Members' Publication News

The following members sent in publication news this month:

• M.H. Callway, Windigo Fire, Seraphim Editions (October 2014)
• Peter DiChellis, "One Fingertip", Thrills, Kills, 'n' Chaos (October 15, 2014)
• John M. Floyd, "A Loan-ly Murder", Woman's World (October 20, 2014)
• Barb Goffman, "The Shadow Knows", Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays (Wildside Press, October 7, 2014)
• "It's a Trap!", The Killer Wore Cranberry: A Fourth Meal of Mayhem (Untreed Reads, October 2014)
• Jay Hartman ed. The Killer Wore Cranberry: A Fourth Meal of Mayhem (Untreed Reads: October 2014), featuring several SMFS members
• Robert Lopresti, Shanks on Crime, a collection of 13 Leopold Longshanks stories
• Jacqueline Seewald, Death Legacy (coming to ebook October 27 from The Novel Fox)
• Judy Penz Sheluk, "Live Free or Die", World Enough and Crime (Carrick Publishing, October 2014)
• Gerald So, "What Are Friends For?", Shotgun Honey (October 6, 2014)
• B.K. Stevens, "True Enough: Bolt's Last Case", Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (December 2014)
• John Weagly, Ten Tentacles (Amazon Createspace)

To send news for next month's post, email Gerald So (G_SO at YAHOO dot COM).

Logo & Gift Shop

Lapel pin by Pattie Tierney

Artist John Moody drew the Short Mystery Fiction Society logo in 2003. Its derringer represents the Society's Derringer Awards, which date back to 1998 annually honoring outstanding published mystery & crime short stories up to 20,000 words, living writers' outstanding bodies of work, and people who've greatly advanced or supported the form.

The lapel pin pictured at right was designed by Pattie Tierney in 2009. Order by emailing PATTIE dot TIERNEY at GMAIL dot COM. The cost is $12, which includes postage, payable by check or PayPal.

Members may show the logo on their websites.

How to Vote in SMFS Polls

To elect our officials, decide the Derringer Awards, or resolve other issues on Shortmystery or its subgroups, we use that group's Polls feature:

• Shortmystery Polls and Derringer Awards Voting
• SMFS Anthology Plans Polls
• SMFS Award Plans Polls

To vote, you need to be a group member able to log into the particular Polls webpage with your Yahoo! ID and password. If you're a member but can't log in, you need to enable Web access.

Once logged in, you will see any open poll questions:

Click on the question you want to vote on and you'll see the answer choices:

Click on the circle to the left of your choice. This fills the circle with a white checkmark against a green background, the record of your vote.

If you want to change your vote before polling ends, return to the poll page and click on the circle to the left of your new choice. The white checkmark and green background will move accordingly.

If you just want to withdraw your original vote, click on the same circle you did before and it will go blank.

For this example, let's say you change your vote from Sample Choice B to Sample Choice C. When polling ends, the breakdown of votes is shown, your final choice highlighted green:

Members' Publication News

The following members sent in publication news this month:

• James S. Dorr, "Labyrinth" in Insidious Assassins (Smart Rhino Publications, late 2014/early 2015)
• John M. Floyd, "The Missing Caddy", Woman's World (September 1, 2014)
• Travis Richardson, "Not Sure Where I'm Headin'", All Due Respect #4 (September 2014)
  • "The Proxy", Thuglit #13 (September 2014)
• Ben Solomon, The Hard-Boiled Detective 1 (August 28, 2014)

To send news for next month's post, email Gerald So (G_SO at YAHOO dot COM).

Derringer Presentation at Bouchercon 2014

Bouchercon 2014 (Long Beach, CA) Chair Ingrid Willis has approved a short Derringers presentation as part of the opening ceremonies Thursday, November 13.

On behalf of SMFS President Jan Christensen, VP John R. Lindermuth, Awards Coordinator Anthony Rudzki, and award plaque-maker Jim Doherty unable to attend, SMFS member and attendee Catherine Dilts will present the winners to the audience. Confirmed to be attending are winners Melodie Campbell, Ray Daniel, and Robert Lopresti.

Any video or photos of the presentation can be sent to G_SO at YAHOO dot COM for feature consideration here on the blog.

Members' Publication News

The following members sent in publication news this month:

• BJ Bourg, Alive Into Hell: A Collection of Crime Stories (August 2014)
• Bobbi A. Chukran, Dye, Dyeing, Dead (Limestone Ledge Publishing, July 2014)
  • "The Winged Crusader", Kings River Life (August 16, 2014)
  • Guest post on Killer Crafts and Crafty Killers (July 28, 2014)
  • Interviewed by Lois Winston on Killer Crafts and Crafty Killers (August 22, 2014)
  • Interviewed by Linda Hall (August 23, 2014)
• Peter DiChellis, "The Second-Worst Day", Hellnotes’ Horror in a Hundred (July 25, 2014)
  • "Carnival Beach", Shotgun Honey (August 1, 2014)
• John M. Floyd, "Molly's Plan", The Strand Magazine (July-September 2014)
• B.V. Lawson, Played to Death (Crimetime Press, July 2014)
• William Burton McCormick, "Killing Sam Clemens", Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #13 (May/June 2014)
• Terrie Farley Moran, Well Read, Then Dead (Berkley Prime Crime, August 5, 2014)
• J.P. Seewald, "A Cold Place to Die", Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #13 (May/June 2014)
• Julie Tollefson, "A Haven of Learning...and Death", Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, (October 2014)

To send news for next month's post, email Gerald So (G_SO at YAHOO dot COM).

Members' Publication News

The following members sent in publication news this month:

• John M. Floyd, "The Train to Graceland", Woman's World (June 30, 2014)
• Georgia Ruth, "Pickin' Banjo", Bethlehem Writers Roundtable
• Jacqueline Seewald, Three poems, Eldritch Press

To send news for next month's post, email Gerald So (G_SO at YAHOO dot COM).