Showing posts with label February 2021. Show all posts
Showing posts with label February 2021. Show all posts
Sunday, February 28, 2021
Little Big Crimes Review: Katerina Goes to Studio City by Thomas Perry
Little Big Crimes: Katerina Goes to Studio City, by Thomas Perry: "Katerina Goes to Studio City," by Thomas Perry, in The Strand Magazine, LXII, 2020 . This story puts me in an awkward position....
SleuthSayers: Come Along for the Ride by R. T. Lawton
SleuthSayers: Come Along for the Ride: So, I'm sitting with my buddy Mike(Huey pilot and one-time deputy sheriff) on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, treating ourselves to rum ...
Saturday, February 27, 2021
Thursday, February 25, 2021
SMFS Members Published in Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem: Crime In The Countryside
Several SMFS list members are published in the new, Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem: Crime In The Countryside. Published by Knotted Road Press, this fifth issue in the series is available in eBook and print formats at the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors. The SMFS list members in the issue are:
Joslyn Chase with “Cromwell’s Echo.”
Diana Deverell with “Crete Robbers.”
Michele Lang with “Murder in Mountain View.”
Steve Liskow with “Double Whammy.”
Lynn Maples with “The Name of That Tune…Is Murder.”
Synopsis:
Come and enjoy the cozy side of crime! Whether it's robbers in Crete or murder over the holidays, you'll find something special in this issue of Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem.
Be sure to pick up all the past issues of Mystery, Crime,
and Mayhem.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Little Big Crimes Review: The Tennis Church by Sophie Hannah
Little Big Crimes: The Tennis Church, by Sophie Hannah: "The Tennis Church," by Sophie Hannah, in The C Word, Spellbound Books, 2021. The proceeds from this book go to support Britain...
Monday, February 22, 2021
SMFS Members Published in The Great Filling Station Holdup: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Jimmy Buffett
Today is publication day for the anthology, The Great Filling Station Holdup: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Jimmy Buffett. In addition to the several SMFS list members in the book, SMFS list member Josh Pachter edited the anthology and wrote the introduction. Published by Down & Out Books, the read is available in eBook and print formats at the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors. In alphabetical order, the SMFS members and their stories are:
Michael Bracken with “Tampico Trauma.”
Micki Browning with “Einstein was a Surfer.”
John M. Floyd with “Spending Money.”
Leigh Lundin with “Truckstop Salvation.”
Laura Oles with “Everybody's on the Run.”
Josh Pachter with “The Great Filling Station Holdup.”
Lissa Redmond with “If I Could Just Get It on Paper.”
Elaine Viets with “We Are the People Our Parents
Warned Us About.”
Editor Jopsh Pachter also created an Apple music playlist for the book. Mr. Pachter reports that, unfortunately, Apple does not have the “Beach House on the Moon” album that includes the song, “Spending Money” which was the inspiration for Mr. Floyd’s story, “Spending Money.”
https://music.apple.com/us/ playlist/the-great-filling- station-holdup/pl.u-YvB0uDK1L3
Synopsis:
Jimmy Buffett is one of the great contemporary
singer/songwriters, and it’s hard to imagine a citizen of Planet Earth
unfamiliar with such classic hits as “Margaritaville.” Jimmy has also written
novels, children’s books, memoirs, and a stage musical based on Herman Wouk’s
Don’t Stop the Carnival, and his family-friendly concerts almost always sell
out to audiences comprised of a mix of dedicated Parrotheads, casual fans, and
newbies.
In The Great Filling Station Holdup, editor Josh Pachter
presents sixteen short crime stories by sixteen popular and up-and-coming crime
writers, each story based on a song from one of the twenty-eight studio albums
Jimmy has released over the last half century, from Leigh Lundin’s take on
“Truckstop Salvation” (which appeared on Jimmy’s first LP, 1970’s Down to
Earth) to M.E. Browning’s interpretation of “Einstein Was a Surfer” (from
Jimmy’s most recent recording, 2013’s Songs from St. Somewhere).
If you love Jimmy’s music or crime fiction or both, you’ll
love The Great Filling Station Holdup. Mix yourself a boat drink, ask Alexa to
put on a buffet of Buffett tunes, kick back, and enjoy!
Sunday, February 21, 2021
SMFS Members Published in Yellow Mama Webzine, Issue 84
Several SMFS list members are in Yellow Mama
Webzine, Issue 84. The issue is online and a free read here. The SMFS list
members in the issue are:
C. W. Blackwell with the poem, “Daybreak Over I-15.”
Jan Christensen with “The Map.”
Stephen J. Golds with the poems, “Perpetual Motion”
and “The Best Ones Are the Crazy Ones.”
Bobby Mathews with “The Handyman.”
SleuthSayers: A Buffett Buffet by Leigh Lundin
SleuthSayers: A Buffett Buffet: Why get stoned when there’s rock? Stone crabs and rock shrimp, of course, boiling in sea water seasoned with Old Bay , served outside a rust...
Friday, February 19, 2021
SMFS Member Publishing News: John M. Floyd
SMFS list member John M. Floyd’s short story, “According to Luke” appears in the anthology, What Lies Beyond. Published by Red Penguin Books, the read is available in in print and eBook formats at Amazon. The eBook version is currently free now and 2/23/21.
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
SleuthSayers: When Red Herrings Stink by Barb Goffman
SleuthSayers: When Red Herrings Stink: I'm going to go out on a limb and say something that may be controversial, at least among writers: Readers should understand why a red h...
SMFS Members Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: March/April 2021
SMFS list members are published in the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: March/April 2021 issue. The issue is available at the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors. The SMFS members in the issue are:
David Dean with “Stone Coat.”
Kevin Egan with “Escape Velocity.”
Josh Pachter with “The City of Light.” Mr. Pachter
also translated the Passport to Crime story for this issue, “A Bucharest Arrest”
by Romanian author Bogdan Hrib.
Elizabeth Zelvin with “Who Stole the Afikomen?”
SMFS Members Published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine: March/April 2021
SMFS list members are published in the Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine: March/April 2021 issue. The issue is available at the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors. The SMFS members in the issue are:
John M. Floyd with “Friends and Neighbors.”
R. T. Lawton with “St. Paddy’s Day.”
Robert Lopresti with “Shanks’s Locked Room.”
William Burton McCormick with “A Night of Lies,
Thieves, and Thunder, Long Ago.”
O’Neil De Noux with “The Girl with the Gibson Girl
Look.”
Sunday, February 14, 2021
SMFS Member Publishing News: Terry Shames
SMFS list member Terry Shames’s short story, "Double
Exposure” appears in the recently released tribute anthology, Bullets and
Other Hurting Things: A Tribute to Bill Crider. Published in print and
eBook formats by Down
& Out Books, the read is available at Amazon
and other vendors. As previously
announced, the book also includes “The Ladies of Wednesday Tea” by Michael
Bracken.
Synopsis:
In a career spanning nearly four decades, Bill Crider
published more than sixty crime fiction, westerns, horror, men’s adventure and
YA novels. In this collection 20 of today’s best and brightest, all friends and
fans of Bill’s, come together with original stories to pay tribute to his
memory. Authors include: William Kent Krueger, Bill Pronzini, Joe R. Lansdale,
Patricia Abbott, Ben Boulden, Michael Bracken, Jen Conley, Brendan DuBois,
Charlaine Harris, David Housewright, Kasey Lansdale, Angela Crider Neary, James
Reasoner, James Sallis, Terry Shames, S. A. Solomon, Sara Paretsky, Robert J.
Randisi, SJ Rozan, and Eryk Pruitt.
William Kent Krueger (Ordinary Grace, the Cork
O’Connor series) brings us a story of romance and grift. Bill Pronzini (the
Nameless Detective and Carpenter & Quincannon series) offers a taut episode
of a midnight raid. Joe R. Lansdale (The Bottoms, the Hap and Leonard series)
tells a tale of two hit men working through their differences. James Sallis
(Drive, the Lew Griffin series) shows us how a deadly figure once helped out a
man called Bill. Charlaine Harris (the Sookie Stackhouse and Midnight, Texas
series) reminds us to be careful of what we wish for. Sara Paretsky (the V.I.
Warshawski series) shows how truly deadly a terrible storm can be.
These and fourteen more stories are offered here in
the appreciation of our friend and colleague, Bill Crider. These stories were
written for him.
SMFS Member Publishing News: Michele Dean
As posted by Michele to our SMFS list...
My short romance, "Date & Switch" was today's "advent calendar" offering. If you haven't already subscribed to the spectacular, you can read it on my website for the coming week (until ~midnight Feb 21):
SMFS Members Published in A Heart Full of Love: A Collection of Romantic Short Stories
SMFS members appear in the new anthology, A
Heart Full of Love: A Collection of Romantic Short Stories. Published
by Red
Penguin Books, the read is available in print and eBook formats at Amazon.
The SMFS members in the book are:
Suzanne Baginskie with “Crackerjack Proposal.”
John M. Floyd with “Elevator Music.”
Synopsis:
Relationships present themselves to us in many forms. While
some are as short-lived as a glance across a crowded bar, others prove to be as
epic as the quest for true love's kiss so often celebrated in the movies.
In this Valentine's Day inspired edition of The Red Penguin
Collection, read the stories of a dozen writers who have explored love stories
of all kinds—from the gooey and romantic to the most unexpected one can find in
the genre. For the reader with "A Heart Full of Love" in their chest
and a glass of red in their hand.
Edited by JK Larkin
Featuring the following authors, poets and playwrights:
Debbie De Louise
Suzanne Baginnskie
John M Floyd
Skye Ballantyne
Christina Hoag
Jim Tritten
William John Rostron
Steve DeWolfe
Ella Moon
Shevaun Cavanaugh Kastl
David Lange
Anita Haas
Saturday, February 13, 2021
SleuthSayers: How It's Done These Days by Robert Mangeot
SleuthSayers: How It's Done These Days: It’s 8:00am Saturday, writing day, and I’m so not ready to write. I’d been up late watching That Space Action Buddy Movie That Is Always O...
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