SMFS Members Published in Extreme Weather: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem Book #20

Today is publication day for Extreme Weather: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem Book #20. Published by Knotted Road Press, the read is available at MysteryCrimeandMayhem.Com as well as Amazon and other vendors.  The SMFS list members that reported being in the issue are:

 

Joslyn Chase with “Fastpitch.”

 

Diana Deverell with “Mother Nature Lends a Hand.”

 

Annie Reed with “Whiteout.”

 

Description

Weather can bring out the best in us. Neighbors shoveling sidewalks. Friends helping when there’s been a flood. Strangers opening up their houses when someone’s house has been struck by lightning.

However, bad weather can also bring out the worst in us. The storm takes over and in the resulting chaos, the consequences might be few.

Join the MCM syndicate as they explore different weather patterns, as well as how some people take advantage of them.

Or fight against them.

Issue twenty of MCM. So Criminal, It’s Good.

SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Weekly #124

SMFS list members are published in Black Cat Weekly #124. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format. The members and their stories are: 

 

Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier with “Rise.”

 

Diana Deverell with "Payback is a Bitch."

 

Robert Lopresti with “When the Aliens Left.”

 

Publisher Description:

This issue, we are happy to reprint Earl Derr Biggers’ third entry in the classic Charlie Chan detective series, Behind That Curtain. But the highlights don’t stop there! We have an original mystery by Travis Richardson (thanks to acquiring editor Michael Bracken), a great modern mystery by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier (thanks to acquiring editor Barb Goffman), an original science fiction story from Robert Lopresti (best known as a mystery writer), and Diana Deverell’s “Payback is a Bitch,” which was named a Distinguished Mystery Story of 2018 by Otto Penzler. And, of course, we have our usual assortment of classic science fiction, as well as a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles. Good stuff!

 

Here’s the complete lineup:

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

“Last Stop, Cozyville!” by Travis Richardson [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

“The Poker Chips Clue” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]

“Rise” by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

“Payback Is a Bitch” by Diana Deverell [short story]

Behind That Curtain, by Earl Derr Biggers [novel, Charlie Chan series]

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

“When the Aliens Left,” by Robert Lopresti [short story]

“Nightmare Tower,” by Sam Merwin [short story]

“Travelogue,” by Roger Dee [short story]

“Requiem,” by Edmond Hamilton [short story]

Mating Center, by Frank Belknap Long [novel]

SMFS Member Publishing News: In Plain Sight by Diana Deverell

 

SMFS list member Diana Deverell’s short story, In Plain Sight, is published today in Black Cat Weekly #73. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format.

 

Website Description:

Our 73rd issue features an original mystery story by Laird Long (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) plus great modern tales from Diana Deverell (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman), Nicole Givens Kurtz (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Cynthia Ward), and Richard Wilson (a rare short story that only appeared in a limited edition chapbook). Plus classics from Ray Bradbury, Murray Leinster, Carolyn Wells, George O. Smith, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Quite a list of contributors!

 

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

“Murder On My Mind,” by Laird Long [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

“The Play’s the Thing,” Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]

“In Plain Sight,” by Diana Deverell [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

The Case of Oscar Slater, by Arthur Conan Doyle [novel]

Where’s Emily, by Carolyn Wells [Fleming Stone series, novel]

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

“The Pluviophile,” by Nicole Givens Kurtz [Cynthia Ward Presents novelet]

“A Rat for a Friend,” by Richard Wilson [short story]

“Referent,” by Ray Bradbury [short story]

“The Seven Temporary Moons,” by Murray Leinster [novelet]

Hellflower, by George O. Smith [novel]

Publication News: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem

The new "Black Widows" issue of Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem has been published. Among the stories are:

Joslyn Chase. "Behind the Horizon."

Diana Deverell. "The Failed Femme Fatale."

Jackie Ross Flaum. "Two Widows."

David H. Hendrickson. "The Preacher's Wife."

Annie Reed. "Strangers in a Bar."

Publication News: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem

Always With Us, the ninth issue of Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem is now on sale.  It features stories by 

"The Blood-Red Leaves of Autumn" by Annie Reed
"Keeping the Peace Colorado-Style in 2055" by Diana Deverell
"Perfection" by David Hendrickson
"The Case of the Missing Ashes" by Leah R. Cutter

Publication News: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem

 The eighth issue of Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem features stories by several of our members:

"The Case of the Dangerously Delinquent Dowry" by Leah R. Cutter

"Heir of the Dog" by Steve Liskow

"Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time" by Diana Deverell

"Broken" by Joslyn Chase

"Due Diligence" by Annie Reed

Publication News: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem

 The latest issue of Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem, "Long Ago," is out now.  It includes:

"The Javelin in Her Hand," by Joslyn Chase

"Komrades," by Leah R. Cutter

"Shattered," by Diana Deverell

"John Hart Crenshaw and the Haunting of Abraham Lincoln," by David H. Hendrickson 

"Sundown," by Lynn Maples

"Little City Blues," by Annie Reed