SMFS Member Publishing News: Time for Tears by KM Rockwood

SMFS list member KM Rockwood’s short story, Time for Tears, is published online at Writers Who Kill. You can read it for free here.

Writers Who Kill: First Two Pages blog series—Art Taylor

Writers Who Kill: First Two Pages blog series—Art Taylor: Art Taylor B.K. (Bonnie) Stevens was one of my favorite short story writers—a terrific storyteller, whether offering up a detective story (c...

Writers Who Kill: Some Things Don’t Change at Christmas by KM Rockwood

Writers Who Kill: Some Things Don’t Change at Christmas by KM Rockwood: The isolated depot, a ways out of town on the interstate, was dark when I clambered down from the bus. Not a surprise on Christmas Eve. Co...

Writers Who Kill: An Interview with Alicia Beckman (Leslie Budewitz) by E. B. Davis

Writers Who Kill: An Interview with Alicia Beckman (Leslie Budewitz)...:   When four women separated by tragedy reunite at a lakeside Montana lodge, murder forces them to confront everything t...

Writers Who Kill: Starting with Plot by Paula Gail Benson

Writers Who Kill: Starting with Plot: by Paula Gail Benson I write short stories. Even if I’m writing for a themed anthology, I start with character. I need to know the people ...

Writers Who Kill: Did You Hear the One about the Mystery Writers at a Conference? by K.M. Rockwood

Writers Who Kill: Did You Hear the One about the Mystery Writers at ...: Marie, Joyce, and Helen shared a room in the main hotel for an international mystery conference. They were booked into a big room on the six...

Writers Who Kill: Covid Christmas Economics by Paula Gail Benson

Writers Who Kill: Covid Christmas Economics:   by Paula Gail Benson                  A year with Covid-19 hit everyone hard. In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, we felt it deeply. Our ec...

Writers Who Kill: Uncommon Gifts: A Christmas Story by K.M. Rockwood

Writers Who Kill: Uncommon Gifts: A Christmas Story by K.M. Rockwood:   Uncommon Gifts: A Christmas Story   Astrid stared morosely at her creation. This was the final project for the young elves in Doll M...

Writers Who Kill: Writers Have Long Memories…and an Anthology Callout by Judy Penz Sheluk

Writers Who Kill: Writers Have Long Memories…and an Anthology Callou...:   Back in August, I wrote about ‘Cleopatra Slippers,’ first published in  THEMA , Spring 2005, and how that story, and the actual event that...

Writers Who Kill: An Interview with Debra Goldstein by E. B. Davis

Writers Who Kill: An Interview with Debra Goldstein by E. B. Davis: When a romantic rival opens a competing restaurant in small-town Wheaton, Alabama, Sarah Blair discovers murder is the specialty of the h...

Writers Who Kill: Birthing Another Baby by Debra H. Goldstein

Writers Who Kill: Birthing Another Baby: Birthing Another Baby by Debra H. Goldstein When my first book, Maze in Blue , was published, it was a freak accident. I’d written the man...

Writers Who Kill: What Did We Mean by That? by KM Rockwood

Writers Who Kill: What Did We Mean by That? by KM Rockwood: “One morning, I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I’ll never know.” Groucho Marx was clever at turning ambiguitie...

Writers Who Kill: A Recurring Character Who Demands to Be Heard by KM Rockwood

Writers Who Kill: A Recurring Character Who Demands to Be Heard by K...: Sometimes a fictional character pops into my head and demands to present a story. It can be a brand-new character, but it’s frequently someo...

Writers Who Kill: Finding the Story You Have to Tell by Paula Gail Benson

Writers Who Kill: Finding the Story You Have to Tell: by Paula Gail Benson Earlier this month, KM Rockwood posted a message about her love for short stories and about writing “Burning De...

Writers Who Kill: Heartbreaks and Half-truths--an Anthology by KM Rockwood

Writers Who Kill: Heartbreaks and Half-truths--an Anthology by KM Rockwood

Writers Who Kill: An Interview with the 2020 Agatha Short Story Nominated Authors!

Writers Who Kill: An Interview with the 2020 Agatha Short Story Nomi...: by Paula Gail Benson Even though we mourn the cancellation of this year’s Malice Domestic, that’s no reason not to celebrate with the A...

Writers Who Kill: Writing and Editing Weird Short Stories by Jake De...

Writers Who Kill: Writing and Editing Weird Short Stories by Jake De...: (Note 1:   While the first part of this post is mostly about my own process, I'm hoping parts of it might be useful for those of you...