SMFS Member Publishing News: Tubthumping by Tom Andes

SMFS list member Tom Andes’ short story, Tubthumping, was recently published at TOUGH. You can read the piece for free online here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: The Ol’ Switcheroo by C. Dan Castro

SMFS list member C. Dan Castro’s short story, The Ol’ Switcheroo, was recently published at The Saturday Evening Post. You can read the piece for free online here.

SMFS Member Nominees for 2024 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award

The SMFS is proud to announce that again this year members of the SMFS have been nominated for the 2024 Silver Falchion Award. As stated on their homepage, winners will be announced in mid-August at the conference. The complete list of nominees is on the 2024 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Finalists site. The nominated SMFS list members are: 

 

Best Cozy

Peggy Rothschild with Playing Dead: A Novel (Berkley).

 

Best Historical

Richard Helms for Vicar Brekonridge: A Vicar Brekonridge Novel (Level Best – Historia).

Jessica Sly for The Art of Misdirection: Isles of Illusion Book 2 (Mountain Brook Ink). 

Nina Wachsman for The Courtesan's Secret: A Venice Beauties Mystery (Level Best Books).

Best Investigator (Includes Procedural, Serious P. I., Detective, And Noir)

Mark Troy for Splintered Loyalty: An Ava Rome Mystery (Down & Out Books)

Best Nonfiction

Judy Penz Sheluk for Finding YOUR Path to Publication: A Step-by-Step Guide (Superior Shores Press).

 

Best Anthology (Awarded To Individual Author Or Collection Editor)

Richard Helms for Paper Walls / Glass Houses (Black Arch Books).

Art Taylor for The Adventure of the Castle Thief and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions  (Crippen & Landru Publishers).

 

Best Thriller

Cathi Stoler for With a Twist: A Murder on the Rocks Mystery (Level Best Books).

SMFS Member Nominees for 2024 Killer Nashville Claymore Award

The SMFS is proud to announce that members of the SMFS have been nominated for the 2024 Killer Nashville Claymore Award in numerous categories. The award recognizes the best unpublished book based on the first fifty pages of the manuscript. The winners will be announced in August during Killer Nashville. The SMFS list member finalists are:

 

Best Cozy

Bern Sy Moss with Death at Sunset.

 

Best Mystery

James L’Etoile with Lost Life.

 

Best Short Story Collection/ Anthology (Awarded To Individual Author Or Collection Editor)

Ashley-Ruth Bernier with Mayhem Can’t Stop De Mas. 

P.M. Raymond with Things Are As They Should Be and other words to live by. 

P..K. Richard with Pocket Money and Other Stories.  

Jennifer Slee with Eternal Return & Other Stories.

 

Best Supernatural

James L’Etoile with Second Sight.

 

Best Suspense

Denise Johnson with Misconception.

 

Catherine Stoler with Hear No Evil.

 

The full list of the finalists for this year is at the website.

Election of New Officers

The SMFS membership is pleased to congratulate our new officers. Their terms begin, today, July 1^st.

 

President: Joseph S. Walker

 

Vice President: Linda Kay Hardie

 

Derringer Coordinator:  Paula Messina

 

Assistant Derringer Coordinator: Mark Schuster

 

Both the President and Vice President serve two-year terms while the Derringer Coordinator and Assistant Derringer Coordinator each serve a one year term. More information about the duties and responsibilities of the officers can be found here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: One Infant Girl by Abe Margel

SMFS list member Abe Margel’s short story, One Infant Girl, was published at Freedom Fiction Journal. You can read the story online for free here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: What Were the Chances by Gregory Meece

SMFS list member Gregory Meece’s short story, What Were the Chances, was published today at Fabula Argentea. Bristol Noir. You can read it online for free here.