As announced at Bouchercon: Nashville, SMFS list
members Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgorski won the 2024 Anthony Award in
the Best Short Story category for their short story, "Ticket to
Ride." The winning tale was published in the anthology, Happiness Is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction
Inspired by the Songs of The Beatles. (Editor Josh Pachter, Down & Out Books, October
2023).
This story also won an Agatha
Award earlier this year.
Malice Domestic 18: Mystery Most Devious
was released by Wildside Press in April 2024. It can be purchased at the
Wildside Press website.
The SMFS list members that reported being in it are:
Mary Adler with “The Lake.”
Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier with “Afterglow.”
Co-Editor Michael Bracken with the introduction.
Susan Live Brown with “In Kind.”
Joslyn Chase with “Willow, Don't Weep.”
Roberta Gibson with “Bodyguard of Lies.”
Hope Hodgkins with “Mine!”
Smita Harish Jain with “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose.”
Josh Pachter with “Woulda Coulda Shoulda.”
Jennifer Slee with “Zarparan.”
As announced Saturday evening at Malice Domestic #36, SMFS list members Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgorski won the 2023 Agatha Award in the Best Short Story category for their short story, "Ticket to Ride." The winning tale was published in the anthology, Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Down & Out Books).
For the full list of the winners and more information,
please see the Malice Domestic Facebook Page.
Malice Domestic #36 will take place April 26-28, 2024.
Again this year, numerous SMFS list members are nominated in several
categories. The full list of the 2023 Agatha Award nominees and more can be
found here on
Facebook. The categories and nominated SMFS list members that reported their nominations
are:
Best Contemporary Mystery Novel
Gigi Pandian for The Raven Thief: A Secret
Staircase Mystery (Minotaur Books).
Best First Mystery
Josh Pachter for Dutch
Threat (Genius Book Publishing).
Best Short Story
Barb Goffman for the short story, Real Courage, in Black
Cat Mystery Magazine #14.
Dru Ann Love and
Kristopher Zgorski for the short story, Ticket To Ride, in the
anthology, Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Down & Out Books).
Richie Narvaez for the short story, Shamu, World's Greatest Detective, in the anthology, Killin' Time in San Diego: Bouchercon Anthology 2023 (Down and Out Books).
As announced yesterday evening at Malice Domestic, SMFS list member Barb Goffman has won the 2022 Agatha
Award in the Best Short Story category for her short story, "Beauty and
the Beyotch.” The winning tale was published in Sherlock
Holmes Mystery Magazine #29.
Promophobia: Taking the Mystery Out of
Promoting Crime Fiction won in the Best Non-Fiction category.
The book includes essays by numerous SMFS list members as noted in our news
post.
For the full list of the winners and more information,
please see the Malice Domestic website.
Numerous SMFS list members are published in the new anthology, Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Traditional Anthology. Published by Wildside Press, this is the seventeenth anthology and is available from the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors. The reported SMFS members in this anthology are:
M. H. Callway with
"Wisteria Cottage."
Chris Chan with
"The Butlers' Anti-Defamation Society."
Susan Daly with
"Tamsin & the Church Ladies."
Maurice Givens
with "Foul Ball."
James L'Etoile
with "The Parlin Fork Letters."
Jean Macaluso with
"Home & Garden Gothic."
Michael Allan
Mallory with "The Time Thief."
Rob McCartney with
"The Missing Case of Beer."
Michele Bazan Reed
with “The Dead Donor.”
Lori Robbins with
"Killing It in the Catskills."
Cynthia Sabelhaus
with “Mystery of the Midnight Fire.”
Gabriel Valjan
with “Trash Raccoon.”
Arthur Vidro with
"The Suspension of Mickey Hackerstein."
Amazon Description:
The Malice
Domestic anthology series returns with 32 original tales in the Agatha Christie
tradition—this time featuring new takes on the traditional mystery. Incuded are
works by:
Zara Altair, Anne
Louise Bannon, Chris Chan, M.M. Chouinard, Jennifer Chow, Sherry Clitheroe,
Sharon Love Cook, Susan Daly, Tina deBellegarde, Karen Dent, Carolyn Eichhorn,
Eve Elliot, Maurice Givens, Kerry Hammond, Madeleine Harris-Callway, Lawrence
Kelter, James L’Etoile,Jean Macaluso, Michael Allan Mallory, Rob McCartney, Tom
Mead, Gregory Meece, Michele Bazan Reed, Lori Robbins, Verena Rose, Cynthia
Sabelhaus, Nancy Cole Silverman, Shawn Reilly Simmons, Susan Thibadeau, Gabriel
Valjan, Arthur Vidro, and Kari Wainwright
Established in 1989, Malice Domestic™ is an annual fan
convention in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area that celebrates the
traditional mystery, best typified by the works of Agatha Christie, containing
no explicit sex, excessive gore, or violence.
Malice Domestic #35 will take place April 28-30, 2023. Again this year, numerous SMFS list members are nominated in several categories. The full list of the 2022 Agatha Award nominees and more can be found here. The categories and nominated SMFS list members are:
Children's/ YA Mystery
Fleur Bradley for Daybreak on Raven Island
(Viking Books for Young People).
Best Contemporary Novel
Annette Dashofy for Fatal Reunion: A Zoe
Chambers Mystery (Level Best Books).
Best First Novel
M. A. (Mary) Monnin for Death in the Aegean: An Intrepid Traveler Mystery (Level Best Books).
Nina Wachsman for The
Gallery of Beauties: A Venice Beauties Mystery
(Level Best Books).
Best Short Story
Barb Goffman for the short story, Beauty and the Beyotch, in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #29.
Lisa Q. Mathews for the short story, Fly Me to the Morgue, in the anthology, Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Diabolical (Wildside Press).
Richie Narvaez for the short story, The Minnesota Twins Meet Bigfoot, in the book, Land of 10,000 Thrills: Bouchercon Anthology 2022 (Down & Out Books). Read for free at his website.
Art Taylor for the short story, The Invisible Band, in
the anthology, Edgar
& Shamus Go Golden: Twelve Tales of Murder, Mystery, and Master Detection
from the Golden Age of Mystery and Beyond
(Down & Out Books). Read for free at his website.
In addition, the recently published book, Promophobia:
Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction,
is nominated in the Best Non-Fiction category. Published by Sisters in Crime, it
includes essays by numerous SMFS list members.
FRIDAY APRIL 22
2:00 p.m.–2:50 p.m. Make It Snappy: Our Agatha Best Short Story Nominees
Barb Goffman, Richie Narvaez, Gigi Pandian, Art Taylor (moderator)
2:00 p.m.–2:50 p.m. Blurring Genres: Blending a Cozy with Romance? With Fantasy?
Paula Gail Benson, Kaye George
3:00 p.m.–3:50
p.m. Simply the Best: Our Agatha Best Contemporary Novel Nominees
Ellen Byron, Gabriel Valjan
3:00 p.m.–3:50
p.m. Solve a Crime
or Feed the Cat? Sleuths and Their Animals
Clea Simon (moderator)
3:00 p.m.–3:50
p.m. Can You Google
the Killer? How Sleuths Navigate Tech & Social Media
Sybil Johnson, Korina Moss
4:00 p.m.–4:50
p.m. Making History: Our Agatha Best Historical Nominees
Hariette Sackler (moderator), Gabriel Valjan
4:00 p.m.–4:50
p.m. Murder in Few Short Words: Short Stories
Michael Bracken (moderator), Mary Dutta, Teresa Inge, Claire A.
Murray, Mark Thielman
4:00 p.m.–4:50
p.m. Not Her
First Rodeo: Mature Sleuths
Susan Breen
SATURDAY APRIL 23
9:00–9:50
a.m. Women in Historical Mysteries: Grappling with Gender Expectations
Frankie Y. Bailey, Ann Parker
9:00–9:50
a.m. Mystery Kids: Our Agatha Children’s/Young Adult Novel Nominees
Alan Orloff
9:00–9:50
a.m. How Strong
Characters Make a Strong Mystery
Mary Keliikoa, Cathi Stoler
10:00
a.m.–10:50 a.m. Diversity
and Inclusion in the Mystery Genre
Tina Kashian (moderator)
10:00
a.m.–10:50 a.m. Murder Goes
International
Alexia Gordon, MA Monnin
11:00
a.m.–11:50 a.m. Writing
a Series: Keeping it Fresh
Edith Maxwell
11:00
a.m.–11:50 a.m. Last Night,
I Dreamt I Went to Malice Again: Romantic Suspense Influences
Art Taylor
11:00
a.m.–11:50 a.m. The Legacy
of Ruth Cavin
Donna Andrews
11:00
a.m.–11:50 a.m. New Kids on
the Block: Our Agatha Best First Novel Nominees
Raquel V. Reyes
11:00
a.m.–11:50 a.m. The Journey
of Identity
Leslie Budewitz/Alicia Beckman (moderator), Lori Robbins,
Elaine Viets
12:00
p.m.–12:50 p.m. Beyond the Protagonist: How Supporting Characters Make a Story
Toni LP Kelner (moderator), Lisa Q, Mathews
12:00
p.m.–12:50 p.m. Would You Do What Your Sleuth Does?
Teresa Trent
12:00
p.m.–12:50 p.m. Classic Crime
Jeff Marks (moderator), Gigi Pandian
2:00 p.m.–2:50
p.m. A Pinch of This, A Dash of That: Creating Recipes in Cozies
Ang Pompano
2:00
p.m.–2:50 p.m. If Unreliable Narrators Are Here to Stay, How Can Readers
Believe Any Character?
Tara Laskowski
2:00
p.m.–2:50 p.m. The Place of Cozies in a Non-Cozy World
Tina deBellegarde, Terrie Farley Moran
2:00
p.m.–2:50 p.m. Malice Domestic Public Board Meeting
Deborah Lacy, Harriette Sackler
SUNDAY APRIL 24
9:00
a.m.–9:50 a.m.
May It Please the Court: Lawyers & Investigators in Crime
Fiction
Valerie Brooks (moderator)
10:00
a.m.–10:50 a.m.
Sleuths with Unconventional Careers
Mary Angela, Josh Pachter (moderator), Heather Weidner
10:00
a.m.–10:50 a.m. Mysteries for All Ages: Inspiring Young and Grown-Up Readers
Richie Narvaez (moderator)
11:00
a.m.–11:50 a.m. If It Bleeds, It Leads: Journalists in Crime Fiction
Nancy Cole Silverman
11:00
a.m.–11:50 a.m. Police Protagonists
Bruce Robert Coffin (moderator), Peter WJ Hayes
Established in 1989, Malice Domestic™ is an annual fan
convention in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area that celebrates the
traditional mystery, best typified by the works of Agatha Christie, containing
no explicit sex, excessive gore, or violence. This year, instead of the annual in
person convention, MORE THAN MALICE will take place entirely online from
July 14-17, 2021. There are twelve SMFS list members up for an Agatha Award in six
different categories. The awards will be presented on July 17th.
In the “Best Short Story” category there are four
members that are nominated. Those members are:
Barb Goffman for "Dear Emily Etiquette" in Ellery
Queen’s Mystery Magazine: September/October 2020.
You can listen to the podcast for this story here.
Art Taylor for “The Boy Detective & The Summer of
‘74" in Alfred
Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine: January/February 2021.
You can read Art’s essay on how the story came together here.
Gabriel Valjan for “Elysian Fields” in the anthology, California
Schemin’: The 2020 Bouchercon Anthology,
published by Wildside Press.
James W. Ziskin for “The 25 Year Engagement” in the anthology, In League with Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon, published by Pegasus Crime. You can read James’ essay on how the story came together here.
Our members up for Agatha Awards for longer works are:
Donna Andrews is up for the Agatha Award in the “Best
Contemporary Novel” category for Gift of the Magpie, published by
Minotaur.
Tina deBellegarde is up for an Agatha Award in the
“Best First Novel” category for Winter Witness, published by
Level Best Books.
Mary Keliikoa is up for the Agatha Award in the “Best
First Novel” category for Derailed, published by Epicenter Press,
Inc.
Edith Maxwell is up for the Agatha Award in the “Best
Historical Novel” category for Taken
Too Soon: A Quaker Midwife Mystery,
published by Beyond the Page Publishing.
Leslie Brody in the “Best Non-Fiction” Category for Sometimes
You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of
Harriet the Spy, published by Seal Press.
Martin Edwards in the “Best Non-Fiction” Category for Howdunit:
A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club,
published by Collins Crime Club.
Fleur Bradley in the “Best Children’s/YA Mystery”
Category for Midnight at the Barclay Hotel, published by Viking
Books for Young Readers.
Richard Narvaez in the “Best Children’s/YA Mystery”
Category for Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco, published by
Piñata Books.
SMFS salutes our members on this honor and wishes them
the best as they represent SMFS at Malice Domestic. The full list of nominees
can be found at the Malice Domestic website.