SMFS Member Publishing News: Dog Days by Veronica Leigh

SMFS list member Veronica Leigh reports that her short story, Dog Days, appears in the just released anthology, Impulse. Published by Inkd Publishing LLC, the “explicit romance anthology” is available at Amazon and other vendors.

 

Amazon Description:

Short stories sure to pleasure. An explicit romance anthology; we're searching for spicy romance. This will be a diverse and inclusive anthology with high heat levels accepted throughout. Edited by Brenda Cothern and Heather Norris

Stories by

Shahera Lyle

Monica Goertzen Hertlein

Faye Ferguson

Diana Parrilla

Vivian Divine

Pip Pinkerton

Rosemary Williams

Paul Stevens

Veronica Leigh

Xidaer Lee

Dei Walker

Stephanie Levy

Paul Lonardo

Jay T. Levy

Steve Burford

SMFS Members Published in Pulp Adventures #44

 

SMFS list members are published in Pulp Adventures #44. Published by Bold Ventures Press, the issue is available at the publisher. The SMFS list members that reported being in the issue are: 

 

Teel James Glenn with “Notches.”

 

Veronica Leigh with "Burning Bright."

 

Website Description: 

CONTENTS

Featured Story

 

The Inevitable Conflict — E.C. Tubb

Thirty-six men were dead … that left Curt Harris, and time was running out!

Classic Pulp Fiction Close-Up

 

Room Number Twenty-Three — Judson P. Philips/Hugh Pentecost

Late evening … a scream … and a victim … but where was the victim?

Classic Pulp Fiction

 

The Wailing Hybrid — John Russell Fearn

A Comedy of Terrors — John Burke

Dagon — H.P. Lovecraft

New Pulp Fiction

 

Burning Bright — Veronica Leigh

Notches — Teel James Glenn

Worm Mother Revisited — Corky Savage

Scaramouche: A Rogue in the Hen House — Stuart Hopen

Pulp History

 

The Eliot Ness Story — Will Murray

57 Seconds and counting: E.C. Tubb — Philip Harbottle

 Departments

 

Editorial: First is first — Audrey Parente

Rough edges: Thrilling Western, January 1953 — James Reasoner

SMFS Member Publishing News: Tytchfell Abbey by Veronica Leigh

 

SMFS list member Veronica Leigh’s short story, Tytchfell Abbey, is now published in Black Cat Weekly #115. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format.

 

Website Description:

This week, we have original tales from Veronica Leigh (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Phyllis Ann Karr, plus great modern tales from Simon Wood (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman) and Norman Spinrad. Plus the usual range of classics which you (hopefully) haven’t seen before.

 

 New stuff:

We now have a submissions portal. If you’re a writer, feel free to stop by blackcatmystery.com and send us an original story. I read all submissions and reply quickly.

We will be starting some novel serializations soon…next week, we will have the first part of a historical fantasy by Francis Jarman. Why serialize novels? Because a weekly magazine is published often enough that it’s not asking a lot of readers to read installments over 3 or 4 weeks. (It’s a long time between installments if you’re only publishing a new issue every month or two.) It will also give you something to look forward to each issue.

 

On with the show. Here’s this issue’s lineup:

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

“Tytchfell Abbey,” by Veronica Leigh [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

“The Comic Book Caper,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]

“The Frame Maker,” by Simon Wood [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

“The Plunge,” by David Goodis [short story]

“Replacement,” by Jack Ritchie [short story]

  

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

“The Guarneri and the Kitten,” by Phyllis Ann Karr [short story]

“Water Worlds,” by Norman Spinrad [short story]

“The Beast of Boredom,” by Richard R. Smith [short story]

“The Fishdollar Affair,” by Richard McKenna [short story]

“Outside Saturn,” by Robert Ernest Gilbert [novelet]   Until next time, happy reading!

SMFS Member Publishing News: Stand and Deliver by Veronica Leigh

 

Veronica Leigh’s short story, Stand and Deliver, appears in the recently released OFIC Magazine: Issue 7. The issue is available for purchase on the website.

SMFS Member Publishing News: The Competition by Veronica Leigh

 

Veronica Leigh’s short story, The Competition, appears in the recently released book, Night Terrors Vol. 24: Short Horror Stories Anthology. Published by Scare Street, the read is now available in digital and print formats at Amazon and other vendors.

 

Amazon Description:

Turn page after page of relentless terror…

An old piece of pottery holds an ancient evil within, until a man and his daughter unwittingly release it into the world. A private chauffeur picks up a very strange passenger, who reveals something terrifying lurking along the dark night roads, just out of sight. And justice hunts down a terrified man, when he discovers his ancestor may have committed a gruesome crime…

Scare Street is proud to present fourteen diabolical new tales in this bone-chilling collection. Each ghastly page unleashes a new nightmare, ripped from the depths of your psyche.

It’s almost as if this book has a mind of its own; a monstrous, disturbed mind, a mind full of dark dreams, and twisted nightmares.

It wants to make you shiver with fear. It longs to hear you scream.

And it knows exactly what scares you…

 

This volume features the following stories:

1. Twist the Lid by Gordon Grice

2. Arthur's Wish by Daniel Conyers

3. A Girl of Peculiar Taste by S. C. Vincent

4. Carved in Dreams by J. Anthony Hartley

5. Rough Waters by Corey Niles

6. Hellbender by Phil Keeling

7. High Beams by A. K. McCarthy

8. Ido by John Joseph Ryan

9. Hour of the Witch by Frederick Pangbourne

10. This Girl I Used to Know by Suki Litchfield

11. The Competition by Veronica Leigh

12. The Likeness of a Murderer by Simon Lee-Price

13. The Other Cassandra Went Insane by Shannon Frost Greenstein

14. The Child Thief by Ron Ripley and Kevin Saito 

SMFS Member Publishing News: Mrs. Robinson by Veronica Leigh

 

SMFS list member Veronica Leigh’s short story, Mrs. Robinson, is published in the After Dinner Conversation: December 2022 issue. Published by After Dinner Conversation, the read is available in print format at Amazon with the digital version coming out on December 10^th.

 

Synopsis:

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - December 2022

Mrs. Robinson: Set in Elizabethan England, a young woman marries a too-good-to-be-true heir to an estate, only to find out he has a secret.

Male Privilege: The narrator is picked by the retiring Mayor to be his successor, but his questionable past catches up to him before election day.

The Bargain: Alien real estate developers visit earth to let us know our planet is in a prime development location and set to add 40 billion inhabitants.

The Kill Registry: In a world where everyone in society gets "one free kill," the narrator finds out his attractive coworker got a promotion.

Lev's Pawn Shop: A dying pawn shop own looks to return all the items in his shop to settle his account with God.

Sacrificing Mercy: A devout Christian refuses a heart transplant based on her religious convictions.

Everyone's Gay In Space: Douglas Junior goes to lunch with his successful, gay, astronaut clone.

After Dinner Conversation believes humanity is improved by ethics and morals grounded in philosophical truth. Philosophical truth is discovered through intentional reflection and respectful debate. In order to facilitate that process, we have created a growing series of short stories across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Holy Night by Veronica Leigh

 

SMFS list member Veronica Leigh’s 2020 short story, Holy Night, is reprinted in the After Dinner Conversation: November 2022 issue. Published by After Dinner Conversation, the read is now available in both digital and print formats at Amazon.

 

Synopsis:

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - November 2022

Water Under The Bridge: Rusty is beat up by the neighborhood bullies trying to steal his bike, and looks to get revenge.

The Stone Piles: A young boy seeks the approval of his father through hunting, but finds he doesn't have the stomach for it.

Cycles: An Associate English Professor goes through a series of unsuccessful relationships, and finds out she's pregnant.

Waiting For The End: Two boys debate "the Sister's" proclamation about the upcoming end of the world.

Notes From The Struggle: Two men discuss baboons over drinks and consider the words of Socrates.

Holy Night: Three Auschwitz prisoners find a contraband bible and have to decide if they are willing to risk their lives to keep it.

Performance: A sheepish brother is forced through an experimental program to take on the overbearing traits of his crime boss twin.

 

After Dinner Conversation believes humanity is improved by ethics and morals grounded in philosophical truth. Philosophical truth is discovered through intentional reflection and respectful debate. In order to facilitate that process, we have created a growing series of short stories across genres, a monthly magazine, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Lost Souls by Veronica Leigh

SMFS member Veronica Leigh’s short story, Lost Souls, has been published in the ParABnormal Magazine: September 2022 issue. It is available at the publisher website.

 

Website TOC

PARABNORMAL MAGAZINE September 2022 edited by H David Blalock

 

Stories

A Ghostly Job: The Haunting of the Greatest of Gatsby’s by Karen and

Roxanne Dent

Lost Souls by Veronica Leigh

Song for the Dead by Herika R. Raymer

Broken Truck by Cory Swanson

Penny for Your Thoughts by Robert Allen Lupton

Slow Justice by Randall Hayes

Plentiful Space by Monte Remer

A Hellish Thing by Geoffrey Reiter

The Persistence of Vision by Jon Michael Kelley

White Box by Simon J. Plant

 

Poems

Medieval Tombs by Alshaad Kara

Shower Invasion by Tony Daly

Ghost in the Wallpaper by Avra Margariti

Cracks by Judy McAmis 

 

Articles

A Spectral Ally by Louisa Kay Reyes

What Happened to Netta Fornario

Is the Rama Setu Man-Made? A Journey from Myth to Reality by Sonali Roy

SMFS Member Publishing News: My Brother's Keeper by Veronica Leigh

SMFS list member Veronica Leigh’s short story, My Brother's Keeper, appears online at The Saturday Evening Post today. You can read it for free here.

Member Publication News: Veronica Leigh

 Veronica Leigh's article "What It's Like in an Old People's Home" appears in Issue #5 of Lay It Out Magazine.

Publication News: Black Cat Mystery Magazine

The eleventh issue of Black Cat Mystery Magazine has dropped.  Among the featured stories are:

Leone Ciporin. "Dead Reckoning."

O'Neil De Noux. "The First Annual Atchafalaya Coyote Hunt."

Veronica Leigh. "Mudbound."

 Robert Lopresti. "The Man From Topeka."

Elizabeth Zelvin. "Vice Cop."