SMFS Member Publication News: Jacqueline Seewald

SMFS Member Jacqueline Seewald’s short story was published in the anthology Mind Candy. 

SMFS Members published in Fiction River: Justice

Three SMFS members were published late last month in the JUSTICE issue of Fiction River: An Original Anthology Magazine. The issue (number 27) is available in digital and paper formats from WMG Publishing  as well as Amazon and other vendors.  

The published members are:

Diana Deverell for “Mercy Find Me.”

Robert T. Jeschonek for “The Darks of Their Eyes.”

Lyn Worthen writing as Lauryn Christopher for “Best Served . . . Salted.”

SMFS Agatha Award Nominees

Established in 1989, Malice Domestic™ is an annual fan convention in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area that celebrates the traditional mystery, best typified by the works of Agatha Christie, containing no explicit sex, excessive gore, or violence.

Malice Domestic 30 (April 27- 29, 2018) sees four SMFS members up for the Agatha Award for Best Short Story. Those members are:

Barb Goffman for “Whose Wine is it Anyway” in the anthology, 50 Shades of Cabernet (Koehler Books).

Debra Goldstein for “The Night They Burned Miss Dixie’s Place” in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (May/June 2017).

Gigi Pandian for “The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn” (Henery Press).

Art Taylor for “A Necessary Ingredient” in the anthology Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea (Down &Out Books).

Please note that each short story is linked to where you can read the work for free thanks to the efforts of Janet Rudolph and her Mystery Fanfare blog.

Additionally, Edith Maxwell is a nominee in the Best Historical Novel category for her mystery, Called To Justice. 


Also nominated in the Best First Novel category is Micky Browning for Adrift: A Mer Cavallo Mystery.

SMFS salutes our six members on this honor and wishes them all the best as they represent SMFS at Malice Domestic. 

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2018 Derringer Awards Update - February 3

Originally posted to Shortmystery February 3, 2018, 8:45 p.m. PST, by Derringer Awards Coordinator Jay Hartman:

Hi, everyone. Here is the updated list of Derringer submissions as promised. Just a few more hours to go!

Incidentally, I’ve had a few people contact me off-list to question the eligibility of a few of the submissions. I wanted to assure everyone that I’ve done due diligence on every single title and have confirmed the eligibility of every title listed below.

Could we have actually made it through this Derringer without major drama? I realize it's still early but I'm keeping my fingers crossed...

Jay Hartman


FLASH (up to 1,000 words)

• 83
• A Garden for Adonis
• A Postcard from Iceland
• A Will and a Way
• Alleyway Alvin
• Altercation on Ballet Boulevard
• An Afternoon in Lake Park
• Cold Turkey
• Disappearing Act
• Dog Trap
• Father Knows Bets
• Final Testimony
• Fishing for an Alibi
• Flash Point
• Gary Deserves Reward
• Happy Birthday
• Hostage
• Mean Girl
• Meeting the Demand
• Slipping Into Darkness
• Stegmann's Basement
• The Forcier Brothers
• The Hitchhiker

SHORT STORY (1,001–4,000 words)

• A Death in Deep Ellum
• A Murder in Montreux
• A Pie to Die For
• A Respectable Lady
• A Valentine's Day to Remember
• A Watched Pot
• Abduction of Destiny
• Antiques
• Baby Killer
• Black Coffee in Bed
• Black Friday
• Blood Moon
• Blood on the Floor
• Borrowed Time
• Breath Test
• Bull's Eye
• Closurre
• Consequences
• Eb and Flo
• Every Picture Tells a Story
• Fish Out of Water
• Flight to the Flirty Flamingo
• Gem Collector
• Getting Away
• Her Father's Killer
• Homebodies
• It's All Litter to Me
• Jealous of the Daylight
• Judge Jillian
• Juju
• Justice Due
• Killing Time So I Can Dig Myself a Deeper Grave
• Let It Burn
• Live at Alcatraz
• Missing Person
• Missouri Waltz
• Montezuma's Revenge
• Most Evil
• Murder in the Summer Kitchen
• My Life in Killer Recipes
• Napa Hospitality
• Never Miss a Chick
• Not the Way It Looks
• Nut Job
• Of Roosters and Men
• On Like Donkey Kong
• Picture Perfect
• Shut Your Eyes and You'll Be Fine
• The Baker's Boy
• The Bank Job
• The Chair Thief
• The Cop Who Loved Gilbert and Sullivan
• The Find of the Century
• The Girl with the Mangled Breast
• The Hardest Part
• The Kids Keep Coming
• The Last Train Out
• The Lesson
• The New Score
• The Night They Burned Ms. Dixie's Place
• The Perfect Patsy
• The Queen-Size Bed
• The Ranchero's Daughter
• The Settlement
• The Things We Do for Love
• The Uninhabited
• The Writer
• Thicker Than Water
• To the Moon and Back
• True Love
• Twenty-Five Minutes to Go
• Uncle Charlie and the Passport
• Unrepentant Sinner
• Voices Carry
• You Should've Called Me

LONG STORY (4,001–8,000 words)

• #2 Pencil
• A Woman's Place
• All That Glitters
• As Ye Sow
• Becky's File
• Breadfruit
• Breakage
• Burning Bright
• Burnt Orange
• Chasing the Moon
• Cleaning Up the Neighborhood
• Crazy Cat Lady
• Day's Work
• Death in the Serengeti
• Death and the Dancing Bears
• Death Will Help You Imagine
• Dixie Quickies
• Do Not Pass Go
• El Asesino
• Exposed for Murder
• Fairy Tales
• Fear in Black and White
• Featuring Martin and Lewis
• Fishtown Lockup
• Gossip
• Gun Work
• Happy Families
• Hatcheck
• Hidden
• Jerusalem Syndrome
• Last Call for Buffalo
• Long Story
• Matricide and Ice Cream
• Mrs. Featherpatch and the Case of the Skewered Ham
• Ominous Silence
• One at a Time
• Out of Business
• Press It Down
• Raising Bigfoot
• Saving the House
• Seth's Big Move
• Smoked
• Snakebit
• Strong Enough
• The Barter
• The Black Hand
• The Darkness and the Light
• The Dead
• The Dying Season
• The Farmer and His Wife
• The Front Man
• The Last Evil
• The Magnolia Murders
• The Mechanical Rat
• The Murderous Type
• The Papergirl
• The Ride of Your Life
• The Spy Who Read Too Much
• The Thirty-Fourth Man
• The Touch of Time
• The Tragic Death of Mrs. Edna Fogg
• The Widow Black
• This Ain’t No Time for a Vacation
• Too Good to be True
• Trail's End
• What Could Possibly Go Boing?
• Whose Wine Is It Anyway?
• Writer's Block

NOVELETTE (8,001–20,000 words)

• A Necessary Ingredient
• Along the Hudson
• Blaming the Arsonist
• Flowing Waters
• For Want of a Book
• I Know They're In There!
• Kill My Wife, Please
• King's Quarters
• London After Midnight
• Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma
• Night Class
• Snake Oil
• The Bootlegger's Goddaughter
• The Children of Espiritu Santo
• The Echoes
• The Last Heist
• The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn
• The Mechanical Detective
• Trouble Like a Freight Train Coming
• Windward

2018 Derringer Awards: Last Day for Submissions!

Originally posted to Shortmystery February 3, 2018, 8:45 a.m. PST by Derringer Coordinator Jay Hartman:

Hi, Everyone!

Just a reminder that today is the last day for Derringer submission consideration. All entries must be received at derringers2018@untreedreads.com no later than 11:59 p.m. PST. No extensions will be permitted and SMFS and the Derringer Coordinator are not responsible for late-delivered emails or emails that never arrive. At approximately 8:00 p.m. PST an updated list of entries will be posted to [Shortmystery]. That will allow an additional four hours for submitting in case you do not see your title listed.

I do still have a few receipt confirmations to send out, which will be happening this evening when I return home.

Thanks!

Jay Hartman

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