SleuthSayers: Killing Dreams One Rejection at a Time by Michael Bracken

SleuthSayers: Killing Dreams One Rejection at a Time: At the time I wrote “ Rejected! ” in 2018, I had received 2,552 rejections. I have no idea how many more I’ve added since then, and I don’t ...

The Poisoned Pen: Alicia Beckman, Guest Author (Leslie Budewitz)

 The Poisoned Pen: Alicia Beckman, Guest Author (Leslie Budewitz)

Little Big Crimes Review: Who Stole The Afikomen? by Elizabeth Zelvin

Little Big Crimes: Who Stole The Afikomen?, by Elizabeth Zelvin:  "Who Stole The Afikomen?," by Elizabeth Zelvin, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March/April 2021. I won't even pretend to ...

SMFS Member Publishing News: Joseph S. Walker

  

SMFS list member Joseph S. Walker’s short story, “Family Man,” appears in The First Line: Volume 23, Issue 1, Spring 2021. Published by Blue Cubicle Press, LLC, the issue is available from the publisher in print and PDF formats.

SMFS Members Published in Fiction River: Dark & Deadly Passions

Several SMFS list members are published in Fiction River: Dark & Deadly Passions. Published by WMG Publishing, the anthology is available in print and eBook formats at Amazon. The SMFS list members in the book are:

 

Lauryn Christopher with "Tilting at Windmills."

 

Ron Collins with “Some of This Is True.”

 

Dayle A. Dermatis with “Zero Tolerance.”

 

Annie Reed with "Missing Carolyn.”

 

Laura Ware with “Lost and Found.”

 

Synopsis:

Dark and deadly passions fuel crime. Often violent crime.

The stories in this compelling volume traverse an emotional rollercoaster. Some revenge stories uplift, while the very darkest stories shine a light on the disturbing underbelly of human nature.

But heroism—or at least an attempt to do the right thing—provides hope.

So, brace yourself for a swirl of emotions—and some dark and deadly passions.

SleuthSayers: Giving It Away for Free by Joseph D'Agnese

SleuthSayers: Giving It Away for Free: I don’t think I fit the profile of a sap or a patsy, but there’s an argument that I’m a bit of a sucker. Thus far this year I’ve read and co...

SMFS Member Publishing News: Teel James Glenn

SMFS list member Teel James Glenn’s new novel, Killing Shadows, is now out. Published in print and eBook formats by Airship 27 Productions, the read is available at Amazon.

 

Synopsis:

SHADOWS OF THE PAST • Jon Shadows is a freelance bodyguard and investigator. When his ex-lover, Maria, tells him her billionaire husband, William Carter, is trying to kill her, he can’t help but come to her aid. Shadows’ plan is to attend an annual corporate employee meeting on Carter’s private island and do some digging. •He soon discovers the eccentric computer mogul has ominous ties to the Japanese crime syndicate known as the Yukaza and is already being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. But before Shadows can make sense of the data, a close friend is brutally murdered and it looks like he is slated to be the killer’s next target. •In Jon Shadows, award winning pulp scribe, Teel James Glenn, has created a terrific new hero with echoes of the classics avengers. In the end, Jon’s enemies soon learn “Killing Shadows” is no easy matter.