SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Weekly #87

SMFS list members are now published in Black Cat Weekly #87. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format. The SMFS members in the issue are:

 

Veronica Leigh with "The Weary Are At Rest."

 

Warren Moore with "In A Bavarian Forest."

 

Cathi Stoler with “The Kaluki Kings of Queens”

 

Website Description:

Black Cat Weekly #87 features more modern and classic mysteries, fantasies, and science fiction tales. Included this time are: 

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

“The Weary Are At Rest,” by Veronica Leigh [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

“The Case of the Anonymous Note,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]

“In a Bavarian Forest,” by Warren Moore [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

“The Kaluki Kings of Queens,” by Cathi Stoler [short story]

Bluffer’s Luck, by W.C. Tuttler

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy: 

“Glyphs,” by Phyllis Ann Karr and Clifton Alfred Hoyt [short story]

“Gentlemen: Please Note,” by Randall Garrett [short story]

“Two Worlds For One,” by George O. Smith [short story]

“No War Tomorrow,” by Wallace West [short novel]

The Grandfathers’ War, by Murray Leinster [short novel]

SMFS Member Publishing News: Shadows From the Past by Veronica L. Asay

SMFS list member Veronica L. Asay’s short story, Shadows From the Past, appears in the new anthology published today, Dragon Gems: Spring 2023. Published by Water Dragon Publishing, the read is available in digital format at Amazon and other vendors.

 

Publisher Description:

Let your imagination bloom with these mind-opening tales

Featuring stories by Veronica L. Asay, Warren Benedetto, Jason P. Burnham, Michael D. Burnside, Laura J. Campbell, Arasibo Campeche, Jay Caselberg, Philip Brian Hall, Tom Howard, Tim Kane, Benjamin C. Kinney, Stephen McQuiggan, Mike Morgan, Sam Muller, Jason Restrick, and Elyse Russell.

2022 EQMM Readers Awards SMFS Member Winners

 

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine has announced the winners of their annual Readers Awards. The SMFS list members on the list this year are:

 

#3 Anna Scotti for “Schrödinger, Cat” in the March/April 2022 issue.

#4 Karen Harrington for “Lucky Stars” in the May/June 2022 issue.

#6 David Dean for “The Wedding Funeral.”

     G.M. Malliet for ““Something Blue” in the November/December 2022 issue.

#7 Twist Phelan for “The Kindness of Strangers.”

#8 David Dean with “The King’s Ferret.”

#9 Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier with “Rise” in the March/April 2022 issue.

     Wendy Hornsby with “Cardigans.”

     Josh Pachter’s translation of “Russian for Beginners” by Dominique Bibeau in the March/April 2022  issue.

     Art Taylor with “We Are All Strangers Here” in the September/October 2022 issue.

#10 Michael Bracken and Sandra Murphy with “Sit. Stay. Die.” in the July/August 2022 issue.

        Josh Pachter with “Their Last Bow” in the January/February 2022 issue.

SMFS Members Published in Crimeucopia: Strictly Off The Record

Several SMFS list members are published in Crimeucopia: Strictly Off The Record. Published today by Murderous Ink Press, the read is available in digital and print formats at Amazon and other vendors. SMFS list members in the read are:

 

Brandon Barrows with "A Real Artist."

 

Maddi Davidson with “A Goldy Opportunity.”

 

Wil A. Emerson with “Unsolved Mystery.”

 

John M. Floyd with “The Florida Keys.”

 

Jim Guigli with "Just a Dream."

 

Shannon Hollinger with “For the Birds.”

 

Robert Petyo with "Face the Truth."

 

Kevin R. Tipple with “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This.”

 

Publisher Description:

Strictly Off The Record

On the QT, and Very Hush Hush

Of course there are going to be those who will happily point out that we’ve taken our subtitle this time around from James Elroy, and his rightly famous L. A. Confidential. However, like most Hollywood gossip columnists, “that’s not strictly true.”

Some of the earliest references come from the 1870s/Victorian England, and it is believed that the ‘QT’ in question is shorthand for QuieT. Not that any of the authors contained within these pages are particularly bothered, one way or the other – or quiet for that matter.

And with 16 vibrant authors, a wraparound cover, and pages full of crime fiction in some of its many guises, what’s not to like?

So if you enjoy tales spun by

Anthony Diesso, Brandon Barrows, E. James Wilson, James Roth, Jesse Aaron, Jim Guigli, John M. Floyd, Kevin R. Tipple, Maddi Davidson, Michael Grimala, Robert Petyo, Shannon Hollinger, Tom Sheehan, Wil A. Emerson, Peter Trelay, and Philip Pak - then you'd better get Crimeucopia - Strictly Off The Record by the sound of it!

In the spirit of the Murderous Ink Press motto:

You never know what you like until you read it.

Paperback ISBN: 9781909498464  -  eBook ISBN: 9781909498471

SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Weekly #86

Two SMFS list members were published yesterday in Black Cat Weekly #86. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format. The SMFS members in the issue are:

 

K.L. Abrahamson with “The Girls of Soi Eleven.”

 

Andrew Welsh-Huggins with “Habits.”

 

Website Description:

Black Cat Weekly #86 features 3 original stories: a sequel to Edgar Allen Poe's "The Casque of Amontillado" by Phyllis Ann Karr, and mysteries by K.L. Abrahamson and Andrew Welsh-Huggins. Plus series stories from Robert E. Howard (Solomon Kane) and Hal Meredith (Sexton Blake). Plus novels from Zenith Brown (writing as David Frome) and Edgar Rice Burroughs (a "Lost World" tale).. Plus tales by Bryce Walton and George O. Smith. Plus a solve-it-yourself mystery from Hal Charles. Hours of great reading!

 

Here’s this issue’s complete lineup:

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

“The Girls of Soi Eleven,” by K.L. Abrahamson [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

“Steering Clear of Trouble” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]

“Habits” by Andrew Welsh-Huggins [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

“Poker-Work” by Hal Meredith [short story, Sexton Blake series]

In At the Death by Zenith Brown [novel]

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

“The Revenge of Fortunato” by Phyllis Ann Karr [short story]

"Earth Needs a Killer," by Bryce Walton [short novel]

“Dark Recess” by George O. Smith [short novel]

“Red Shadows” by Robert E. Howard [short novel, Solomon Kane series]

The Land of Hidden Men, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [novel]

SMFS Members Nominated for the 2023 The Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence

  

Several SMFS list members were nominated earlier this week for the Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence. There are ten categories with five finalists in each category. SMFS members are finalists in two categories. Winners will be announced on Thursday, May 25^th. The SMFS members who reported their presence as finalists are:

 

Best Short Story

Blair Keetch for "To Catch a Kumiho” in In the Spirit of 13: A spirited crime anthology. (Carrick Publishing)

Sylvia Warsh for "The Natural Order of Things" in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine: May/June 2022

M. H. Callway for "Must Love Dogs - or You're Gone" in GONE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CRIME STORIES. (Red Dog Press)

 

Best Novella

M. H. Callway for “Amdur's Ghost” in In the Spirit of 13: A spirited crime anthology. (Carrick Publishing)

 

For the full list of nominees and other information, please see the Crime Writers of Canada website.

SMFS Members Published in Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Traditional Anthology

 

Numerous SMFS list members are published in the new anthology, Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Traditional Anthology. Published by Wildside Press, this is the seventeenth anthology and is available from the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors. The reported SMFS members in this anthology are:

 

M. H. Callway with "Wisteria Cottage."

 

Chris Chan with "The Butlers' Anti-Defamation Society."

 

Susan Daly with "Tamsin & the Church Ladies."

 

Maurice Givens with "Foul Ball."

 

James L'Etoile with "The Parlin Fork Letters."

 

Jean Macaluso with "Home & Garden Gothic."

 

Michael Allan Mallory with "The Time Thief."

 

Rob McCartney with "The Missing Case of Beer."

 

Michele Bazan Reed with “The Dead Donor.”

 

Lori Robbins with "Killing It in the Catskills."

 

Cynthia Sabelhaus with “Mystery of the Midnight Fire.”

 

Gabriel Valjan with “Trash Raccoon.”

 

Arthur Vidro with "The Suspension of Mickey Hackerstein."

 

Amazon Description: 

The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with 32 original tales in the Agatha Christie tradition—this time featuring new takes on the traditional mystery. Incuded are works by:

Zara Altair, Anne Louise Bannon, Chris Chan, M.M. Chouinard, Jennifer Chow, Sherry Clitheroe, Sharon Love Cook, Susan Daly, Tina deBellegarde, Karen Dent, Carolyn Eichhorn, Eve Elliot, Maurice Givens, Kerry Hammond, Madeleine Harris-Callway, Lawrence Kelter, James L’Etoile,Jean Macaluso, Michael Allan Mallory, Rob McCartney, Tom Mead, Gregory Meece, Michele Bazan Reed, Lori Robbins, Verena Rose, Cynthia Sabelhaus, Nancy Cole Silverman, Shawn Reilly Simmons, Susan Thibadeau, Gabriel Valjan, Arthur Vidro, and Kari Wainwright

 

SMFS Member Podcast News: Prologue/Chapter One of With a Twist: A Murder on the Rocks Mystery by Cathi Stoler

SMFS list member Cathi Stoler’s prologue and first chapter of With a Twist: A Murder on the Rocks Mystery is featured this week at Mysteryrat's Maze podcast. Produced by Kings River Life Magazine, the podcast can be heard here.

 

Website Description:

This episode features the prologue and first chapter of With a Twist by Cathi Stoler and it is read by local actors Ariel Linn and Sean Hopper. With a Twist was published in February of 2023 by Level Best Books. You can learn more about the author on her website.

In each episode, we share with you mystery short stories and mystery novel first chapters read by actors from the San Joaquin Valley. Our theme song was written and performed by Kevin Memley. If you enjoyed this episode please review or rate it as that helps more people be able to find us! Also, consider subscribing so you never miss an episode-both to this podcast and to our podcast newsletter.

If you would like to help support this podcast and Kings River Life financially, and get some fun rewards, check out our Patreon Page. You can also make a one time donation through Paypal and you can purchase some fun Mysteryrat's Maze merchandise on Redbubble.

You can find more mystery fun on our websites Kings River Life Magazine and KRL News and Reviews.

SMFS Member Publishing News: A Very Satisfied Man by Bern Sy Moss

SMFS list member Bern Sy Moss’ short story, A Very Satisfied Man, is now up at Every Day Fiction. The flash fiction piece is free to read here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Dial Emm for… by Pamala Ebel

 

SMFS list member Pamala Ebel’s short story,  Dial Emm for…,  appears online at Shotgun Honey. The story is free to read here.

SMFS Members Published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine: May/June 2023

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

 

Libby Cudmore with “Wait for the Blackout.”

 

G.M. Malliet’s with “The Pact.”

 

Sandra Murphy with “What’s the Holdup?”

 

Twist Phelan with “Judge Not.”

 

Website Description:

May/June 2023

 

FICTION

Down the Fire Road by Doug Crandell

The Pact by G.M. Malliet

Squatter’s Rites by Hal Charles

What’s the Holdup? by Sandra Murphy

The Incurious Man by Terence Faherty

The Third Lady by Robert Edward Eckels

Friday the Thirteenth by Marilyn Todd

A Flash of Headlights by Ken Linn

A Cruise to Eternity by John Lantigua

Wait for the Blackout by Libby Cudmore

Chalk by Bill Pronzini

 

Something Blue by L.A. Wilson, Jr.

Judge Not by Twist Phelan

 

PASSPORT TO CRIME

The Wendigo’s Spell by Paul Halter

 

BLACK MASK

The Life and Times of Big Poppa by Michael A. Gonzales

 

SPECIAL FEATURE

2022 EQMM Readers Award

 

DEPARTMENT OF FIRST STORIES

The Body in Cell Two by Kate Hohl

Drive, Mary by Archer Sullivan

 

REVIEWS

Blog Bytes by Kristopher Zgorski

The Jury Box by Steve Steinbock

Stranger Than Fiction by Dean Jobb

SMFS Members Published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine: May/June 2023

Several SMFS list members are published in the Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine: May/June 2023 issue released today. The issue is available at the publisher and other vendors. Those members are:

 

Michael Bracken with “Denim Mining.”

 

Nikki Knight with “The Annual Mud Season Homicide.”

 

Jeff Soloway with "Weekend at Paul's."

 

Mark Thielman with  “The Case of the Kosher Deal.”

 

Elizabeth Zelvin with “A Matter of Perspective.”

 

Website Description:

May/June 2023

 

FICTION

Sip and Float • Elaine Menge

Murder Mnemonic • Loretta Sue Ross

Personal Space • Mike Cooper

Denim Mining • Michael Bracken

Minerva James and the River God • Mark Bruce

The Case of the Kosher Deal • Mark Thielman

The Annual Mud Season Homicide • Nikki Knight

One, Two, Déjà Vu • S. L. Franklin

A Room in the Heart • Gar Anthony Haywood

Heelprints in the Sands of Time • Dan Crawford

A Matter of Perspective • Elizabeth Zelvin

Sheep Is Life • David Hagerty

Weekend at Paul’s • Jeff Soloway

 

DEPARTMENTS

The Lineup

Mysterious Photograph

Scrambled Bond . . . James Bond Anagram Puzzle • Mark Lagasse

Booked & Printed • Laurel Flores Fantauzzo

Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle • Arlene Fisher

Case Files • Lee Lofland

The Story That Won

Solution to Dying Words

SMFS Member Publishing News: Stroke: An Imogene Duckworthy Mystery by Kaye George

Today is publication day for SMFS list member Kaye George’s new book, Stroke: An Imogene Duckworthy Mystery. Published by Untreed Reads, the new mystery in this long running mystery series is available in digital and print format from the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors.

 

Publisher Description:

When Imogene Duckworthy is invited to the wedding of her mother’s cousin in East Texas, and the groom is murdered just before the ceremony, does she get involved? Will swindled rancher Sydney Harbor succeed in laying the blame for the murder of the groom on Eccles Justice, the bride’s father, who is Sydney’s old nemesis—or will Immy shake up the complacent East Texas police force of Slap Out, find out who really killed the groom on his wedding night, and show everyone Imogene Duckworthy can be a real detective in a real case?

SMFS Member Publishing News: Signed, Joey by M.E. Proctor

 

SMFS list member M.E. Proctor’s short story, Signed, Joey, was published online yesterday at Apocalypse Confidential. The story is free to read here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Porridge by James Blakey

SMFS list member James Blakey’s short story, Porridge, appears online in the recently released, On The Premises #41. The story is free to read here.

SMFS Members Published in Dark Yonder: Issue 2

 

The recently released Dark Yonder: Issue 2 contains short stories by three of our SMFS list members.  Published by Thalia Press, the read is available in digital and print formats at Amazon. The SMFS list members in the read are:

 

Meagan Lucas with "Big Bob's Donuts at 3am."

 

Warren Moore with “Bear Hunt.”

 

Recita Clemons with "Wheelies."

 

Amazon Description:

Welcome to Issue 2 of Dark Yonder, a quarterly journal that seeks out and publishes the best neo-noir short fiction being written today. Dark Yonder’s stories come from the imaginations of bestselling authors and undiscovered writers alike. But what all of our stories share is this: great writing, unique voices, glimpses into lives unlike our own, a willingness to choose reality over escapism, insights into the dark side of life, and sometimes even humor.

 

Once again featuring commentary by editors Eryk Pruitt and Katy Munger, Issue 2 features a great line-up of nine outstanding stories for you to enjoy:

Tayden’s 2! by Alice Archer

I’m coming to get you by Kevin A Brown

Wheelies by Recita L. Clemons

A Song for the Shattered Hearts by S.A. Cosby

Chicken Fly Christ by Joseph Hirsch

Beach House by Joe Labriola

Grief by Preston Lang

Big Bob’s Donuts at 3a.m. by Meagan Lucas

Bear Hunt by Warren Moore

SMFS Member Publishing News: Visiting My Elementary School Teacher by Ed Ridgley

  

SMFS list member Ed Ridgley’s short story, Visiting My Elementary School Teacher, is published online today at 50-Word Stories. The tale is free to read at the website.

SMFS Member Publishing News: The End of the Road by Andrew Welsh-Huggins

 

Today is publication day for The End of the Road by SMFS list member by Andrew Welsh-Huggins. Published by Mysterious Press, the read is available in print and digital formats, and is available from the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors. You can also learn more at the author’s website.

 

Publisher Description:

A bank robber tries to leave behind his life of crime after serving his time. But getting out isn’t so easy.

Myles’s courtroom testimony should have put Pryor, their one-eyed ringleader, behind bars after the bank robbery gone wrong, yet somehow Pryor got off scot-free while Myles served time. Now, upon his release, Myles decides he is done with his life of wrongdoing—a change that will only be possible if he can kill Pryor and turn over a new leaf. Pryor has other ideas, and the collision between these two deadly forces soon leaves the ex-con in critical condition, clinging to life in a hospital bed.

With Myles in recovery, it’s up to his girlfriend Penny to avenge her lover and salvage their chance at normalcy. As Pryor and his cronies prepare for their biggest score yet–targeting a vulnerable small-town Ohio bank on a day when Amish farmers arrive with hefty cash deposits–Penny is hot on their heels. But is she prepared for the carnage Pryor will gleefully wreak on the path to his prize?

With characters as sharply drawn as those in a Dennis Lehane novel and a rich Midwestern setting, The End of the Road is a fast-paced rural noir that announces Andrew Welsh-Huggins as one of the most powerful voices in the mystery world.

SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Weekly #84

 

Two SMFS list members were published yesterday in Black Cat Weekly #84. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format. The SMFS members in the issue are:

 

Bev Vincent with “The River Heights Ripper.”

 

Stacy Woodson with “Before the Highwaymen.”

 

Website Description: 

Our 84th issue features a pair of original mysteries from Bev Vincent and Stacy Woodson. Plus we have a Bryce Walton Hollywood crime story and a Frank Kane mystery novel (featuring detecive Johnny Liddell). And, of course, a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.

On the science fiction side, we have an anti-war story from Richard Wilson, a UFO story from Paul Torak, a rather silly science fiction/detective story from Noel Loomis, and a time-travel tale from Lester del Rey. Plus a pre-Golden Age science fiction novel from oldtime master Ray Cummings: The Man on the Meteor, which appeared in Science and Invention in 1924, two years before Amazing Stories and the genre of science fiction were launched!

Here’s the complete lineup: 

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

“The River Heights Ripper,” by Bev Vincent [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

“Jellybean Justice,” Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]

“Before the Highwaymen,” by Stacy Woodson [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

“Actor’s Showcase,” by Bryce Walton [short story]

Crime of Their Life, by Frank Kane [novel]

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

“The Day They Had a War,” by Richard Wilson [short story]

“Flight 18,” by Paul A. Torak [short story]

“Remember the 4th!,” by Noel Loomis [short story]

“Absolutely No Paradox,” by Lester del Rey [short story]

The Man on the Meteor, by Ray Cummings [novel]

SMFS Member Publishing News: Death on the Air by Laura Ware

SMFS list member Laura Ware’s book, Death on the Air, has been published in digital and print formats. Published by JJ Press, the Christian suspense novel is available at Amazon.

 

Amazon Description:

Sandra Benson appears to have her life in order. A Christian with a popular talk radio show, she makes sure no one sees her struggles with alcohol and tries to tell herself it’s not a big deal.

Then a caller who names himself “Lucifer” makes a startling statement - he killed a woman. Sandra is rattled by the call, especially when she learns she has a connection to the dead woman.

As her life slowly unravels thanks to Lucifer, Sandra struggles to help stop him. Because he isn’t done killing - and she fears she may be next.