Monday, March 18, 2024

SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Weekly #133


SMFS list members are published in Black Cat Weekly #133. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format. The members that reported their stories are:

 

 

Veronica Leigh with "Trouble in Paradise."

 

Shannon Taft with "Pot o' Gold."

 

Website Description:

It’s the time of year when things get really crazed here at Wildside Press, as we are preparing books for the Malice Domestic mystery convention. (We usually publish the official convention book—in this case, Malice Domestic 18: Mystery Most Devious…plus release other titles there, such as the sports crime anthology Three Strikes—You’re Dead!, edited by our own Barb Goffman, with Donna Andrews and Marcia Talley). Should you wish to attend, it’s held in Bethesda, Maryland from April 26 to 28 this year. Info at malicedomestic.net.

   So it’s going to be a very brief intro this time.

   Here’s the complete lineup—

 

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

  • “Ear Worm,” by Robert Jeschonek [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
  • “Who Slew the Valkyrie,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
  • “Pot o’ Gold,” by Shannon Taft [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
  • “Trouble in Paradise,” by Veronica Leigh [short story]
  • “The Scarlet Imperial,” by Dorothy B. Hughes [novel]

 

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

  • “A Time To Die,” by Harold Calin [short story]
  • “Out of Nowhere,” by E.A. Grosser
  • “Star Chamber,” by H.B. Fyfe [short story]
  • “Pogo Planet,” by Donald A. Wollheim [short story]
  • The Kid from Mars, by Oscar J. Friend [novel]

Sunday, March 17, 2024

SMFS Member Publishing News: Who Shot Goobie Morgan? by John M. Floyd

 

SMFS list member John M. Floyd’s short story, Who Shot Goobie Morgan?, appears in the March 25th issue of Woman's World. The issue is available in grocery stores, newsstands, and at Woman’s World.

Saturday, March 16, 2024

SMFS Members Published in The Luck of the Irish: Cozy Mystery Anthology


Today is publication day for Luck of the Irish: Cozy Mystery Anthology. Published by Ad Astra Press Inc, the read is available at Amazon and other vendors. SMFS list members that reported being in the read are:

 

Kathleen Marple Kalb with “A Fatal St. Patrick's Day.”

 

Cheryl Phipps with "Luck of Shadows."

 

Amazon Description:

Ten Tantalising Cozy Mysteries to delight you on Saint Patrick's Day!
Sure to make you chuckle, and keep you guessing!

Includes the authors' Favorite Saint Patrick's Day Irish Recipes

Ten authors got together to bring you these super Cozy mysteries, themed around Luck, Saint Patrick's Day and — in rather surprising ways — sometimes leprechauns, too.
Some of our authors are well known to you, such as radio celebrity Kathleen Marple Kalb
and USA Today listed author C. A. Phipps.
Some are total unknowns, such as W. Jenkins.
Short stories, novellas, and all stops in between!
Enjoy dipping into this book whenever you have a few minutes when you can read.
Whatever your taste in Cozies, we hope that you will enjoy these stories, and I do not hesitate to say that there's something here for everyone...
100% of book sale proceeds go to the non-profit RAICEStexas.org who help children living in dreadful conditions.


Friday, March 15, 2024

Thursday, March 14, 2024

SMFS Member Publishing News: Trains Passing by Marty Zeigler


Today is publication day for Arithmophobia: An Anthology of Mathematical Horror. The new anthology includes SMFS list member Marty Zeigler’s short story, Trains Passing. Published by Polymath Press, the read is available at Amazon and other vendors.

 

Publisher Description:

“Arithmophobia,” n.: The fear of numbers or mathematics.

Whether you love mathematics or find it terrifying, this anthology of original tales of terror is sure to send a chill down your spine. With an unlucky thirteen brand new horror stories and a bonus poem in case any readers suffer from triskaidekaphobia, these pages combine the talents of some of the genre’s most experienced award-winning practitioners of terror and some of the literary world’s most promising new voices.

Featuring contributions by Elizabeth Massie, Miguel Fliguer, Mike Slater, Patrick Freivald, Liz Kaufman, Damon Nomad, Sarah Lazarz, Martin Zeigler, Josh Snider, Rivka Crowbourne, Joe Stout, Brian Knight, Wil Forbis, David Lee Summers, and Maxwell I. Gold.

These stories tell us of strange and horrifying new geometries, crazed and violent mathematicians, sentient and malevolent numbers, and even some new mathematical twists on some classic monsters. You needn’t be a mathematician to experience these new forms of mathematical terror, though students of the discipline might recognize some familiar names and ideas lurking in the shadows.

So pull up a chair, dust off your abacus and slide rule, and prepare to experience…

Arithmophobia.

 

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

SMFS Member Publishing News: A Case for the Ladies: A Dot and Amelia Mystery by Maddie Day


SMFS list member Maddie Day’s book, A Case for the Ladies: A Dot and Amelia Mystery, was released last month. It is available from Amazon.

 

Amazon Description:

Amid Prohibition, Irish gangs, the KKK, and rampant mistreatment of immigrant women, intrepid private investigator Dorothy Henderson and her pal Amelia Earhart seek justice for several murdered young women in 1926 Boston. As tensions mount, the sleuths, along with their reporter friend Jeanette and Dot’s maiden aunt Etta. experience their own mistreatment at the hand of society and wonder who they can really trust.

This novel brings a pre-fame Amelia Earhart to life in 1926, when she lived in a Boston suburb and worked as a teacher and social worker at a settlement house founded to help immigrant women. After Amelia meets fictional lady PI Dot Henderson, and more than one young immigrant woman is found murdered, the two put their heads together to seek justice for the less powerful. Meanwhile, Etta Rogers, a founder of the settlement house and a Wellesley professor, works with reporter Jeanette Colby to investigate the Irish gangs who are not only running illicit liquor but also seeking to take over the settlement house real estate.

SMFS Member Publishing News: A Toe for Jesus - A Casper Barnett Story by John Weagly


SMFS list member John Weagly’s short story, A Toe for Jesus - A Casper Barnett Story, was recently published at Punk Noir Magazine. You can read the piece for free online here.