SMFS Member Publishing News: Snake Slayer by Rob Pierce

Today is publication day for Snake Slayer by Rob Pierce. Published by Down & Out Books, the read is available in digital and print formats at the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors. 

 

Synopsis: 

Three criminals on the run, not just from the law but from other criminals. Two of them are lovers, the third her former lover. Where does love lie, except in the grave?

Deria is the psychotic woman who prefers to work with a guy who’s good in bed. Vern is her violent ex, who let her go because he thought she lived too dangerously. Russ is the new guy, new to Deria, new to whatever hell he’s gotten himself into.

Can they keep the money from the psychotics who want it?

Are they more psychotic?

Or will they break down from the acts they must commit?

If you liked Pierce’s Vern in the Heat, you’re going to love Snake Slayer. And if you didn’t read that one, strap in for the ride. It’s fast, it’s bloody, and it goes well beyond that, into the minds of those who commit the horrible crimes.

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SMFS Members Published in Mysterical-E: Summer 2022

Several SMFS list members have short stories and columns in the latest issue of the online magazine, Mysterical-E: Summer 2022. The issue is free to read here. The SMFS list members with pieces in this issue are:

 

 

Short Stories:

 

Daniel C. Bartlett with “The Seize.”

 

D.M. Barr with “The Book of Zev.”

 

Vinnie Hansen with “Power Down.”

 

Deb Merino with “You Can Take the Boudreaux Out of the Bayou.” 

 

Columns: 

Kaye George’s column, “What’s Your Process?” features SMFS list members Roger Johns and Katherine Marple Kalb as well as two other non-member authors.

SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Weekly #50

Several SMFS list members are in the Black Cat #50 issue that dropped today from Wildside Press. The issue is available here in digital format. The SMFS list members in the issue are:

 

Michael Bracken with “The Ladies of Wednesday Tea.”

 

Barb Goffman with “Ice Ice Baby.”

 

Elizabeth Zelvin with “The House of Marble.”

 

Website Synopsis:

This is a special issue—our 50th, as you may have noticed from our cover. To celebrate, all past and present editors were to contribute a story. (It helps that they are also amazingly talented writers.) So we have stories from Michael Bracken, Barb Goffman, Paul Di Filippo, Darrell Schweitzer, and Cynthia Ward in addition to our other fare.

But wait! There’s more!

This issue features four original tales—Elizabeth Zelvin has a fantasy/mystery stories, Phyllis Ann Karr has a weird western, and Cynthia Ward has a gonzo science fiction crowd-funding story. And I have completed a story by the late H.B. Fyfe, who was best known for his science fiction stories, though this one is a revenge tale that most closely fits the mystery genre.

And the good stuff doesn’t stop there. We also have a superhero story from Darrell Schweitzer. Space Opera from Algis Budrys and E.E. “Doc” Smith. A historical mystery novel by western author B.M. Bower. A historical investigation from Charles Todd. A Mallworld story from Somtow Sucharitkul (who also writes as S.P. Somtow). And no issue is complete without a solve-it-yourself mystery by Hal Charles.

All in all, this is an probably our best Black Cat Weekly yet.

 

Here’s the complete lineup:

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

“The Ladies of Wednesday Tea” by Michael Bracken [short story]

“Hidden in Plain Sight” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]

“Ice Ice Baby” by Barb Goffman [short story]

“Flayed” by H.B. Fyfe and John Gregory Betancourt [short story]

“Blood Money” by Charles Todd [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

“The House of Marble” by Elizabeth Zelvin [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

The Eagle’s Wing, by B.M. Bower [novel]

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy: 

“The House of Marble” by Elizabeth Zelvin [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

“The Rise and Fall of Whistle-Pig City” by Paul Di Filippo [short story]

“Rabid in Mallworld” by Somtow Sucharitkul [short story]

“Fighting the Zeppelin Gang” by Darrell Schweitzer [short story]

“Winona of Bleeding Kansas” by Phyllis Ann Karr [short story]

“The Campaign Is Now Officially Complete” by Cynthia Ward [short story]

“Blood on my Jets” by Algis Budrys [short story]

The Skylark of Valeron, by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. [novel]

SMFS Members Published in Yellow Mama Webzine: Issue 93

 

Several SMFS list members are in Yellow Mama Webzine: Issue 93. The issue is online and a free read here. The SMFS list members in the issue are:

 

Daniel C. Bartlett with "Carryout."

 

Pam Ebel with “Happy Hour at the Grown Folks Bar.”

 

Robert Jeschonek with the poem, "Murder by the Numbers.”

 

Cathi Stoler with “Waiting Room.”

 

Robb T. White with “Bobbie Gets Her Divorce.”

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.