SMFS Member Publishing News: Game Time by Debra H. Goldstein

SMFS list member Debra H. Goldstein’s Superbowl mystery short story, Game Time, was published at Kings River Life Magazine. You can read it for free online here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: The Lost One by Carl Tait

SMFS list member Carl Tait’s short story, The Lost One, was published today at Bright Flash Literary Review. You can read the piece for free online here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: From the Rubble by M. E. Proctor

SMFS list member M. E. Proctor’s short story, From the Rubble, was published yesterday at Roi Faineant Press. You can read the online short story for free here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Fool Proof by Bruce Robert Coffin

SMFS list member Bruce Robert Coffin’s short story, Fool Proof, is published in Black Cat Weekly #127. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format.

 

Website Description:

This issue, we have an original mystery by dbschlosser (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), a recent tale by Bruce Robert Coffin (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman), and a slightly older tale by James Holding. Our mystery novel is As a Thief in the Night, by R. Austin Freeman—part of his Dr. Thorndyke series. And, of course, a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.

   On the science fiction side, we have an original story by Larry Tritten, plus classics by Walt Sheldon, Winston K. Marks, and Richard Banks. Our science fiction novel is The Sane Men of Satan, by Sam Merwin—renamed, I suspect, by a very pulp-fiction oriented editor. (I can’t see any rational science fiction author giving his time-travel book that title!)

   You may notice a similarity between the titles of James Holding’s and Winston K. Marks’s stories. I assure you, the similarities end at the title. I thought it would be fun to pair them in the same issue, though.

   Here’s the complete lineup—

 

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

• “Destroyer of Worlds,” by dbschlosser [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
• “The Unlocked Room Mystery,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
• “Fool Proof,” by Bruce Robert Coffin [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
• “Go to Sleep, Darling,” by James Holding [short story]
• As a Thief in the Night, by R. Austin Freeman [novel, Dr. Thorndyke series]

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

• “Down the Rabbit Hole,” by Larry Tritten [short story]
• “The Shrine,” by Walt Sheldon [short story]
• “Go to Sleep, My Darling,” by Winston K. Marks [short story]
• “The Last Class,” by Richard Banks [short story]
• The Sane Men of Satan, by Sam Merwin [short novel]

 

SMFS Members Published in Mystery Magazine: February 2024

 

SMFS list members are published in the Mystery Magazine: February 2024 issue. The read is available at the publisher and at Amazon. The SMFS list members that reported their presence in the issue are:

 

John M. Floyd with the You-Solve-It short story, “A New Leaf.”

 

V.S. Kemanis with "Better Than a Dating App."

 

Robert Lopresti with the cover short story, “Slow News Day.”

 

Amazon Description:

At the cutting edge of crime fiction, Mystery Magazine presents original short stories by the world’s best-known and emerging mystery writers.

The stories we feature in our monthly issues span every imaginable subgenre, including cozy, police procedural, noir, whodunit, supernatural, hardboiled, humor, and historical mysteries. Evocative writing and a compelling story are the only certainty.

Get ready to be surprised, challenged, and entertained--whether you enjoy the style of the Golden Age of mystery (e.g., Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle), the glorious pulp digests of the early twentieth century (e.g., Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler), or contemporary masters of mystery.

★ In this issue ★

✓ In our cover feature, “Slow News Day” by Robert Lopresti, a SWAT team in Maryland prepares to deliver a load of marijuana and capture the recipients. What could possibly go wrong? More than you can imagine.

✓ “Better Than A Dating App” by V.S. Kemanis: Benny needs a new girlfriend, and she can’t be just anyone. At an opportune time, in a moment of recognition, he meets his match in a test of gamesmanship and skill.

✓ “The Three Thieves” by Dan Crosby: Eleanor and Felix board the Canadian Flyer, a special Christmas-in-July Literary Rail Journey and find themselves in the middle of a book theft farce.

✓ “You Get What You Get” by Jillian Grant Shoichet: An old man, a dog, and a fatal accident on a steep and winding trail may not be quite what you get.

✓ In “Michael O'Shay And The Missing Wife” by William J. Demorascki, a beloved policeman in an Irish hamlet gives chase to a jealous, and armed, husband, on the hunt for the alleged paramour who made off with his wife.

✓ “A Chicken-Fried Mistake” by John H. Dromey: The best laid plans of mice or men often go awry. Can a couple of determined young women do any better?

✓ In “Mexican Radio” by Pete Barnstrom, a regular business dispute over a border radio station turns out to be a love triangle, with private eye Marteens on the fourth corner.

✓ In “The Waiting Room” by Kathleen Ford, just about everyone in the country knew that aside from Lizzie Borden, Bridget Sullivan was the most important witness in the case. How can Bridget use this to her advantage?

✓ “A New Leaf” A You-Solve-It by John M. Floyd: Can you help Fran and Lucy Valentine solve the mysterious attack at the fishing pond.

Custom Cover Art By Robin Grenville Evans

SMFS Member Publishing News: Deer Tracks by M. E. Proctor

SMFS list member M. E. Proctor’s short story, Deer Tracks, is the selection this month at Stone’s Throw: A Rock And A Hard Place Publication. You can read the short story here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: One Woman's Trash by Kaye George

SMFS list member Kaye George’s short story, One Woman's Trash, appears in the January 31^st issue of the weekly newsletter, Texas Gardener’s Seeds. You can read it online for free here.