SMFS list member Roger Johns’ short story, Here's to Forgetfulness, was published at Black Petals #107, Spring 2024. You can read the piece for free online here ..read more

SMFS list member Brandon Barrows new book, And Of Course, There Was The Girl: A Sam Harrigan Mystery is now out. Published by Full Speed Publishing, the read is available at Amazon.   Amazon Description: Gabriella's name meant love and lies... When Sam Harrigan agreed to find runaway bride Gabriella Cole, he expected to be looking for a marriage-scammer, not a lovely phantom with a trail of devastation in her wake whose victims include washed-up celebrities, politicians, and even mobsters. Now everyone wants to get their hands on Gabriella, but with each step Sam takes, she seems furt ..read more

SMFS list members are published in Black Cat Weekly #137. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is available here in digital format. The members that reported their stories are   Veronica Leigh with "The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughters."   Anna Scotti with "That Which We Call Patience."   Publisher Description: Welcome to Black Cat Weekly.    On the mystery side of things this issue, we have original tales by Veronica Leigh (one that looks to be the start of a new series) and Richard A. McMahon (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken). Acquiring Editor ..read more

SMFS list members are published in Yellow Mama Webzine: Issue 103. The issue is online and a free read here. The SMFS list members that reported being in the issue are:    Pamela Ebel with “When You’re Dead, You’re Done.”   M.E. Proctor with "A Thin Thread."   Elizabeth Zelvin with the poem, "Mike's 80th Birthday ..read more

Today is publication day for Tales of Mystery: The Gravity of Death. The anthology includes SMFS list member Ed Teja’s short story, The Law North Of The Pecos. Published by Inklings Press, the anthology is available at Amazon ..read more

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine has announced the winners of their annual Readers Awards. The SMFS list members on the list this year that reported their success are:    #1  David Dean for "Mrs. Hyde" in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: March/April 2023.   #2  Richard Helms for “Spear Carriers” in the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: November/December 2023 issue.   #3  Paul Ryan O’Connor for “Teddy’s Favorite Thing” in the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: September/October 2023 issue ..read more

Today is publication day for The Killing Rain: Left Coast Crime 2024 Anthology. Published by Down & Out Books, the anthology was edited by SMFS list member Jim Thomsen. The read is available from the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors. The SMFS list members that reported their stories in the book are:   John Bosworth with "A Bad Place to Die."   Smita Harish Jain with "Oil and Water."   Bonnar Spring with "Go With the Flow."   Bev Vincent with "Payback."   Publisher Description: The Puget Sound region is beautiful, lush with green trees, sun-sparkled waters, wid ..read more

SMFS list member Teel James Glenn’s short story, One Night At McGiuff’s Tavern, appears in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #33. Published by Wildside Press, the issue is currently available in print at Amazon and elsewhere.   Amazon Description: FEATURESFROM WATSON’S NOTEBOOKS, by John H Watson, M.D. ASK MRS HUDSON, by (Mrs) Martha Hudson SCREEN OF THE CRIME, by Kim Newman NON-FICTION SIX DEGREES OF TENTACULAR SEPARATION, by Elizabeth Crowens FICTION THE ADVENTURE OF THE DURHAM MONOGRAPH, by Robert Dawson THE CASE OF THE DIRTY PAWS, by J.M. Walker LONG SHOT, by Hal Charles CAPTAIN DAYLI ..read more

SMFS list member Wil A. Emerson’s short story, Got a Job at Hellton Towers, was published at Punk Noir Magazine. You can read the piece for free online here ..read more

SMFS list member Charlie Kondek’s short story, White Flight, was published at Punk Noir Magazine. You can read the piece for free online here ..read more