SMFS Member Publishing News: Fairy Bridges by Bev Vincent

 

SMFS list member Bev Vincent reported that his short story, Fairy Bridges, was published at Wallstreet Issue 1.8.  You can read the story online for free here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: The Heart that Fed by Bev Vincent

SMFS list member Bev Vincent’s short story, The Heart that Fed, is published in the recently released anthology, About That Snowy Evening...: Stories Inspired by Classic Poems, from Emily Dickinson to Walt Whitman & More. Independently Published, the read is available at Amazon.

 

Amazon Description:

Poetry has inspired writers, artists, songwriters, and other artists for eons. About That Snowy Evening... offers 16 classic poems, and more than 20 short stories inspired by these poems, written by some of the most widely-published and highly-regarded writers working today.

A true hybrid, About That Snowy Evening... provides entertainment, insight, and an education in how the compression of language that bespeaks poetry can provide inspiration and spur the creative impulse.

Each story is different: they range from humanistic dramas, to ghost stories, crime thrillers, war stories, and childhood reminiscences.

Readers who are not familiar with poetry will be delighted at the classics offered, and the inspired stories will stimulate new understanding of literature and the power of the written word — in both poetic and prose formats.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Helen Wheels by Bev Vincent

SMFS list member Bev Vincent’s short story, Helen Wheels, appears in the recently released anthology, The Binge-Watching Cure III: An Anthology of Short Science Fiction Stories. Published by Claren Books, the book is available at Amazon.

 

Amazon Description:

You know you want to read more. You remember losing yourself in books. You recall how exciting the adventures were, how late you stayed up following your favorite characters, and how you cried, gasped, or bit your nails. But how to start reading again when binge-watching TV is so easy and - let's be honest - fun? You start slowly, of course. Baby steps. First, with a story that's only twitter-sized in length. Then the next, a mere seventy-five words. Then a few hundred words, followed by progressively longer tales until you're reading novels without even knowing it.

The first edition of The Binge-Watching Cure encompassed a range of genres. The second edition of The Binge-Watching Cure was all about the things that scare us, a collection of petrifying tales, each longer and more frightening than the one before. This third edition of The Binge-Watching Cure is a menagerie of creatures and worlds reaching from one side of the galaxy to the other. In this all-Science Fiction book, you'll navigate the stars, explore alternate histories, see impossible realities, and ask yourself 'what is humanity's place in the great, cosmic expanse?' So, kick off your shoes, cure your binge-watching, and watch out for the ghost in the machine.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Grand-Père’s Last Transmission by Bev Vincent

SMFS list member Bev Vincent’s short story, Grand-Père’s Last Transmission, is published in the recently released anthology, Rhapsody of the Spheres. Latest in the series, Third Flatiron Anthologies, the read is available in digital and print formats at Amazon.

 

Publisher Description:

Rhapsody of the Spheres

Third Flatiron’s new all-original science fiction/fantasy/horror/humor anthology, Rhapsody of the Spheres, presents short stories about things that give us joy or meaning.

The theme is inspired by the well-known “music of the spheres” philosophy (aka musica universalis) and movements of the heavenly bodies, which dates as far back as ancient Greece. The term, rhapsody refers to an outpouring of ecstatic expression or an epic poem. Follow an international group of authors as they imagine visions ranging from an exhilarating space treasure hunt and alien contact, to nature, family, dreamscapes, discovery, mythology, and the power of music. Notably, a long sought-after truce with dragons is achieved. Includes a flash humor section, “Grins & Gurgles.”

Contents 

Editor’s Note by Juliana Rew

The Solution to Everything is Disco by Jenny Perry Carr

And Lifts Her Leafy Arms to Pray by Brian Trent

One Last Night at Benny’s Magic Fantastic Cabaret by Jeff Reynolds

The United Flamemakers of Ravalli by David Hankins

The Day Luna Swallowed the Sun by Akis Linardos

Euterpe by Maureen Bowden

Let Sleeping Rock Stars Lie by Bruce Golden

Celestial Notes by Robin Pond

Peer-Reviewed Spellcasting by M. A. Dosser

An Autograph by Stetson Ray

Dog’s Body by Edward Barnfield

Dream Bones by Neethu Krishnan

Discordia by Liam Hogan

Matryoshka by Douglas Gwilym

A Touch of the Grape by Sharon Diane King

Lost and Hound by M. R. Abbink-Gallagher

Museum of the Multiverse by Anne Gruner

Physics for Witches by Monica Joyce Evans

Grand-Père’s Last Transmission by Bev Vincent

Changing of the Guard by Taylor Dye

Sunrise on Eris by Mike Adamson

The Stellar Instrument by Brandon Case

Opal World Frolic by Jendia Gammon

 

Grins & Gurgles (flash humor)

The Art of Music Surfing by Lisa Timpf

The Last Viceroy by Julie Biegner

 

Epic Poem

The Arbitration of Beauty by Emily Martha Sorensen

Paperback available on Amazon. Kindle releasing on August 21.

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: Life Saver by Bev Vincent

SMFS list member Bev Vincent’s short story, Life Saver, appears in the recently published Still of Winter: An Unsettling Reads Anthology. Published by Untreed Reads in digital and print formats, is available at Amazon.  

 

Amazon Description:

In winter, there’s a stillness—a silence. As wet snowflakes fall, sounds are muffled. A hush lingers in the air. Bare trees reach upward from the frozen ground, grasping with their spindly branches. Swaying in the frigid breeze, brittle bark creaks and moans as the trees whisper ancient secrets to one another. Sentries, standing in the stillness. Watching. Learning new stories to share with each other long after we have gone.

This winter, we want to celebrate these majestic beings and what happens when the stillness is disturbed.

Within these pages are works by authors, poets, and photographers from around the world, each with a unique perspective on fantasy, horror, and sci-fi genres. We are humbled by the pieces we received from so many talented people, and we are proud of the works we are sharing with you. It is our sincere hope when you’ve finished reading, you’ll add a few new creative individuals to your arsenal.

SMFS Member Publishing News: A Girl and Her Dog by Bev Vincent

Bev Vincent’s short story, A Girl and Her Dog, is published at Shortwave Magazine. The tale is free to read online here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: A Woman Called Rage by Bev Vincent

Bev Vincent’s short story, A Woman Called Rage, appears in the charity anthology, The Place Where Everyone's Name is Fear. Independently published, the book is available in print format at Amazon.

 

 

Synopsis:

The Place Where Everyone’s Name is Fear is a charity anthology featuring short stories, essays and poems written by a diverse group of authors. The collection aims to raise awareness and funds for various women’s rights organizations.

Featuring Stories, Essays, and Poetry From:

Cody Sexton

Leah Mueller

Sheri White

Jennifer Iran

Mimm Paterson

Austin Davis

John Grey

Tiffany Storrs

Paula Rudnick

Isra Cheema

Dave Serrette

Sarah Park

Courtenay Schembri Gray

Sebastian Vice

Andy Gehlsen

Bev Vincent

Pedro Iniguez

Loretta S. Pedersen

George Daniel Lea

Stephen Myer

Jack Moody

D.M. Clarke

Jo Clark

Scott Cumming

Tony Garland

Barbara Genova

Brian Bowyer

Jim Towns

Karen Crawford

Joe S. Thomas

Steve Passey

Kelli Scott-Reed

Nathan Pettigrew

and

Francois Bereaud

Little Big Crimes: Cold Case, by Bev Vincent

Little Big Crimes: Cold Case, by Bev Vincent:   "Cold Case," by Bev Vincent, in Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Issue 12, 2022. This is the second story by Vincent to make my bes...

Publication News: Summer Bludgeon

 

The new book Summer Bludgeon includes 

"Double Play." Bev Vincent.

"Worse Things" by Joseph S. Walker.

Publication News: Mystery Readers' Journal

"New England Mysteries" is volume 38, issue 1 of Mystery Readers' Journal.  Among the essays featured are:

Kathleen Maple Kalb.  "It's a Very Small State."

Edith Maxwell / Maddie Day. "Why New England?"

Eugenia Parrish. "The Desert or the Deep Dark Woods?"

CJ Verburg. "The Mysterious Magic of [New] England."

Bev Vincent. "New England Adjacent."

Member Publication News: Bev Vincent

 

Bev Vincent's story "The House of Sad Sounds" appears in the new anthology Road Kill: Texas Horror.

Publication News: Autumn Noir

 

Untreed Reads has just published Autumn Noir: An Unsettling Reads Crime/Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Anthology. It includes stories by Society  members:

Wendy Harrison: "An Orchid to Die For"

V.S. Kemanis: "Golden Silence"

Teresa Trent: "A Slice for Stanley"

Bev Vincent: "Escape Velocity"

Publication News: Mystery Readers Journal

 The "Lone Star" issue of Mystery Readers Journal has arrived.  Among the articles by members of the Society are:

Jim Doherty: "Lone Star Dragnet - Joel McCrea as the Joe Friday of Texas," "Wearing the Cinco Peso Star," and "Frank Hamer, Gus Hachette, and Me."

Elizabeth Elwood: "Two for Texas."

Gay Toltl Kinman: "The Children's Hour."

Sandra Murphy: "Texas, the Perfect Setting."

Josh Pachter: "An Eye of Texas."

Bev Vincent: "Texas: A State of Crime."

Publication News: Die Laughing

Mystery Weekly Magazine has published Die Laughing: An Anthology of Humorous Mysteries.  This is a hardcover with 45 new tales.  Ten of them are written by members of the Short Mystery Fiction Society:

"Hollywood Dead Naked” by Shakurra Amatulla

“Sure As Apples” by Brandon Barrows

“Blue Light Special” by R.T. Lawton

“Have A Cadaver” by Edward Lodi

“Meet Me At The Morgue” by Robert Lopresti

“Pandora, Haunted” by Robert Mangeot

“All My Darlings” by Charlotte Morganti

“The Vacuum Gang” by Bev Vincent

“Trash Can Stakeout” by Dustin Walker

“Brick Fiend” by Joseph S. Walker
 

Member Publication News: Bev Vincent

This week saw the publication of Voices of Varuna, an anthology of stories set in the Renegade Legions Universe.  The anthology opens with Bev Vincent's  story "Blaze of Glory."
 

SMFS Member Publishing News: Bev Vincent

SMFS list member Bev Vincent’s horror novella, The Dead of Winter, was recently published in the book, Dissonant Harmonies, a collaboration with Brian Keene. Published by Cemetery Dance in print format with an eBook on the way, the read is available at the publisher and Amazon. The Spotify play list of musical selections that served as inspiration can be heard here.

 

Synopsis:

Inspired by specially curated mixtapes, Bev Vincent and Brian Keene present two new spine-chilling novellas...

As a blizzard descends upon the sleepy town of Bayport, Rhode Island, brothers Joey and Frank Shaw investigate the mysterious disappearances of several townsfolk. After the discovery of strange tunnels, tunnels that only Joey can see, the trio suspect something is lurking beneath the snowbound town. Something burrowing. Something hungry. And it looks like Joey might be next in The Dead of Winter. 

Did you imagine the world vanishing to a flood or a comet, the hand of God or nuclear war? What if it started with something as innocuous as the Berenstain Bears, and something known as the Mandela Effect? Barricaded in a seedy motel room, one man makes sense of love, loss, and life as the end of the world looms. Do you see what he sees? Do you know what he knows?

SMFS Member Publishing News: Bev Vincent

SMFS list member Bev Vincent’s short story, "Tupilaq" appears online at  The Cemetery Gates Society as a winner in their flash fiction contest. The story can be read for free here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Bev Vincent

SMFS list member Bev Vincent’s novella, The Ogilvy Affair: A novella is now out. It is available in eBook format at Amazon.

 

Synopsis:

First came the warning note.

Then someone took a shot at Clifford Ogilvy, publisher of the Harrisville Dispatch. The would-be killer missed, but he or she will likely try again.

Enter Quentin Sawyer, a private detective from Houston who responds to Ogilvy's request for an investigator to find out who's trying to kill him. Sawyer is a fish out of water at the luxurious Ogilvy mansion and in small town Harrisville. He soon discovers that his problem isn't finding someone who has a motive to murder his powerful client. Just about everyone in town has a reason to dislike Ogilvy.

Sawyer needs to narrow down the long list of suspects before the killer tries again.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Bev Vincent

SMFS list member Bev Vincent’s short story, "An Invisible Christmas Spectacular" appears in the recently released anthology, Halldark Holidays.  Published by Cemetery Gates Media, the read is available in print and eBook formats at Amazon.

 

Synopsis:

The holidays are a time for romance, sentimental longing for a simpler time…and MONSTERS! Editor Gabino Iglesias brings you 22 stories from the hearts and absolutely twisted minds of some of horror’s finest. Right from the get-go this book slays. Greg Sisco’s “The Morbs” is like “The Lottery”, but more screwed-up. Brian Keene delivers as always with “The Hatching” and Gabino swears you might shed a tear by the time you reach Todd Robinson’s “Mother and Child”. Clara Madrigano, Cynthia Pelayo, Bev Vincent, Alan Baxter, Gina Ranalli, Kelly J. Ford, Mark Allan Gunnells are absolute killers in the genre.