SleuthSayers: Get Involved by R.T. Lawton

SleuthSayers: Get Involved: Okay, so you're writing the next great American novel or short story. It will be published and you will become famous. At least that&#39...

SleuthSayers: BSP: Paperbacks 7 - 8 & 9 by R.T. Lawton

SleuthSayers: BSP: Paperbacks 7 - 8 & 9: I spent this summer bundling some of my short stories into collections. The result is that three more paperbacks are now in print. Most of t...

Awards: Edgar Nominees

 

Today the Mystery Writers of America announced the nominees for this year's Edgar Awards and four members of the Short Mystery Fiction Society are on the list for Best Short Story. Congratulations!

“Blindsided,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine (September/October)  by Michael Bracken & James A. Hearn (Dell Magazines) 

“The Road to Hana,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine (May/June)  by R.T. Lawton (Dell Magazines)

“The Locked Room Library,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (July/August) by Gigi Pandian (Dell Magazines)

Publication News: Mystery Weekly Magazine

 The September issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine has arrived and features:

John Floyd. "The Delta Princess."

Vinnie Hansen. "Try Again."

R.T. Lawton. "The Story Game."

Rosemary McCracken. "The Passenger."

Publication News: Die Laughing

Mystery Weekly Magazine has published Die Laughing: An Anthology of Humorous Mysteries.  This is a hardcover with 45 new tales.  Ten of them are written by members of the Short Mystery Fiction Society:

"Hollywood Dead Naked” by Shakurra Amatulla

“Sure As Apples” by Brandon Barrows

“Blue Light Special” by R.T. Lawton

“Have A Cadaver” by Edward Lodi

“Meet Me At The Morgue” by Robert Lopresti

“Pandora, Haunted” by Robert Mangeot

“All My Darlings” by Charlotte Morganti

“The Vacuum Gang” by Bev Vincent

“Trash Can Stakeout” by Dustin Walker

“Brick Fiend” by Joseph S. Walker
 

SleuthSayers: A Helping Hand by by R.T. Lawton

SleuthSayers: A Helping Hand: The Story My latest story, "A Helping Hand," is currently out in the AHMM January/February 2021 issue. It is the 8th in my 1...

SleuthSayers: How It All Came Together by R.T. Lawton

SleuthSayers: How It All Came Together: At the time, I had eleven short stories in my Holiday Burglars series. That's my humor series, at least as far as I'm concerned. Al...

SleuthSayers: Just Doing My Laundry, Officer by R. T. Lawton

SleuthSayers: Just Doing My Laundry, Officer: Laundry Night Let's assume you own a legitimate small business in the service industry. Maybe something like a dry cleaners or bar,...

SleuthSayers: My Small Business Plan by R. T. Lawton

SleuthSayers: My Small Business Plan: by R.T. Lawton I'm not getting rich from my writing sales, so I'm grateful I don't have to rely on writing for my main in...

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...

SleuthSayers: A Parable? by R. T. Lawton

SleuthSayers: A Parable?: by R.T. Lawton Fables, parables and allegories are all similar. Roughly, a fable is a short story where animals or objects tell a story by...

Catherine Dilts Reviews: Short Story Reviews: AHMM March/April 2018

Catherine Dilts Reviews: Short Story Reviews: AHMM March/April 2018

SleuthSayers: The Left Hand of Leonard by R. T. Lawton (SMFS Member)

SleuthSayers: The Left Hand of Leonard: by R.T. Lawton AHMM March/April 2018 cover Con schemes have been going on since the serpent in the Garden of Eden sweet-talked Eve in...

Little Big Crimes Review: Black Friday by R.T. Lawton

Little Big Crimes: Black Friday, by R.T. Lawton: "Black Friday," by R.T. Lawton, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, November/December 2017. I knew that if I wrote the...