Publication News: Low Down Dirty Vote 3

 

Today is the publication date for Low Down Dirty Vote 3: The Color of my Vote, edited by Mysti Berry. Among the stories are:

Sarah M. Chen. "Riviera Red."

Barb Goffman. "For Bailey."

Award News: Derringer Award Video

The Derringer Awards were supposed to be formally presented at Bouchercon.  Since that event was cancelled the organizers asked Society president Robert Lopresti to make a video announcing the awards.  It is now available here. 

Publication News: Avenging Angelenos

Down & Out Books just published Sisters in Crime .Los Angeles Presents Avenging Angelenos.  It is edited by Sarah M. Chen, and features stories by Gay Toltl Kinman and Jenny Carless.

SMFS Official Announcement: 2021 Derringer Award Winners

 

Since 1998, the Short Mystery Fiction Society has awarded the annual Derringers—named for  the popular pocket pistol—to outstanding published stories. The current awards recognize outstanding stories published during 2020. 

These are the official 2021 Derringer Award Winners:

FLASH (ranges up to 1,000 words)

 

TIE:

Blackwell, C.W. “Memories of Fire.” Pulp Modern Flash. August 3, 2020.

 

Richardson, Travis. “War Words.” Punk Noir Magazine. December 3, 2020.

SHORT (ranges from 1,001 to 4,000 words) 

 

TIE:  

 

Jones, Eleanor Cawood. “The Great Bedbug Incident and the Invitation of Doom." Chesapeake Crimes: Invitation to Murder.    

 

Woodson, Stacy. “River.” The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell.

LONG (ranges from 4,001 to 8,000 words)

Chen, Sarah M. “Hotelin’.” Shotgun Honey: Volume #4: Recoil.

NOVELETTE (ranges from 8,001 to 20,000 words)

Taylor, Art. “The Boy Detective and the Summer of ’74.” Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. January/February 2020.

The Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement is annually awarded to an outstanding living writer of short mysteries, selected by a five-member panel. This year's recipient:

Brendan DuBois.

 

The full list of the finalists for this year can be found here. 

 
Due to the pandemic we can't predict yet whether there will be a Derringer ceremony at Bouchercon in New Orleans in August.  If not the winners will receive their medals through the mail. Congratulations to all!

Little Big Crimes Review: Strangers on the Run by Sarah M. Chen

Little Big Crimes: Strangers on the Run, by Sarah M. Chen: "Strangers on the Run," by Sarah M. Chen, in  Deadlines: A Tribute to William E. Wallace,  edited by Chris Rhatigan and Ron Earl...

SMFS Short Story Saturdays: Sarah M. Chen

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, Sarah M. Chen shares the short story, “The Benevolent Man” archived at Spelk Fiction.  

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.

Short Story Month: Sarah M. Chen

StoryADay.org proclaimed May International Short Story Month back in 2013. As the short story, in the mystery genre, is the reason why the Short Mystery Fiction Society exists, we join in the celebration each year. 

The SMFS spin on festivities is to highlight one or more members' online stories per day. Today, Sarah M. Chen shares her short story “The Last Second Chance” recently published at Shotgun Honey.

If you'd like to be included, email the link to your story to KevinRTipple at Verizon dot net.

SMFS Member Publication News: Sarah M. Chen

SMFS Member Sarah M. Chen has two pieces of publishing news to share.

Her flash fiction story, “The Last Second Choice” is online at  Shotgun Honey.

The anthology, The Night of the Flood, which she co-edited with E. A. Aymar is now out from Down & Out Books.  

SMFS Members Published in Just To Watch Them Die: Crime Fiction Inspired By The Songs Of Johnny Cash

Just To Watch Them Die: Crime Fiction Inspired By The Songs Of Johnny Cash (Gutter Books Rock Anthologies Volume 3) was released last month. It features short stories from SMFS members Sarah M. Chen and S. W. Lauden.