SleuthSayers Blog: The End is Near by Michael Bracken

SleuthSayers: The End is Near: As I write this, 2020 is only a few days away. As you read this, it likely is only a matter of hours. Tomorrow will be about looking forward...

SleuthSayers Blog: Trouble and Strife - Cockney Rhyming Slang by Travis Richardson

SleuthSayers: Trouble and Strife - Cockney Rhyming Slang: Several months ago author Simon Woods asked me if I could write a story for an upcoming collection of stories, Trouble and Strife. The conc...

A Short Walk Down A Dark Street: Issue 85

As posted by SMFS list member Peter DiChellis…

This week’s blog hails short mystery and crime fiction with links to an arresting assemblage of reviews, releases, free reads, and more.

Includes: Free-to-read flash fiction from SMFS members at Akashic Books’ Mondays Are Murder, Shotgun Honey, and Mystery Tribune.

Plus: Editor Michael Bracken discusses editing anthologies, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, and what he looks for in the slush pile.

Also, links to CWA anthologies edited by Martin Edwards.

A short walk down a dark street (#85). Celebrating short mystery and crime fiction.

https://shortwalkdarkstreet.wordpress.com/2019/12/29/short-walk-85/

Best wishes,

Peter

Little Big Crimes Review: Hard Return by Art Taylor

Little Big Crimes: Hard Return, by Art Taylor: "Hard Return," by Art Taylor, in Crime Travel, edited by Barb Goffman, Wildside Press, 2019. This is the second appearance b...

SleuthSayers: Season to Taste by R. T. Lawton

SleuthSayers: Season to Taste: Just for fun, let's use the premise that the act of writing stories is similar to the art of cooking fine foods. We'll skip any im...

SMFS Members Published in Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe

Two SMFS list members are published in the new anthology, Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe. Published by Belanger Books, the book is available in print and eBook formats from Amazon and other vendors. The SMFS members in the book are:

Joseph S. Walker with “The Gold-Bug Legacy.”

Victoria Weisfeld with “The Adventure at Sparremere Hall.”

Amazon Synopsis:

Imagine Sherlock Holmes solving cases where the clues include a mysterious cask of Amontillado – the haunting cries of a raven – an unnerving asylum – a man’s uncanny doppelganger! These are just some of the stories in Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe.This one-of-a-kind anthology features traditional Holmes stories, blended with one or more tales from Edgar Allan Poe, including The Raven, The Cask of Amontillado, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Masque of the Red Death, The Gold-Bug, The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether, William Wilson, The Tell-Tale Heart – and many more!The Barrel of Lagavulin by Craig Stephen CoplandThe Strange Case of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether by Katie MagnussonThe Keeper’s Tale by David MarcumThe Adventure at Sparremere Hall by Vicki WeisfeldNevermore, or The Mystery of the Albino Raven by Richard PaolinelliThe Naval Man by Brenda SeabrookeThe Gold Bug Legacy by Joseph S. WalkerSherlock Holmes and the Cask of Amontillado by Jen MatteisWhat the Raven Knew by Elizabeth VaradanMemoria Dell’Amore by Robert PerretThe Mysterious Death of the Masked Reveller by Megan ElmendorfThe Revelation of the Roget Murderer by Derrick BelangerplusThe Toast to Irene Adler by Brian Belanger and The Unsettling Matter of the Madness Stone by John H. Watson, M.D.

SleuthSayers Blog: My Secret About "Alex's Choice" by Barb Goffman

SleuthSayers: My Secret About "Alex's Choice": This column is about my newly published short story "Alex's Choice" in the anthology Crime Travel . If you plan to read the ...

The First Two Pages: “The Tourist” by B.K. Stevens

The First Two Pages: “The Tourist” by B.K. Stevens

Little Big Crimes Review: See Humble and Die by RIchard Helms

Little Big Crimes: See Humble and Die, by RIchard Helms: "See Humble and Die," by Richard Helms, in The Eyes of Texas,  edited by Michael Bracken, Down and Out Books, 2019. Helms is...

A Short Walk Down A Dark Street: Issue 84

As posted by Peter DiChellis to our SMFS list…

This week’s blog extols short mystery and crime fiction with links to deviously delightful reviews, releases, free reads, and more.

Includes: From the Gutenberg Project, Masterpieces of Mystery: Detective Stories (with free stories by Anton Chekhov, Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, and more).

Plus: An appreciation of the mystery shorts of PD James (from a guest post on the EQMM blog).

Also, two story collections from GAD legend Christianna Brand.

A short walk down a dark street (#84). Celebrating short mystery and crime fiction

https://shortwalkdarkstreet.wordpress.com/2019/12/22/short-walk-84/

Best wishes,

Peter

Ladies of Mystery Guest Blog: Cruising for Fun and Profit by Lisa Lieberman

Ladies of Mystery Guest Blog: Cruising for Fun and Profit by Lisa Lieberman

SleuthSayers: Get Thee Away, Thesaurus! by John M. Floyd

SleuthSayers: Get Thee Away, Thesaurus!: How many times have you heard it? All of us write too much. Alas, this doesn't mean we write too often. It means we write too man...

SMFS Short Story Saturdays: Ana Brazil

Each Saturday, we feature a SMFS list member whose work can be read online for free. These short stories are at least a year old.  

For SMFS Short Story Saturdays today, list member Ana Brazil shares the October 2018  short story, “Mr. Borden does not quite remem—: A Short Story for Halloween” archived at Kings River Life Magazine.

If you would like to be included and are a member of the SMFS list at groups.io, email the link to your story to KevinRTipple at Verizon dot net. If you are not a member, this would be a good time to check us out at https://groups.io/g/shortmystery

SleuthSayers: Homicide Stays With You by O'Neil De Noux

SleuthSayers: Homicide Stays With You: by O'Neil De Noux It was the worst of times. The nearly three years I spent as a Homicide Detective was the worst of times but it was...

Jacqueline Seewald: Interview with Award-winning Author Cathi Stoler

Jacqueline Seewald: Interview with Award-winning Author Cathi Stoler: Holiday Greetings! I’m interviewing Cathi Stoler, a prolific, award-winning author. She is a three-time finalist & winner of the Derr...

SMFS Members Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: January/February 2020

Several SMFS list members are published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: January/February 2020. The issue is available from Dell Magazines as well as at Amazon and other vendors. The SMFS members published in this issue are:

John Floyd with “Crows Nest.”

Leslie Elman with “The Summer Uncle Cat Came To Stay.” 

Toni L.P Kelner with “Now Hiring Nasty Girlz.”

Andrew Welsh-Huggins with “Home for the Holidays.”

Josh Pachter with “The Adventure of the Red Circles.” Mr. Pachter also translated Fei Wu’s “Beijingle All the Way” in the “Passport to Crime” department.

Christine Poulson with “Because You’re Worth It.”

Merrilee Robson with “Edie.”

The Table of Contents and more information can be found online here.

SMFS Members Published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine: January/February 2020

Several SMFS list members are published in the Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine: January/February 2020. The issue is available from Dell Magazines as well as at Amazon and newsstands and bookstores. The SMFS members published in this issue are:

Joe D'Agnese with “The Detective Who Stopped by Bedford Street."

Kevin Egan with “The Tombs Angel.”

Art Taylor with “The Boy Detective & the Summer of ’74.”

The full TOC and more information can be found here.

Little Big Crimes Review: Chasing the Straight by Trey R. Barker

Little Big Crimes: Chasing the Straight, by Trey R. Barker: "Chasing the Straight," by Trey R. Barker, in The Eyes of Texas,  edited by Michael Bracken, Down and Out Books, 2019. It is f...

The First Two Pages: “The Fourteenth Floor” by Adam Meyer

The First Two Pages: “The Fourteenth Floor” by Adam Meyer

SMFS Member Publishing News: Chris Chan

SMFS list member Chris Chan’s short story, “The Six-Year-Old Serial Killer” has been published at Akashic Books weekly post, “Mondays Are Murder.” The story is free to read online here.