SMFS Member Publishing News: A Bookish Christmas by Liz Pierce

SMFS list member Liz Pierce’s short story, A Bookish Christmas, appears in the recently released, Tidbits and Tinsel Tails: A Holiday Hijinks Anthology. The read is published by Camden Park Press in eBook format. Edited by SMFS list member, Lyn Worthern, the read is available at Amazon.

 

Amazon Description:

Pets come in all shapes and sizes, from dogs and cats to birds and goats, and more. But whether they have fins, fur, feathers, or scales, they’re part of our families – and that makes them part of our holidays!

In TIDBITS & TINSEL TAILS, it's our four-legged friends who are the stars of the show: the dogs and cats who participate in - or are challenged by - the holiday festivities in a variety of ways.

Contains stories by Rebecca M Senese, L.D.B. Taylor, Caryn Larrinaga, Liz Pierce, T.C. Ross, Jessica Guernsey, L.L. Wright, Jordan Campbell, Jennifer M. Roberts, and Kimber Lin. Edited by Lyn Worthen

SMFS Member Publishing News: The Haunting of Villa Diodati by Leigh Saunders

SMFS list member Leigh Saunders’ short story, The Haunting of Villa Diodati, appears in the recently released anthology, They Hunt By Night. The read is published by Camden Park Press in print and eBook formats. Edited by SMFS list member, Lyn Worthern, the read is available at Amazon and other vendors.

 

Amazon Description:

History is filled with legends of those who walk among us, living seemingly innocent lives by day, only to transform into fearsome creatures as the daylight fades and the shadows deepen.

These are the stories of those who HUNT BY NIGHT.

Contains stories by Lee Allred, Tami Veldura, Leigh Saunders, L.D.B. Taylor, Sidney Williams, Elizabeth Hosang, John Di Donna, L.A. Selby, T.C. Ross, K. Anders, Re Gwaltney, Gary Robbe, and Daniel Gonzalez. Edited by Lyn Worthen

SMFS Member Publishing News: Daughters of the Wind: Bloodline Progenitors, Volume 2 by Leigh Saunders

SMFS list member Leigh Saunders’ latest book, Daughters of the Wind: Bloodline Progenitors, Volume 2, has been published by Camden Park Press. Second in the series that began with Queen of Sand and Stone, the latest book is available in digital formats at Amazon and other vendors.

 

Synopsis:

Janek, Grand Vizir of Kushar, has done the unthinkable, kidnapping the last known weather witches – the twin daughters of the Gerlachi king – in an effort to claim the gift of their bloodline magic for the Kushari people.

But rumors of weather witches in Kushar are spreading, sending Zoya, spymaster of Tzigane, on a quest to learn if they are, in fact, her queen’s missing sisters.

At the same time, the twins, chafing at the gilded cage of their long confinement, have demands of their own – demands which may disrupt Janek’s carefully orchestrated plans, thwart Zoya’s rescue efforts, and shatter centuries of fragile peace between their three countries.

Little Big Crimes Review: Cahoots by C.C. Guthrie

Little Big Crimes: Cahoots, by C.C. Guthrie: "Cahoots," by C.C. Guthrie, in Cozy Villages of Death, edited by Lyn Worthen, Camden Park Press, 2020. Alan Peterson is a banker, ...

SMFS Members Published in Cozy Villages of Death

Numerous SMFS list members are published in the recently released anthology, Cozy Villages of Death. Edited by SMFS list member Lyn Worthen, who also wrote the introduction to the book, the read is published by Camden Park Press in print and eBook formats. The read is available at Amazon and other vendors. The SMFS members in the book are:

 

Lauryn Christopher with “Tea and Roses.”

 

John M. Floyd with “Valentine’s Day.”

 

C.C. Guthrie with “Cahoots.”

 

Ben Harshman with “"Aloha, Captain!”

 

Margaret S. Hamilton with “Dealing at the Dump.”

 

Ursula Hoult with “Death and Other Changed Plans.”

 

Clifford Royal Johns with “Death in the Lower Forty.”

 

D.T. Langdale with “A Clean Kill.”

 

Annie Reed with “Murder Runs in the Neighborhood.”

 

Merrilee Robson with “Death by Natural Causes.”

 

Joseph S. Walker with “"Villainy in the Vertical Village.”

 

Kelly Zimmer with “Crossed Off.”

 

Synopsis: 

Secrets hide behind those peacefully shuttered windows... 

Deception awaits around the next curve in the road. Rumors spread over garden hedges, fishing ponds, and knitting circles. Neighborhood cats discover a boneyard. 

And when Death strolls through the tranquil countryside or checks into the quaint village inn for the weekend, it's the intrepid - and often accidental - investigators who must find and decipher clues, unravel mysteries, and bring the killer to justice. 

Includes stories by John M. Floyd, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Annie Reed, Lauryn Christopher, C.C. Guthrie, Joseph S. Walker, Margaret S. Hamilton, Ben Harshman, C.J. Mattison, Clifford Royal Johns, D.T. Langdale, Kelly Zimmer, Merrilee Robson, N.K. Wardley, and Ursula Holt. Edited by Lyn Worthen.

SMFS Member Publication News: Lauryn Christopher

SMFS list member Lauryn Christopher’s short story collection, Secrets and Lies is out from Camden Park Press. The read is available in print and eBook at Amazon and other vendors.

Synopsis as posted to our SMFS list today by the author:

SECRETS AND LIES
A collection of five short crime stories by Lauryn Christopher

Contains:
- Lemonade and Larceny
  When a silly law forbids Effie Birmingham from practicing her trade
as a psychic, she feels obliged to break it!

- A Little Casual Blackmail
  For one Florida housewife, eavesdropping on the neighbors escalates
from entertainment to entrepreneurship...

- The Goddess Killer
  A serial killer forces Tommy to choose which of the women in his
life - his mother, his wife, or his daughter - he loves the best, and
which will die.

- The Man in the Gabardine Suit
  Who was the "man in the gabardine suit" from the Simon & Garfunkel
song? Why was he on that bus in the first place?

- Mistletoe and Murder
  When the members of a highly dysfunctional family are snowed-in for
the holidays, tempers flare, secrets are revealed, and someone's bound
to die...

SECRETS AND LIES is available in print or ebook from your favorite
online retailer: https://books2read.com/LaurynC-SecretsLies


Lauryn Christopher
www.laurynchristopher.com

SMFS Member Publishing News: Lauryn Christopher

SMFS list member Lauryn Christopher’s new book, Pro Bono: A Hit Lady for Hire is now out from Camden Park Press. Currently, it is only available in eBook at Amazon.  

Amazon Synopsis:

Some jobs just need to be done - even if nobody's paying...
When a friend is accused of murdering her deadbeat ex-husband - a man Meg had on her hit-list for reasons of her own - Meg Harrison sets aside her usual paid assassin's role and takes it on herself to discover what really happened.
But what begins as a routine inquiry dredges up long-buried memories, forcing Meg to deal with her own demons while simultaneously hunt for a man her instincts tell her might not really be dead.
Can Meg reverse-engineer the murderer's scheme and bring down the real killer before her friend becomes their next victim?

SMFS Members Publication News: Wings of Change: Stories of Dragons

SMFS list members are published in the just released Wings of Change: Stories of Dragons.  Edited by SMFS list member Lyn Worthen, the book was published by Camden Park Press and is available in print and digital format from Amazon and other vendors.

David H. Hendrickson with “Dragon Jet Propulsion.”

Annie Reed with “A Most Unserious Dragon.”

Laura Ware with “Old Enough to Volunteer.”

Lyn Worthen writing as Liz Pierce with “Imuji.”

Synopsis:

Tales of wise, ancient dragons hoarding treasure, terrorizing villages, and doing battle with noble heroes have long fascinated us. But dragons were not born old and wise, nor were heroes born brave and noble.

Wings of Change gathers tales of young dragons growing into their scales and claws, and human youths making choices that shape their destinies – destinies that will be forever changed by their interaction with the dragons that share their world.