SMFS Member Publishing News: The Woman by Merrilee Robson

SMFS list member Merrilee Robson’s short story, The Woman, was published at Punk Noir Magazine. You can read the piece for free online here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Whack-A-Mole by Merrilee Robson

SMFS list member Merrilee Robson’s short story, Whack-A-Mole, is published at the Mystery Tribune. The story can be read for free at the website.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Death by Natural Causes: Creating an African Cozy Short Story by Merrilee Robson

 

SMFS list member Merrilee Robson’s essay, Death by Natural Causes: Creating an African Cozy Short Story, appears in the recently released, Mystery Readers Journal: Mysteries Set in Africa, Volume 39, No. 1, Spring 2023. Published by Mystery Readers International, the read is available in print and pdf formats on the website.

 

Website Issue Description:

Mysteries Set in Africa

Volume 39, No. 1, Spring 2023

Buy this back issue! Available in hardcopy or as a downloadable PDF.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

• Eugene P.A. Schleh: The Mysteries of Africa by Aubrey Nye Hamilton
• Agatha in Africa by Kate Derie
• Cape Town Crime Fiction by Eric Beetner
• John V. C. Wyllie and Dr. Samuel Quarshie by Aubrey Nye Hamilton

AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

• Taking My Imagination on Safari by Annamaria Alfieri
• From Scandi Crime to Sandy Crime by Parker Bilal
• I Was Already a Spy, I Might as Well Write About It by Bryan Christy
• Rift — A Novel About a Journey That Is Still on My Mind by Liza Cody
• Green Snake in Green Grass by Kathy Curnow
• Nkisi by Russell Hill
• A Brutal Love Letter by Akbar Hussain
• Memories of my Father’s Bookshelf by Sylva Nze Ifedigbo
• Corruption in Kenya—The Mystery Is in the Details by Gerald Everett Jones
• Writing on the Continent of Light by Deon Meyer
• A Trip to Egypt by Erica Ruth Neubauer
• My Mystery Writing Life by Stella Oni
• Le Petit Senegal by Paul R. Paradise
• Adventure and Romance in North Africa by Neil S. Plakcy
• From Your Armchair to the Gulf of Guinea: The Case for the African Mystery by Kwei Quartey
• Murder in Africa by Bryony Rheam
• Death by Natural Causes: Creating an African Cozy Short Story by Merrilee Robson
• Vacation, Vacation, Vacation by Wendall Thomas
• Serious Research in Africa by Michael Stanley (Stanley Trollip)
• Africa: The Most Interesting Place I’ve Never Been by N. S. Wikarski

COLUMNS

• Mystery in Retrospect: Reviews by Eric Beetner, Aubrey Nye Hamilton, Sandie Herron, Kathy Boone Reel, L.J. Roberts, Craig Sisterson, and Lucinda Surber
• Children’s Hour: African Mysteries by Gay Toltl Kinman
• In Short: Africa by Marv Lachman
• From the Editor’s Desk by Janet A. Rudolph

SMFS Member Publishing News: Secret Santa by Merrilee Robson

SMFS list member Merrilee Robson’s short story, Secret Santa, is published in The People's Friend: December 17, 2022 issue. You can learn more about this issue at the UK website.

SMFS Member Podcast News: Tired of Bath by Merrilee Robson

The current AHMM podcast features SMFS list member Merrilee Robson's short story, Tired of Bath.  The story originally appeared in the March/April 2022 issue of AHMM. The podcast is available here for free.

 

EPISODE DESCRIPTION

This episode features Merrilee Robson's tale "Tired of Bath" from the March/April 2022 issue, which imagines what Jane Austen would experience when transported to the current day and tracks two friends—an English teacher and a filmmaker—as they handle the situation. Canadian writer Merrilee Robson is the author of Murder is Uncooperative, and her short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, The People’s Friend, Mystery Weekly, Over My Dead Body, Mysteryrat’s Maze podcast, and a number of anthologies.

The story is read by our managing editor, Jackie Sherbow.

Publication News: Yellow Mama

 

Issue 92 of Yellow Mama Webzine is available for free and contains:

Pam Ebel. "Dead Men Don't Text."

Shari Held. "Two Little Words."

Merrilee Robson. "Why I Left the House that Smelled of Death."

Publication News: Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine

 

The  March/April issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine has appeared and it includes:

Lee Lofland. "Case  Files."

Robert Lopresti. "Please Pass the Loot."

Paul D. Marks. "A.K.A. Ross Landy."

Merrilee Robson. "Tired of Bath."

Mark Thielman. "DIY."

Publication News: Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

 

The January/February issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine is available and features:

K.L. Abrahamson. "Paleolithic."

Josh Pachter. "Their Last Bow."

Merrilee Robson. "On the Side of the Angels."

Member Publication News: Merrilee Robson

 Merrilee Robson is the writer of the week at The People's Friend.  She is featured there with an interview as well as a story.

KRL: Stealth: A Mystery Short Story by Merrilee Robson

 KRL: Stealth: A Mystery Short Story by Merrilee Robson 

Something Is Going To Happen Blog: “A Book to Remember” (by Merrilee Robson)

Something Is Going To Happen Blog: “A Book to Remember” (by Merrilee Robson)

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...

SMFS Members Published in Mystery Weekly Magazine: June 2019

SMFS list members have works appearing in Mystery Weekly Magazine: June 2019. The read is available from the publisher in both print and digital formats as well as Amazon and other vendors. The SMFS members in this issue are:

Terrie Farley Moran with “Squeezer And Bongo.”

Merrilee Robson with “A Locked Co-Op Mystery.”

Bob Tippee with “Buick.”

Synopsis:

At the cutting edge of crime fiction, Mystery Weekly Magazine presents original short stories by the world’s best-known and emerging mystery writers. 

The stories we feature in our monthly issues span every imaginable subgenre, including cozy, police procedural, noir, whodunit, supernatural, hardboiled, humor, and historical mysteries. Evocative writing and a compelling story are the only certainty.

Get ready to be surprised, challenged, and entertained--whether you enjoy the style of the Golden Age of mystery (e.g., Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle), the glorious pulp digests of the early twentieth century (e.g., Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler), or contemporary masters of mystery.

“Squeezer And Bongo” by Terrie Farley Moran is our cover feature asking the question—when the loathsome bully from your high school days traipses into your successful law office babbling about murder, are you sorry he is the suspect and not the victim?
“The Other Woman” by Michael Thomas Smith is spotted by a nosy neighbor and she gets more than she bargained for when she believes she spots an affair across the street.
In “A Locked Co-Op Mystery” by Merrilee Robson, the mayor was alone in the locked apartment where his family had once lived. The crowd of people outside had seen him go in and would swear no one had gone in before or after him. But he was dead.
In “The Calm” by Ken Hueler, judgment and crime go together. This might be a crime story, or it might be a supernatural one, depending on whether you decide the man lived after driving off the road. And what judgment does he deserve?
“Russian Dolls” by Eliot Hudson is a psychological thriller told from the perpetrator's own twisted imagination.
In “Buick” by Bob Tippee, an intelligent? Buick Lacross manipulates its occupants into conducting misdeeds according to their existing natures.
Who can you trust? Is anyone who they appear to be? Find out in the spy thriller, “Interdiction” by Michael A. Clark.

Killer Crafts & Crafty Killers: AUTHOR MERRILEE ROBSON TAPS INTO FAMILY HISTORY FO...

Killer Crafts & Crafty Killers: AUTHOR MERRILEE ROBSON TAPS INTO FAMILY HISTORY FO...: Merrilee Robson is the author of Murder is Uncooperative , a traditional mystery set it a housing co-op, as well as numerous short storie...

SMFS Member Publication News: Merrilee Robson

Last November as part of our ongoing SMFS Short Story Saturdays project, SMFS list member Merrilee Robson shared her 2017 short story, “The Way To A Man’s Heart” from the archives at Over My Dead Body! The tale is featured this week on the Mysteryrat’s Maze Podcast  and read by Sean Hopper.

From the site:

The Way to a Man’s Heart by Merrilee Robson

February 5, 2019

This episode features the mystery short story, The Way to a Man's Heart, written by mystery author Merrilee Robson, and read by local actor Sean Hopper. This story seemed perfect for a twisted take on Valentine's Day. The Way to a Man's Heart was published in October of 2017 in Over My Dead Bodymystery magazine. Merrilee also wrote the story for another podcast episode, The Mercy Killer. In each episode we share with you mystery short stories and mystery novel first chapters read by actors from the San Joaquin Valley. You can learn more about Merrilee's writing on her website.

SMFS Members Published in Kings River Life Magazine for 11/17/18

Two SMFS members are published in the November 17^th edition of Kings River Life Magazine. Those members are:

Gail Farrelly with “Ya Never Know: A Thanksgiving Tale.”

http://kingsriverlife.com/11/17/ya-never-know-a-thanksgiving-tale/

In “Thanksgiving Treats and Threats, Merrilee Robson shares some Thanksgiving stories and a recipe

http://kingsriverlife.com/11/17/thanksgiving-treats-and-threats/

SMFS Short Story Saturdays: Merrilee Robson

SMFS Short Story Saturdays was born out of the very successful International Short Story Month this year. 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 and were not previously linked to during the May 2018 Short Story Month event.

Today for SMFS Short Story Saturdays, Merrilee Robson shares “The Way To A Man’s Heart” from the archives 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.

SMFS Member Publication News: Merrilee Robson

SMFS list member Merrilee Robson has a short story up on the Mysteryrat’s Maze Podcast. Part of King’s River Life Magazine, this podcast features the short story, “The Mercy Killer.” The tale is read aloud by actor Thomas Nance. You can find the podcast at PodBean.