SMFS Member Publishing News: The Big Snip by Michael Bracken

  

SMFS list member Michael Bracken’s short story, The Big Snip, was published yesterday at TOUGH.  You can read the story online for free here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Cry by Michael Bracken

SMFS list member Michael Bracken’s short story, Cry, is published online at the Mystery Tribune. The story can be read for free at the website.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Jolly Fat Man by Michael Bracken

 

SMFS list member Michael Bracken’s Christmas mystery short story, Jolly Fat Man, was published at Kings River Life Magazine. You can read this never before published piece for free online here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Bottom Girl by Michael Bracken

SMFS list member Michael Bracken’s short story, Bottom Girl, was published yesterday at TOUGH. The story is free to read online here.

SleuthSayers: Deer in the Headlights: 2022 in Review by Michael Bracken

SleuthSayers: Deer in the Headlights: 2022 in Review: As I write this year-end review, there’s still a week left in 2022. I doubt anything significant will happen before the new year, so I’m jum...

SMFS Member Publishing News: Kissing Cousins by Michael Bracken

 

SMFS list member Michael Bracken’s short story, Kissing Cousins, appears in Starlite Pulp Review #1. Published by Starlite Pulp, the read is available in print format from Amazon and other vendors.

 

Synopsis:

First Pulp Review, featuring 12 crime, horror, Sci Fi and western short stories, new from Starlite Pulp. First issue put out in Winter 2022. Featuring Michael Bracken, Jim Towns, James Whelpley, Brian Townsley, and others.

SleuthSayers: Opportunity Abounds by Michael Bracken

SleuthSayers: Opportunity Abounds: We met Mary Tyler Moore on the streets of Minneapolis. I returned home from Bouchercon Minneapolis with two things: Covid and a renewed app...

SleuthSayers: Editing Evolution by Michael Bracken

SleuthSayers: Editing Evolution: My process for editing has changed over the years, and especially more so lately as the number of editing projects has increased. My first e...

SMFS Member Publishing News: Everything is Relative by Michael Bracken

SMFS list member Michael Bracken’s short story, Everything is Relative, was published today at Fried Chicken and Coffee: Online Home of Rusty Barnes. The story is free to read online here.

SleuthSayers: Deadlines, Shmeadlines by Michael Bracken

SleuthSayers: Deadlines, Shmeadlines: One of the many attributes of successful writers and editors is the ability to meet deadlines, and the ability to meet deadlines is one of t...

Something Is Going To Happen: Adding (Your) Life to Your Writing (by Sandra Murphy)

 Something Is Going To Happen: Adding (Your) Life to Your Writing (by Sandra Murphy)

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."

Award News: Shamus Nominations

 
The Private Eye Writers of America have announced the Shamus Award nominees.  Congratulations to these members of the Short Mystery Fiction Society.

Best PI Paperback

Andrew Welsh-Huggins. An Empty Grave.

Best PI Short Story

Michael Bracken. "Disposable Women."

Richard Helms. "Sweeps Week."

Publication News: Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

 Among the stories featured in the May/June issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine are:

Daniel Bartlett. "A Complicated History."

Michael Bracken. "Dead Man's Gorge."

Joseph Goodrich. "A Philosophical Difference."

Karen Harrington.  "Lucky Stars."

Smita Harish Jain.  "The Manglik Curse."

Sharyn Kolberg. “The Thesaurus of Love and Death.”  

Sylvia Warsh. "The Natural Order of Things."

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: Guns & Tacos

 Volume 5 of Guns & Tacos has been published.  Among the SMFS members featured are:

Michael Bracken (editor).

David H. Hendrickson. "Chimichangas and a Couple of Glocks."

Stacy Woodson. "Two Tamales, One Tokarev, and a Lifetime of Broken Promises." 

Dave Zeltserman. "Two More Tacos, a Beretta .32, and a Pink Butterfly." 

Publication News: Mickey Finn 2

 

Down & Out books has released Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir, Vol. 2.  Members of the Society who are included include:

“Skin and Bones” John Bosworth

“Salvation” Michael Bracken (also the editor)

“Confessions on a Train from Kyiv” Hugh Lessig

“KLDI” Josh Pachter

“They May Be Gods” Stephen D. Rogers

“A Faster Way to Get There” Joseph S. Walker

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Publication News: Vautrin

The new issue of Vautrin is out and contains several stories by members of the Society.

Michael Bracken. "Crush." 

Leslie Elman. "The Troll Was An Old Man."

Paul J. Garth. "Aperture."

Brian Silverman. "Where the Happy People Go."

Publication News: Best Mystery Stories of the Year

 

The first volume in Otto Penzler's new series The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year has been released.  Seven of the twenty stories are by members of the Society:

Michael Bracken. "Blest be the Ties That Bind." Black Cat Mystery Magazine.

Martin Edwards. "The Locked Cabin." The Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths.

John Floyd. "Biloxi Bound." The Strand Magazine.

Jacqueline Freimor.  "That Which is True." Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.

Tom Mead. "Heatwave."   Detective Thrillers Short Stories.

Joseph Walker. "Etta at the End of the World." Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.

Andrew Welsh-Huggins. "The Path I Took."  Mystery Tribune.

Publication News: Frank Zafiro and Michael Bracken

Frank Zafiro and Michael Bracken have published two private eye novellas in a single ebook: "Hallmarks of the Job" (Zafiro) and "Aloha Boys" (Bracken).

Editorial Note: This post was updated on 7/20/2022 by SMFS President, Kevin R. Tipple, to fix a broken link and add missing tags. No changes were made to the text of the post or title as originally posted.