Showing posts with label June 2019. Show all posts
Showing posts with label June 2019. Show all posts

Sunday, June 30, 2019

A Short Walk Down A Dark Street: Issue 59

As posted to our list by Peter DiChellis…
This week’s blog delivers a sinister selection of links to reviews, releases, free reads, and more. Includes two free stories from talent-loaded but now defunct The Big Click.
Plus: For the research folder -- an NCIS intelligence analyst reveals how criminals use diversion safes and secret compartments to hide contraband (published in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin).
A short walk down a dark street (#59). Celebrating short mystery and crime fiction.
Best wishes,
Peter

SleuthSayers: My Writing World as I See It by R. T. Lawton

SleuthSayers: My Writing World as I See It: by R.T. Lawton A few weeks ago, Michael Bracken wrote a blog piece, " With Malice Aforethought ," which discussed writer motivat...

SMFS Member Publication News: John M. Floyd


SMFS list member John Floyd shares the news, that for the second time this year, a short story of his appears in The Saturday Evening Post.  Earlier this year, “Calculus 1” appeared in the March/April 2019 issue. Now his tale, “The A Team” appears in the print edition of The Saturday Evening Post: July/August 2019 issue. Mr. Floyd reassures folks it has nothing to do with the 80s television show.

Mr. Floyd informed the list today (7/15/19) that the story is now also available to read online for free at their website.



Tuesday, June 25, 2019

SMFS Member Publishing News: Edith Maxwell


Today is publication day for SMFS list member Edith Maxwell’s new book, Strangled Eggs and Ham: A Country Store Mystery. Writing as Maddie Day, the book is published by Kensington Books. The book is available in print, audio, and digital formats, from Amazon and other vendors. This is the sixth book in the series that began with Flipped For Murder.

Synopsis:

Robbie Jordan’s rustic country store is growing in popularity. But when a dead body appears, it turns out that Robbie’s home-style cooking attracts hungry customers—and murder!
 
While Robbie scrambles through breakfast orders for her expanding clientele at Pans ‘N Pancakes, tempers run as high as the sticky August heat in South Lick, Indiana. Real-estate developer Fiona Closs plans to build a towering luxury resort at one of the most scenic hilltops in Brown County, and not everyone can see the sunny side of the imposing proposition—including Robbie’s furious Aunt Adele, who doesn’t waste a minute concocting protests and road blockades. When tensions boil over and a vocal protester is silenced forever at the resort site, Robbie ditches the griddle to catch the killer. But if slashed tires are any indication, she’ll need to crack this case before her own aunt gets served something deadly next . . .  
 
Includes Recipes for You to Try!

Sunday, June 23, 2019

A Short Walk Down A Dark Street: Issue 58

As posted by Peter DiChellis to our SMFS list…

Wanna little fun? This week’s blog provides plenty, with links to deviously delightful reviews, releases, free reads, and more.
Includes: almost everything you ever wanted to know about impossible crime mysteries, including an analysis of seven vs. twenty known locked-room solutions and how often writers have used them; trends in locked-room solutions through the 20th century; and summaries of dozens of impossible crime stories.
A short walk down a dark street (#58). Celebrating short mystery and crime fiction.
Best wishes,
Peter

Jacqueline Seewald: How to Negotiate Writing Contracts

Jacqueline Seewald: How to Negotiate Writing Contracts: This past week I signed contracts with two different publishers for two separate novels, one a mystery novel in the continuing Kim Reynolds...

Saturday, June 22, 2019

SMFS Member Publishing News: Mike Penncavage


SMFS member Mike Penncavage has informed the list that his book, Dark Horizons: The Collected Short Fiction of Michael Penncavage has been released. This short story collection was published last month by Aphonia Press and is available in both print and digital formats at Amazon.

Amazon Synopsis:

A Boating Expedition Where the Fisherman Become the Prey A Bicycling Trip Takes a Wrong TurnA Turn of the Century Expedition to Locate a Missing ColleagueA Trucker Becomes the Unlikeliest HeroMutiny Aboard a Luxury Starship LinerA Book That Should Not Be Read Between the PagesA Hitman With His Own Code of Justice35 Tales of Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction and FantasyFrom Derringer Award Winning Author Michael Penncavage


SMFS Short Story Saturdays: Peter DiChellis


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 Peter DiChellis shares the 2014 short story, “The Owl Clock Murder” archived at Over My Dead Body.

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.

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Something Is Going To Happen: “The Man With The Action-Packed Expense Account” (by Richard Helms)

Something Is Going To Happen: “The Man With The Action-Packed Expense Account” (by Richard Helms)

SMFS Members Published In Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine: July/August 2019


Several SMFS members are published in the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine:July/August 2019 issue. The issue is available from Dell Magazines as well as at Amazon and other vendors. The SMFS members published in this issue are:

Dayle A. Dermatis with “Pirate Pete’s.”

R. T. Lawton with “The Horse.”

Paul D. Marks with “Past Is Prologue.”

William Burton McCormick with “The Three Camillas.”

B.K. Stevens with “The Tourist.”

Dave Zeltserman with “Lulu and Heartbreaker.”



Tuesday, June 18, 2019

SMFS Members Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: July/August 2019


Several SMFS members are published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: July/August 2019 issue. The issue is available from Dell Magazines as well as at Amazon and other vendors. The SMFS members published in this issue are:

Michael Bracken with “Oystermen.”

Trey Dowell with "Heat."

Rick Helms with “The Cripplegate Apprehension.”

Chris Holm with “Murderers’ Row.”

V.S. Kemanis with “”Dzintra’s Tale.”

Tara Laskowski with “The Long-Term Tenant. “ (Black Mask)

Twist Phelan with “Rude Awakening.”

Victoria Weisfeld with “New Energy.”


TABLE OF CONTENTS
July/August 2019
FICTION
New Energy BY VICKI WEISFELD
The Cripplegate Apprehension BY RICHARD HELMS
Left for Dead BY S.J. ROZAN
Heat BY TREY DOWELL
Oystermen BY MICHAEL BRACKEN
The Day of the Jackal BY MARILYN TODD
Dzintra’s Tale BY V.S. KEMANIS
Crossing Bridges BY AOIFE CLIFFORD
There Are Just Some Things a Rat Won’t Do BY PETER TURNBULL
Murderers’ Row BY CHRIS HOLM
Her Sister’s Secrets BY BRENDAN DUBOIS
Rude Awakening BY TWIST PHELAN
Do Not Disturb BY STEVE HOCKENSMITH
The Mysterious Affair at Osiris House BY R.T. RAICHEV
PASSPORT TO CRIME
A Smart Dummy in the Tent BY TAKEMARU ABIKO
BLACK MASK
The Long-Term Tenant BY TARA LASKOWSKI
DEPARTMENT OF FIRST STORIES
Tingo BY TONY FISHER
Rionach, My Queen BY JAMES HADLEY GRIFFIN
REVIEWS
Blog Bytes BY KRISTOPHER ZGORSKI
The Jury Box BY JON L. BREEN
Stranger Than Fiction BY DEAN JOBB: PREVIEW


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Sunday, June 16, 2019

A Short Walk Down A Dark Street: Issue 57

As posted to Peter DiChellis to our list…
This week’s blog fires it up for short mystery and crime fiction: links to a wicked mix of reviews, releases, free reads, and more.
Plus, from the Department of Weird Clues: Earprints.
A short walk down a dark street (#57). What’s fresh, what’s famous, and what’s fiendish in short mystery and crime fiction.
Best wishes,
Peter

SMFS Member Publication News: John M. Floyd


SMFS list member John M. Floyd has a short story in the recently published anthology, What Would Elvis Think? Mississippi Stories. Published by Ink-Slingers, the book is available in both print and digital formats from Amazon. Mr. Floyd’s short story, “The Garden Club” is one of 23 tales in the 240 page book. Mr. Floyd also contributed the foreword to the book which is referenced below in the synopsis published at Amazon.

Amazon Synopsis:

From the Foreword: 
[A]ny discussion of southern writing will eventually lead to Mississippi—the state that has more published authors per capita than any other. . . . Why not, then, create an anthology of stories specifically about Mississippi? Such is the book you now hold in your hand—a collection of tales that are all set here in Elvis Country. . . . Some of these Mississippians might remind you of folks you know—and others are people you might never want to meet face to face. What they have in common is that they're all interesting—and unforgettable.
          – John Floyd, author of The Barrens
The authors: 
Jim R. Angelo, Marion Barnwell, Lottie Brent Boggan, Janet Brown, John M. Floyd, Chuck Galey, Sally P. Green, Sherye Simmons Green, Wendy Harms, Brent Hearn, Charlotte Hudson, Daney Kepple, JP Luby, Chuck McIntosh, Frederick Charles Melancon, Melanie Noto, Linda Raiteri, Nicolas Smith, Kyle Summerall, Stephanie Swindle Thomas, Janet Taylor-Perry, Diane Thomas-Plunk, and Judy H. Tucker

SleuthSayers: Anthology Psychology by John M. Floyd

SleuthSayers: Anthology Psychology: by John M. Floyd I've often told my writing students that there are three markets for short fiction: magazines, anthologies, and co...

Saturday, June 15, 2019

SMFS Short Story Saturdays: Robert Petyo


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 Robert Petyo shares the 2008 short story, “The Truth About Lang Tri” archived at The Thrilling Detective.

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.