SMFS Member Podcast News: EPISODE 155: “Sit. Stay. Die.” by Michael Bracken and Sandra Murphy

  

The current EQMM podcast features SMFS list member Sandra Murphy who reads the short story, Sit. Stay. Die, co-written with fellow member Michael Bracken. The short story appeared in the Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine: July/August 2022 issue. The podcast is available here for free.

 

Website Description:

EQMM was brought into the world by two writers who collaborated on nearly every piece of fiction they wrote, Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee. This month we feature a story by two writers who have collaborated with each other several times, most recently on a story for EQMM. Michael Bracken is the author of well over a thousand published short stories and he’s a recipient of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer Award for Lifetime Achievement, among other honors. Sandra Murphy is a Derringer Award winner who has had a collection of stories published by Untreed Reads. She is the reader for this recording of “Sit. Stay. Die.” by Michael Bracken and Sandra Murphy, first published in the July/August 2022 issue of EQMM.

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Publication News: Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

 

The July/August issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine has been published and features:

Michael Bracken and Sandra Murphy. "Sit. Stay. Die."

Richard Helms. "Zoodunit."

William Burton McCormick. "Myrna Loy versus the Third Reich."

Publication News: Mystery Readers Journal

 The Winter issue of the Mystery Readers Journal is out and the theme is Cold Cases.  It features many articles by Society members:

• Heating Up a Cozy Series With a Cold Case by Leslie Budewitz
• Blowing the Dust Off by Kate Fellowes
  
• The Coldest Cases Are Solved (Incorrectly) by Ron Katz 
• A Snitch in Time by James L’Etoile
• Cylinder Seals, the Bronze Age Rubber Stamp by M.A. Monnin
• Just What Is a Cold Case? by Sandra Murphy
• The Marketville Mysteries: Cold Case Cozies by Judy Penz Sheluk

Member Publication News: Sandra Murphy

 

Untreed Reads has just published Sandra Murphy's Happiness is Listening to Your Dog Snore: Humorous and Inspirational Dog Quotes to Celebrate Our Canine Friends. 

Member Publication News: Sandra Murphy

 

Sandra Murphy's story "Dangerous Women" appears in Criminal Pursuits: Fourteen Powerful Tales of Crime, Murder, Revenge, and Love: Crimes Through Time.

Publication News: Mystery Readers Journal

 The "Lone Star" issue of Mystery Readers Journal has arrived.  Among the articles by members of the Society are:

Jim Doherty: "Lone Star Dragnet - Joel McCrea as the Joe Friday of Texas," "Wearing the Cinco Peso Star," and "Frank Hamer, Gus Hachette, and Me."

Elizabeth Elwood: "Two for Texas."

Gay Toltl Kinman: "The Children's Hour."

Sandra Murphy: "Texas, the Perfect Setting."

Josh Pachter: "An Eye of Texas."

Bev Vincent: "Texas: A State of Crime."

Member Publication News: Sandra Murphy

 Sandra Murphy has two articles in the latest issue of Mystery Readers Journal: "Historical Mysteries 2."

* "Music Defines a Decade."

* "Writing What You Don't Know But Can Research."

SMFS Member Podcast News: Sandra Murphy

The latest KRL Podcast features the mystery short story, “Sweet Tea and Deviled Eggs” by Sandra Murphy. The tale was originally published in the 2017 short story collection, From Hay to Eternity: Ten Devilish Tales of Crime and Deception. Published by Untreed Reads, the book is currently discounted here as part of their March promotion.  You can listen for free to the KRL Podcast here.

 

From the site:

This episode features the mystery short story Sweet Tea and Deviled Eggs by Sandra Murphy. It is read by local actor Donna Beavers.  Sweet Tea and Deviled Eggs was published by Untreed Reads in the anthology From Hay to Eternity: Ten Devilish Tales of Crime and Deception. In each episode, we share with you mystery short stories and mystery novel first chapters read by actors from the San Joaquin Valley. If you enjoyed this episode please review or rate it as that helps more people be able to find us! Also, consider subscribing so you never miss an episode-both to this podcast and to the podcast newsletter.

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