Monday, December 31, 2018

SMFS Member Publication News: John M. Floyd


SMFS list member John M. Floyd has another mystery short story appearing in the Woman’s World Magazine. His latest mystery short story, “Poetic Justice” is in the current issue (January 7, 2019) of  Woman’s World Magazine. The publication is available on some newsstands and by subscription.

Members are reminded that Mr. Floyd shared in his piece at SleuthSayers Blog how he goes about writing short stories for this market. Well worth reading, especially if you are looking to break into this market.

Little Big Crimes Review: Faith by Stuart Neville

Little Big Crimes: Faith, by Stuart Neville: "Faith," by Stuart Neville, in Blood Work: Remembering Gary Shulze: Once Upon A Crime, edited by Rick Ollerman, Down and Out Boo...

SMFS Member Honored: John M. Floyd


SMFS list member John M. Floyd has been selected by readers of  The Saturday Evening Post as one of their favorite authors in the “Most Popular  Contemporary Fiction of 2018” list. His September 2018 short story, “Music of Angels” was noted for the honor.

SMFS Member Honored: Gary Phillips


SMFS list member Gary Phillips’ book, Culprits: The Heist was Only The Beginning, has been selected by CrimeReads as one of their “10 Best Crime Anthologies.” Co-edited by Richard Brewer, the book is available in print and digital formats from publisher Polis Books, Amazon, and others.

Synopsis:

Some stories are all about the crime. These stories are about the maelstrom of what happens after...

A hard-bitten crew of professional thieves pull off the score of their lives, coming away with seven million in cash. Like any heist there are some unforeseen complications, and unfortunately they don’t get away without a few bodies dropping. But despite this, they get away with the swag. Seven million. Enough to change their lives, make new identities, start fresh. But that’s when the real trouble begins... 

In this unique, riveting, linked anthology, we follow each member of the crew of culprits as they go their separate ways after the heist, and watch as this perfect score ends up a perfect nightmare. Featuring stories penned by acclaimed writers Brett Battles, Gar Anthony Haywood, Zoƫ Sharp, Manuel Ramos, Jessica Kaye, Joe Clifford and David Corbett, CULPRITS examines what happens next to these criminals once they take their cut and go their separate ways, only to find that the end of the heist was the beginning of their troubles.


Sunday, December 30, 2018

A Short Walk Down A Dark Street: Issue 33

As posted to our list by SMFS member Peter DiChellis…

This week’s blog chugs Champagne from morning ‘til midnight for short mystery and crime fiction. Links to an arresting assemblage of reviews, releases, and free stories.
Includes links to a collection by Patti Abbott and a Thuglit anthology ed. Todd Robinson. Plus, for the Research Folder, a veteran police officer’s new book gives readers “an intimate look at law enforcement through the eyes of a working cop.”
A short walk down a dark street (#33)
Best wishes,
Peter

SMFS Members Publication News: Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #26


Several SMFS list members have short stories and other pieces  in the recently released Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #26. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is currently available in print at Amazon and elsewhere. The members in this issue are:

Teel James Glenn with “The Occurrence of the Air Apparent.”

Mark Stevens, writing as Steve Shrott, with “What Would Pacino Do?

Victoria Weisfeld with “Above Suspicion.”

Additionally, Bill O’ Neil Curatolo has a nonfiction piece titled “Quail, Partridge, Rubbish Bird” that discusses poisonous game birds. 


SMFS Members Publishing News: Fiction River: Hard Choices


The 30th issue titled Fiction River: Hard Choices features a number of SMFS members. Edited by Dean Wesley Smith, the issue is available at Amazon in digital and print formats.  It is also available at WMG Publishing  and other vendors.  The eight published members are:

Ron Collins for ‘Prospecting.”

Dayle Dermatis for “Girl With a Mission.”

Diana Deverell for “Clean and Godly in Denmark.”

Jamie Ferguson for “Haunted.”

Tonya D. Price with "Payback." 

Annie Reed for “Equal Justice” as well as “Killshot.”

Laura Ware for “The Devil’s Muse.”

Lyn Worthen writing as Leigh Saunders for “Tendrils.”


Synopsis:


In this latest volume of Fiction River, editor Dean Wesley Smith pulls together an eclectic but cohesive group of stories filled with difficult decisions. From a man who must question the line between justice and vengeance to a teenage fixer fighting hypocrisy to a post-apocalyptic survivor’s mission to deliver one last message, each of these stories demonstrates extremely hard choices—and some very real consequences.

Fiction River is an original fiction anthology series. Modeled on successful anthology series of the past, from Orbit to Universe to Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, the goal of Fiction River is to provide a forum for “original ground-breaking fiction of all genres.” Each Fiction River volume comes in ebook and trade paperback format, published by WMG Publishing, and features some of the best new and established fiction writers in publishing. Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch are award-winning editors, as well as award-winning writers, and act as series editors for the anthologies. For more information about the authors or Fiction River, go to www.fictionriver.com