SMFS Member Publishing News: Joan Leotta

SMFS list member Joan Leotta’s poem, “Strawberry Solution” appears in Free Lit Magazine: Volume 5 Issue 4—July 2019.  You can download it as a free PDF over at Issuu.

SMFS Member Podcast: Chelle Martin

SMFS list member Chelle Martin’s short story, “Cracking the Case of Humpty Dumpty” is  currently the subject of Mysteryrat’s Maze Podcast. Actor John Masier reads the tale.

Podcast Synopsis:

This episode features the mystery short story, Cracking the Case of Humpty Dumpty, written by Chelle Martin and read by local actor John Masier. You can learn more about Chelle Martin on her website. In each episode we share with you mystery short stories and mystery novel first chapters read by actors from the San Joaquin Valley. If you enjoyed this episode please review or rate it as that helps more people be able to find us! Also, consider subscribing so you never miss an episode. You can find more mystery fun on our websites Kings River Life Magazine and KRL News and Reviews.

SleuthSayers: Living in a Writing Rain Forest by Barb Goffman

 SleuthSayers: Living in a Writing Rain Forest: by Barb Goffman Recently Michael Bracken wrote here on SleuthSayers about living in a writing desert. He doesn't have a lot of autho...

The First Two Pages: “Unbridled” by Kristin Kisska

The First Two Pages: “Unbridled” by Kristin Kisska

Little Big Crimes Review: I'll Be You by Travis Richardson

Little Big Crimes: I'll Be You, by Travis Richardson: "I'll Be You," by Travis Richardson, in The Desperate and the Damned, edited by Sandra Ruttan, Toe Six Press, 2019. Third...

Writers Who Kill: Advice from Stephen King You Might not Have Heard ...

Writers Who Kill: Advice from Stephen King You Might not Have Heard ...: Advice from Stephen King You Might not Have Heard Before by Warren Bull Image from Joseph J Cotton on Upsplash Of c...

A Short Walk Down A Dark Street: Issue 63

News of the latest issue from list member Peter DiChellis …

Prowling for a good time? This week’s blog will do you right, with links to an alluring host of reviews, releases, free reads, and more.

Includes: Two free stories by Edgar-nominated author Paul Doiron (of the Mike Bowditch series).

Plus: A hot-off-the-presses anthology edited by Lee Child and Jeffery Deaver (July 23, 2019. Contains a new Jack Reacher story).

A short walk down a dark street (#63). Celebrating short mystery and crime fiction.

https://shortwalkdarkstreet.wordpress.com/2019/07/28/short-walk-63/

Best wishes,

Peter

Jacqueline Seewald: Are Editors Important to Writers?

Jacqueline Seewald: Are Editors Important to Writers?: How important are editors to writers? I’m considering this question because I’m currently working with an editor on my latest historica...

Something Is Going To Happen: “The Unknowable and the Imagination” by V.S. Kemanis

Something Is Going To Happen: “The Unknowable and the Imagination” by V.S. Kemanis

Little Big Crimes Review: Stealth by Merrilee Robson

Little Big Crimes: Stealth, by Merrilee Robson: "Stealth," by Merrilee Robson, in The Desperate and the Damned, edited by Sandra Ruttan, Toe Six Press, 2019. I wonder if the...

SleuthSayers: The Future of Writing by Paul D. Marks

SleuthSayers: The Future of Writing: by Paul D. Marks Many of us have nostalgic, warm feelings of curling up with a book in the rain. For a lot of us here at SleuthSayers i...

SleuthSayers: When to Enter by Steve Liskow

SleuthSayers: When to Enter: by Steve Liskow Many moons ago, I discussed why I enter so few writing contests. If there is a hefty entry fee, I stay away. If I don'...

A Short Walk Down A Dark Street: Issue 62

The latest issue by way of list member Peter DiChellis…

Looking for trouble? This week’s blog delivers a truckload, with links to a bad-ass bunch of reviews, releases, free reads, and more.

Includes: Free stories by Jack Bates, Angel Luis Colón, and Cindy Rosmus.

Plus: The editor of Occult Detective Quarterly riffs about submissions, writing, and rejections.

A short walk down a dark street (#62). Celebrating short mystery and crime fiction.

https://shortwalkdarkstreet.wordpress.com/2019/07/21/short-walk-62/

Best wishes,

Peter

SleuthSayers: A Saturday Post About The Saturday Evening Post by John Floyd

SleuthSayers: A Saturday Post About The Saturday Evening Post: by John M. Floyd A few years ago I discovered a new market for my stories--or, more accurately, I was told about it. It wasn't a ...

SMFS Short Story Saturdays: Richard Prosch

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 Richard Prosch shares the 2012 published short story, “Jolly’s Boy” archived at his website. The short story originally appeared in the anthology, PROTECTORS - Stories to Benefit PROTECT. Edited by Thomas Pluck, the work featured short stories from several SMFS members.

If you would like to be included and are a member of the SMFS list at yahoo groups, 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 Yahoo Groups.

SMFS Member Publication News: Dave H. Hendrickson

SMFS member Dave H. Hendrickson’s latest young adult novel, Bottom of the Ninth, has just been released. This is the final book in his “Rabbit” Labelle series that began with, Offside. Published by Pentucket Publishing, the book is available at Amazon in print and digital formats.

Amazon Synopsis:

“Rabbit” Labelle, the charismatic and improbable football star of Offside and unlikely basketball player in Offensive Foul, continues his high school sports journey in Bottom of the Ninth.

While struggling to secure his place on the team, Rabbit battles family discord, reels from current events that shake the country, and stands up for his principles in the face of adversity.

The impact of his choices will affect everyone around him.

Writers Who Kill: Five Writing Numbers by Warren Bull

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SMFS Member Publication News: Robert Jeschonek

SMFS list member Robert Jeschonek’s short story, “Bearers of Bad, Bad News” appears in the just published Apocalypse Descending: Boundary Shock Quarterly Book 7. Published by Knotted Road Press, the book is available in print and digital formats at Amazon, the publisher, and elsewhere.  

Amazon Synopsis:

The world is ending.
Right here. 
Right now. 
How? 
Why? 
What’s next?
Join us to explore eighteen different interpretations of the end of the world, from the amazingly silly to the darkest nightfall.
Be sure not to miss every issue of Boundary Shock Quarterly, available everywhere you get your books

SMFS Member Publishing News: Craig Faustus Buck

SMFS list member Craig Faustus Buck’s short story, “Hat Box” is read aloud by Carina Cojeen at “Mathew Toffolo’s Summary.”  Also included with the video is a short interview with Mr. Buck. You can read the interview and watch the twitter story here. 

SleuthSayers: Because It Isn't There by Robert Lopresti

SleuthSayers: Because It Isn't There: by Robert Lopresti I'm going to give in to peer pressure and follow Steve Liskow , Michael Bracken , R.T. Lawton, and O'Neil De...