1mpDPGmm8GW7m0G57xQzQau5oOi4vG89QuBCV3ZThUbhUs4hz7NyeGTmJ5J8hq2lKqpiamy5dMI/s320/Anna%20K%20BACK.jpg" width="194" /></a></div><p></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-27273282092649048682024-02-26T09:19:00.003-05:002024-02-26T09:19:43.088-05:00SMFS Member Publishing News: Underpass by Robert Lopresti<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCh_wU88YlFt1ZqHnHBRsLRsQaZyqBzE-Ql1Mv2voFhL_dFt-c7YtkfoFTFhH0zmyp90FwpMxTtthkra8blSCkcF5s8QSNb7iIDaU1xQHTIOMA_HcMPPoe2hIH3-PQ2thQ6NIN8WgGJWB843QLK4vKzSFVyRO2ZdiARaP6w4prFYwGYUvs3UQDfib_xw/s1280/BCW_130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCh_wU88YlFt1ZqHnHBRsLRsQaZyqBzE-Ql1Mv2voFhL_dFt-c7YtkfoFTFhH0zmyp90FwpMxTtthkra8blSCkcF5s8QSNb7iIDaU1xQHTIOMA_HcMPPoe2hIH3-PQ2thQ6NIN8WgGJWB843QLK4vKzSFVyRO2ZdiARaP6w4prFYwGYUvs3UQDfib_xw/w150-h200/BCW_130.jpg" width="150" /></a> <br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">SMFS list member Robert Lopresti’s short story, Underpass,
is published in Black Cat Weekly #130. Published by Wildside Press, the
issue is available <a href="https://blackcatweekly.com/b/RnCvg">here</a> in
digital format.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Website Description:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">This issue has a pretty much
everything you could possibly want from a mystery and science fiction magazine
(and some things you probably never thought you wanted!)—detectives,
neanderthals, a professional taster, starships, a body in an underpass, dinosaurs,
World War II soldiers, aliens with tentacles, musicians, time travel—and so
much more!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> As always, thanks to
our Acquiring Editors, Barb Goffman and Michael Bracken, for help in finding
great stories.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Here’s the complete
lineup—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:</span></b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Underpass,” by Robert Lopresti
[Michael Bracken Presents short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Who Took the Tsarina’s Pearls?”
by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Curse of the Supertaster,” by
Leslie Karst [Barb Goffman Presents short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“The House on the Cliff,” by Hal
Meredith [short story, Sexton Blake series]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Suspicion Aroused</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">, by Dick Donovan [short story collection]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“The 13th Juror,” by Leslie
Waltham [short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Science Fiction & Fantasy:</span></b><span style="color: #797875; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“The Luck of Ignatz,” by Lester
del Rey [short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“The 13th Juror,” by Leslie
Waltham [short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Iteration,” by C.M. Kornbluth
[short story]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Rhythm Rides the Rocket,” by Bob
Olsen [novelet]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #797875; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Blitzkrieg in the Past,” by John
York Cabot [novella]</span></li></ul>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-54622835867197082552024-02-25T09:24:00.014-05:002024-02-25T10:27:28.004-05:00SMFS Member Publishing News: There’s a Kid in There by Abe Margel<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Hji0S3CJApnH7BX5aSqRGiF49z2jDzQtCHwqUJAEkD8_z6fkaDj1YCmC7N2nSxDZg2qi8mFNqMOwnq3acoxhnYoPSo4XccsSuyhohouz6ZBijTklTSvkKXTdNmju9hccACl-2WKgX9SOMNwpwXEcaGxqhdIzKEzW2Pe1NFZ3I2cn-U_wmoJNAw3NefE/s720/Mystery-Tribune-.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="119" data-original-width="720" height="33" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Hji0S3CJApnH7BX5aSqRGiF49z2jDzQtCHwqUJAEkD8_z6fkaDj1YCmC7N2nSxDZg2qi8mFNqMOwnq3acoxhnYoPSo4XccsSuyhohouz6ZBijTklTSvkKXTdNmju9hccACl-2WKgX9SOMNwpwXEcaGxqhdIzKEzW2Pe1NFZ3I2cn-U_wmoJNAw3NefE/w200-h33/Mystery-Tribune-.png" width="200" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">SMFS list member Abe Margel’s short story, There’s a
Kid in There, was published at Mystery Tribune. You can read the
story online for free <a href="https://mysterytribune.com/theres-a-kid-in-there-crime-short-story-by-abe-margel/">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018026684247683010.post-89561270235394638842024-02-23T11:33:00.000-05:002024-02-23T11:33:29.366-05:00SMFS Members Published in Hoosier Noir, Volume Six<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaz2hoTbC1YGhtQAGFJWPdfD-8cBSIvXFlHU13goCJUTMollbFnirNniPLEStcTeExkdJdrGlFZHBlVY1wADIFqlKF0Uqb0M2MGpNkq6qKLNm56JJnoipEewBzl5RGsJhaEIzZwNT4xXUY62WoQDre9ZWo4xGOKcaeypc6WG3ZAD_VYCklrI6GXi3pcYg/s425/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="329" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaz2hoTbC1YGhtQAGFJWPdfD-8cBSIvXFlHU13goCJUTMollbFnirNniPLEStcTeExkdJdrGlFZHBlVY1wADIFqlKF0Uqb0M2MGpNkq6qKLNm56JJnoipEewBzl5RGsJhaEIzZwNT4xXUY62WoQDre9ZWo4xGOKcaeypc6WG3ZAD_VYCklrI6GXi3pcYg/w155-h200/6.jpg" width="155" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">SMFS list members have short stories in </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Hoosier
Noir, Volume Six</b></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">. The read is available at </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW1Y4LS9/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">. The SMFS list members that
reported being in it are:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Shari Held with "Finders Keepers."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Larry Sweazy with “Billy Moon.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Amazon Description:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">The sixth volume of Hoosier
Noir includes crime fiction stories from the past and present of Indiana. With
stories of people swept in things affecting the world at large, or just trying
to get through the day, the volume features some of the literary talent coming
out of the heartland. While Indiana may get overlooked in the national news
nowadays, this collection is not one to be missed!</span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Featuring work from Larry D. Sweazy, Shari Held,
Robb White, Charlie Kondek, Travis Wade Beaty, Joel Nedecky, and Brian Beatty.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMRTHI5X6ct_AdUNwgJ_r9jhNhy6koGtfUFCPu-m7mKXBrp1j9UfcDMclE7YKkCI7wKDSDt-2XMyIu7KVnZiMWQg2A-CzNOMk1wxKLSQQiVTOZhd41Oihpu1HLeL25No5j79f3H7m-QCsdHSOXr96pL61GYdBdAOiYrIndhHWvYdmn9IqKl2L8Fnd8Ts/s425/6%20BACK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="329" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMRTHI5X6ct_AdUNwgJ_r9jhNhy6koGtfUFCPu-m7mKXBrp1j9UfcDMclE7YKkCI7wKDSDt-2XMyIu7KVnZiMWQg2A-CzNOMk1wxKLSQQiVTOZhd41Oihpu1HLeL25No5j79f3H7m-QCsdHSOXr96pL61GYdBdAOiYrIndhHWvYdmn9IqKl2L8Fnd8Ts/s320/6%20BACK.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span><p></p>Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.com0