SMFS Member Publishing News: Gift Wrapped by M. E. Proctor

SMFS list member M. E. Proctor’s short story, Gift Wrapped, was published at Shotgun Honey. You can read the piece for free online here.

SMFS Members Published in Thrill Ride: The Magazine #4: Betrayal

Today is publication day for Thrill Ride: The Magazine #4: Betrayal. Published by Buchman Bookworks, Inc., you can pick up the issue at the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors. The SMFS members in the issue are: 

 

KT Bartlett with "It's The Least I Can Do."

Editor M. L. Buchman with "Left Hand."

 

Diana Deverell with "Rotten Apple."

 

Marcelle Dubé with "Sins of the Past."

 

David H. Hendrickson with "Too Many Idiots, Too Few Boats."

 

Description:

13 Tales of Betrayal

The coin-toss side of honor. Where faith in others is misplaced. When the most trusted should have been the least.

Betrayal, at the worst possible moment, can leave you dangling in the wind, facing the wrong end of the gun, or dead.

Unless you move FAST! 

SMFS Member Publishing News: Jolly Fat Man by Michael Bracken

 

SMFS list member Michael Bracken’s Christmas mystery short story, Jolly Fat Man, was published at Kings River Life Magazine. You can read this never before published piece for free online here.

SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Weekly #119

SMFS list members are published in Black Cat Weekly #119. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format. The members and their stories are:

 

John M. Floyd with “R.I.P., Van Winkler.”

 

Alan Orloff with “A Great Miracle Happened There.”

 

Publisher Description:

This issue, we have a triple-play of original mysteries, with new works by John M. Floyd, Alan Orloff, and Pam Barnsley, plus a winter-themed solve-it-yourself puzzler, and something special: the first English-language appearance of a Raffles story by Theo von Blankensee and Kurt Matull. (See my introduction before the story.) We have more of their Lord Lister—Alias Raffles series coming up soon.

   On the science fiction side, we have Anna Tambour’s “Murder at the Tip,” featuring a wedding and a murder in a Gothic future; a Christmas story by John Stilletto; plus classics by Philip Jose Farmer and James H. Schmitz. Rounding things out is the fourth part of Francis Jarman’s serial novel, The Eagle’s Wing.

   Here’s the complete lineup:

 

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

• “R.I.P., Van Winkler,” by John M. Floyd [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
• “The Winter Festival Thief,” Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
• “A Great Miracle Happened There,” by Alan Orloff [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
• “Trouble at the Cannabis Dispensary,” Pam Barnsley [short story]
• The Great Unknown, Theo von Blankensee and Kurt Matull [Lord Lister, Alias Raffles #1]
• “Murder at the Tip,” by Anna Tambour [short story]

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

• “Murder at the Tip,” by Anna Tambour [short story]
• “Fairyland Planet,” by John Silletto [novelet]
• “How Deep the Grooves,” by Philip Jose Farmer [short story]
• “Rogue Psi,” by James H. Schmitz [short story]
• The Eagle’s Wing, by Francis Jarman [serial novel, Part 4 of 4]

 

SMFS Members Published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine: January/February 2024

SMFS list members are published in the Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine: January/February 2024 issue. The issue is available at the publisher and other vendors. The SMFS members that reported being in the issue are: 

 

Elizabeth Elwood with “How Mary’s Garden Grew.”

 

Jacqueline Freimor with “Where the Heart Is.”

 

Erica Obey with “The Problem of the Vanishing Sopranos.”

 

Anna Scotti with "Into the Silent Land."

SMFS Member Publishing News: Hemingway's Ghost by Vinnie Hansen

SMFS list member Vinnie Hansen’s short story, Hemingway's Ghost, is published in the recently released anthology, Santa Cruz Ghost Stories. Published by Good Read Publishers, the book is available at Amazon.

 

Amazon Description:

In the 1970s Santa Cruz was dubbed “The Murder Capital of the World” so it’s not surprising that Santa Cruz has more than its fair share of alleged ghosts and ghost sightings. If you want to read stories about famous Santa Cruz Ghosts, l suggest you look for books by Maryanne Porter or Geoffrey Dunn.
But if you want to be entertained ꟷor in some cases made to shiverꟷ by the creative minds of writers telling you their Santa Cruz ghost stories, this is the book for you.
There’s even an AI generated ghost story so you can see what future ghosts may look like.

SMFS Member Publishing News: The December Candle Caper Con by C. C. Guthrie

SMFS list member C. C. Guthrie’s short story, The December Candle Caper Con, is published today in Black Cat Weekly #118. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format.

 

Publisher Description:

This issue, we have 17 short stories and 2 novel serials for you—one of our largest lineups ever! (Of course, quite a few of the stories are short, and hopefully you like awful-pun stories…)

   On the mystery front, we have original tales from Dave Zeltserman (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Justin M. Kiska (a Christmas fantasy-mystery), plus another fantasy-mystery from C. C. Guthrie (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman). Our serial of Jack Guthrie’s Tiger Island concludes. And, of course, there’s a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.

   For the science fiction and fantasy lineup—we have the above-mentioned Kiska and Guthrie tales, plus the complete series of 8 Benedict Breadfruit stories by Randall Garrett (written under the pseudonym “Grandall Barretton”) plus 3 more pun-stories from the series Garrett was parodying, The Adventures of Ferdinand Feghoot Through Time and Space, by Reginald Bretnor (written under the pseudonym “Grendel Briarton”) and a Feghoot by Your Editor, John Betancourt (written under the pseudonym “Grendel Briarton, Jr.”). See my intro to this very punny section for more info. On top of all that, we have a delightful fantasy from Anna Tambour, a classic SF piece from Ben Bova, and part 3 of Francis Jarman’s historical fantasy novel, The Eagle’s Wing. Whew, that’s a lot!

   And just a reminder: if you’d like to contribute to Black Cat Weekly, please see our submission portal at blackcatweekly.com for guidelines. We are always looking for original mystery and science fiction/fantasy stories.

   Here’s this issue’s complete lineup (in order of appearance):

 

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

• “The Ice Lady,” by Dave Zeltserman [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
• “The Coveted Coin Caper,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
• “The December Candle Caper Con,” by C. C. Guthrie [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
• “North Pole Noir,” by Justin M. Kiska [short story]
• Tiger Island, by Jack Ritchie [serial novel, part 3 of 3]

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

• “The December Candle Caper Con,” by C. C. Guthrie [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
• “North Pole Noir,” by Justin M. Kiska [short story]
• “The Godchildren,” by Anna Tambour [short story]
• “Through Time and Space With Benedict Breadfruit: I to VIII,” by Grandall Barretton [8 short stories]
• “Through Time and Space With Ferdinand Feghoot: VIII, XIX, and XXXVII,” by Grendel Briarton [3 short stories]
• “Through Time and Space With Ferdinand Feghoot: Alpha,” by Grendel Briarton, Jr. [short story]
• “Answer, Please Answer,” by Ben Bova [short story]
• The Eagle’s Wing, by Francis Jarman [serial novel, part 3 of 4]