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 Cooking Up Crime: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem Book #19

Today is publication day for Cooking Up Crime: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem Book #18. 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 “The Flavor of Deceit.”

 

Diana Deverell with “Baking Into the Dark.”

 

Annie Reed with “The Disappearance of Doughzilla.”

 

Description

Want a slice of pie with your crime? Or perhaps some cookies. Maybe even some BBQ…

Welcome to the annual cozy edition of MCM!

Be sure to bring a snack, as these stories are sure to leave you hungry for more.

The annual cozy issue of MCM!

SMFS Members Published in Stolen Cars: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem Book #18

 

Today is publication day for Stolen Cars: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem Book #18. 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 “Always Gonna Happen.”

 

Diana Deverell with “Cool Ride.”

 

David H. Hendrickson with “Dodging Bullets.”

 

Annie Reed with “Be Someone.”

 

Publisher Description

Take a joy ride with a woman desperate to escape her past. Or maybe deal with car thieves who keep stealing your car for an ever increasing ransom. Maybe delve into the mystery of a car that isn’t really stolen–it just disappears for a while. Or get into a rideshare car that appears to be driven by a zombie (if you dare…)

These tales of stolen cars, the thieves behind them, and what these theft actually represents, are sure to delight readers of all kinds. From the twisted minds of the MCM syndicate.

SMFS Members Published in Betrayal: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem Book #17

Today is publication day for Betrayal: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem Book #17. Published by Knotted Road Press, the read is available at MysteryCrimeandMayhem.Com and Amazon.  The SMFS list members that reported being in the issue are: 

 

Joslyn Chase with "Colder Than Gazpacho."                      

 

Diana Deverell with "Foul Trouble."

 

David H. Hendrickson with "Your Mother's a Whore!"

 

Robert Jeschonek with "Night of the Moto-Men."

 

Annie Reed with "Freedom Day."

 

Amazon Description: 

Things are never as straight forward as they seem. Friends can turn to enemies in the blink of an eye.

Or perhaps they've always been out to get you, playing along the whole time, getting you to trust them.

Just so that the betrayal can be absolute.

Come read the latest issue of MCM, and the syndicate's take on being betrayed.

With very special guest author donalee Moulton.

Now starting year five!

SMFS Members Published in Winter Mysteries: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem Book #16

Today is publication day for Winter Mysteries: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem Book #16. Published by Knotted Road Press, the read is available in digital format at MysteryCrimeandMayhem.Com and Amazon.  The SMFS list members that reported being in the issue are:

 

Joslyn Chase with "Silver Secrets, Crimson Ties."

 

Diana Deverell with "Ristras, Luminarias, and Las Posadas."

Robert Jeschonek with "Not Just Another Saturnalia."

 

Annie Reed with "The White Whale."

 

MCM Website Description:

Winter time reminds readers of the holidays, getting together with family, and frequently, cold snowy weather.

All that “cheer” can drive people to murder, though.

What other mysteries occur in the winter? The wonderful syndicate of MCM answers that question.

With stories from guest authors Nick Andreychuk and Dayle A. Dermatis.

SMFS Members Published in Library Cases: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #15

Several SMFS list members are published in Library Cases: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #15. Published by Knotted Road Press, the read is available in digital and print formats at Amazon and other vendors. The SMFS list members in the issue are:

 

Joslyn Chase with "Because of Louisa"

 

Diana Deverell with "Snakes in the Stacks."

 

Robert Jeschonek with "The Overdue Burrower."

 

Annie Reed with "A Lucky Man." 

 

Publisher Description: 

Stories can take place not only between the covers of books, but also in the places where books are kept.

Like in libraries.

The fifteenth issue of MCM is a collection of cozy stories by the syndicate, stories that will make you giggle, shake your head, or at the very least, think about.

So Criminal, It's Good.

Be sure to pick up all the issues!

SMFS Members Published in Blood on the Tracks: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #14

 

Several SMFS list members are published in Blood on the Tracks: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #14. Published by Knotted Road Press, the read is available in digital and print formats at Amazon and other vendors. The SMFS list members in the issue are:

 

K.L. Abrahamson with "Saint Christopher and the Snake."

 

Diana Deverell with "Dead Stop."

 

David H. Hendrickson with "Only One Remains." 

 

Amazon Description:

Readers always romanticize train travel, even if it’s just a quick commute into the city.

Why?

Trains are packed full of people with their own agendas, their own stories, their own need for revenge or escape.

Frequently in these traveling conveyances, crime occurs. Either in the trains themselves, or on the tracks.

What sort of crimes?

The MCM Syndicate of writers answers this question with fascinating stories that are historic, semi-historic, as well as set in modern day.

Come enjoy new tales of mysteries that occur on or near trains.

So criminal, it's good.

SMFS Members Published in The Hunt: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #13

 

Several SMFS list members are published in The Hunt: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #13. Published by Knotted Road Press, the read is available in digital and print formats at Amazon. The SMFS list members in the issue are:

 

Joslyn Chase with "The Devil's Trumpet."

 

Diana Deverell with "Lowlife Safari."

 

Annie Reed with "The Final Girl."

 

 

Amazon Description: 

You step outside and feel eyes on you. Watching you. Waiting.

Have they finally caught up with you?

Or maybe you have those binoculars, watching someone very, very dangerous.

Either way, the hunt begins shortly.

And either hunter or prey faces doom.

The next thrilling issue of Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem. Available at all reputable, and some disreputable, vendors.

Pick up all the back issues of MCM, now in its fourth year!

SMFS Members Published in Cold Cases: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #12

Several SMFS list members are published in Cold Cases: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #12. Published by Knotted Road Press, the read is available in digital and print formats at Amazon. The SMFS list members in the issue are: 

 

Joslyn Chase with "Cold Hands, Warm Heart."

Diana Deverell with "Love Child."

David H. Hendrickson with "Buried Braces."

Steve Liskow with "When Lainie Was Late."

Annie Reed with "The Promise."

 

 

Synopsis:

It might be that one case that never closed, that always haunted you.

Or perhaps one that someone dumped in your lap, because new evidence has brought it back to life.

Anything.

The case remains cold. The clues molding, or non-existent.

But you still move forward, trying to find the answer.

Those who are gone deserve no less.

Cold Cases. Issue number 12 of Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem.

So Criminal, It's Good.

SMFS Members Published in Cozy Sidekicks: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #11

Several SMFS list members are published in the new, Cozy Sidekicks: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #11. Published by Knotted Road Press, the read is available in eBook at Amazon. The SMFS list members in the issue are: 

 

Joslyn Chase with “Facing the Diamond-Hard Truth.”

 

Diana Deverell with “White Nights.”

 

David H. Hendrickson with “Peanut and the Pentecostal Nun. ”

 

Michele Lang with “Satisfaction Brought Him Back”

 

Steve Liskow with “Spread it on Thick.”

 

Amazon Synopsis:

Sidekicks can play such an important part in mysteries. Where would Sherlock be without Dr. Watson? Or Nero Wolfe without Archie Goodwin?

Though the main character may not consider the sidekick an equal partner, every person is the hero of their own story.

Collected here are stories from the sidekick’s point of view. Because, after all, they might be the star of the show.

Issue 11 of Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem presents Cozy Sidekicks.

So Criminal, it’s Good.

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