2022 Quill Award Winner: Lyn Worthen

SMFS list member Lyn Worthen collected several honors during the recent Quills Conference held by The League of Utah Writers. The group is a non-profit organization dedicated to offering friendship, education, and encouragement to the writers and poets of Utah. Our organization aids our members in the improvement of their craft and support of their goals. You can learn more about the group at their website.  The honors she received are:

 

Diamond Quill

The anthology, Street Magic, edited by Lyn Worthen. Also includes the short story, Spirit of the Law, written under the pseudonym Leigh Saunders.

 

Collections—Recommended Reads

The short stories, The Party Planning Pickle, written under the pseudonym Lauryn Christopher, and, One Magical Christmas, written under the pseudonym as Leigh Saunders in the Whimsical Winter Wonderland: A Holiday Hijinks Anthology. The anthology was also edited by Lyn Worthen.

 

Genre Short Story—Recommended Reads

Lyn Worthen’s short story, Tilting At Windmills, written under the pseudonym Lauryn Christopher, in Fiction River: Dark & Deadly Passions.

Lyn Worthen’s short story, Virtual Oracle, written under the pseudonym Leigh Saunders, in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine: #12.

 

Publication News: Witches of a Certain Age

 

The new anthology Witches of a Certain Age features stories by

Liz Pierce.  "Un-Hexing Helga."

Lyn Worthen (editor).  "Wielding Quiet Magic."

Publication News: Crazy Christmas Capers

 Camden Park Press is publishing three Holiday Hijinks anthologies.  Crazy Christmas Capers includes:

Lauryn Christopher. "The Party Planning Pickle."

Annie Reed. "The Great Rosewood Lakes Turkey Gambit."

Michele Bazan Reed. "The Poultville Plot."

Kelly Zimmer.  "Jimmy's Wish List."

The book was compiled/edited by Lyn Worthen.

Publication News: Whimsical Winter Wonderland

 Camden Park Press is publishing three Holiday Hijinks anthologies.  Whimsical Winter Wonderland includes:

Sharon Hart Addy, "The Elves Investigation Team."

Wendy Harrison, "It's A Wonderful Elf."

Claire A. Murray, "The Pixie Path Home."

Leigh Saunders,  "One Magical Christmas."

It was edited by member Lyn Worthen.

SMFS Members Published in Quoth the Raven

Two SMFS list members are published in the just released Quoth the Raven. Published by Camden Park Press, the anthology takes the works of Edgar Allan Poe and reimagines them for the 21^st century. The book is available in print and digital formats from Amazon and other vendors.  The two SMFS list members that have reported their publishing news are:

Vicki Weisfeld with “Tooth and Nail.”

Lyn Worthen writing as Lauryn Christopher with “The Well.”

Amazon Synopsis:

The works of Poe were dark and often disturbing.From dismembered corpses, rivals bricked behind cellar walls, murders in back alleys, laments for lost loves, obsessions that drive men - and women! - to madness, his stories have had a profound impact on both the horror and mystery genres to this day.

In Quoth the Raven, we invite you to answer the call of the raven and revisit Poe's work, re-imagined for the twenty-first century. Here, the lover of mystery and Gothic horror will find familiar themes in contemporary settings, variations on Poe's tales, and faithful recreations of the author's signature style.

Contains stories and poems by Aryan Bollinger, Brian Ellis, Chris Abela, Donea Lee Weaver, Edward Ahern, Emerian Rich, Frank Coffman, Gregory J. Wolos, Hugh J.O'Donnell, John Kiste, Kara Race-Moore, Karen Robiscoe, Kenneth C. Goldman, Lauryn Christopher, Lawrence Berry, Matthew M. Montelione, Melanie Cossey, Penelope Paling, R.C. Scandalis, Sarah Murtagh, Scott Wheelock, Sidney Williams, Sonora Taylor, Stephanie L. Harper, Steven R. Southard, Susan McCauley, Tiffany Michelle Brown, Tonia Kalouria, and Vicki Weisfeld.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Lyn Worthen

SMFS list member Lyn Worthen reports she has a short story in the just released anthology, Fiction River Special Edition: Editor Saves.  Her story, “The Man in the Gabardine Suit” appears under her pen name of Lauryn Christopher. Currently the book is only available in digital format from the publisher and Amazon with, according to the publisher, the print edition “coming soon!”