Some
reading opportunities of interest this week.
Black
Cat Weekly #266 is out and includes news of the
transition to the new ownership and more. SMFS list member donalee Moulton has the cover story, Indigo Bunting. SMFS list member Dave Zeltserman is also in it with his short story, An Evening in Argentina.
You can pick up the issue at the website.
The
latest issue of Dark Yonder is now out. Published by Thalia
Press, edited by Katy Munger
and Eryk Pruitt,
Dark Yonder: Issue 13 has short stories from SMFS list members Jay Butkowski (The Sofa Wars of Route 17), Curtis
Ippolito (A Righteous Heist) and Armand
Rosamilia (Hidden Weapons). You can pick it up
in print on Amazon. Past issues are also available there and on Kindle Unlimited.
Level
Best Books has published the anthology, Crime Before Our Time: Crime
Fiction and Mystery Inspired by History. The SMFS list members that
publicly announced their presence in the read are Shari Held
(Women's Rites), Robert Lopresti
(The Crossing), Claire A. Murray
(Charlotte's Mine), donalee Moulton (Le
Pain),John A. Tures
(Stealing the Treasure of the Sahel), and Gabriel
Valjan (Ink and Silence). You can pick it up
on Amazon and other vendors.
In
addition to her publication in the above anthology, Claire A. Murray also announced that her short story, Ned's Bedevilment, placed as an Honorable Mention in the
Bethlehem Writers Roundtable 2026 Short Story contest. You can read the story,
for free, here.
SMFS
list member Michael Bracken announced
on social media that his short story, In-Country, appears in the recently
released, Flash of the Dead: Halloween '26. Published by Wicked
Shadow Press, the read is available at LuLu.
The
Black Beacon Book of Horror 2 is
now out. Published by Black Beacon Books,
the read includes the short story, Miranda's Moon Garden, by SMFS list member Cameron Trost. You can pick up the read at Amazon.
The
latest season of podcasts, Stuff That Can Kill You (Mysteries to Die For),
is now available to preorder in eBook format at Amazon and other vendors. SMFS
list member Kathleen Marple Kalb announced
on social media that her short story, The Current Situation, is in the read of
twenty stories. You can lock in your copy at Amazon and other vendors now in advance of the October 13th
publication day.
SMFS
list member Mia Dalia announced
on the SMFS list that her novel, Tell Me A Story, is now back out
from a new publisher. Available in both print and digital versions, you can
pick it up at Amazon and other vendors.
The Sisters in Crime Colorado Chapter has announced that their lates anthology, Colorado
Mystery Merge: Crime Fiction Collection 2, is coming out later this
month. SMFS list members Chris
Dreith (The Clueologists Club), and Lisa Harkrader (The Mall
Walkers), reported being in the read. The 26 tales are not only complete individual
mysteries; they also provide the clues to solve the overarching mystery of the
book. Sounds pretty cool to this reader. Learn more at their website. You can
also preorder the digital format at Amazon.
With a big
time thank you to fellow SMFS list member Nikita Costiuc who brought a number of our fellow members and their short
stories to my attention, I remind you that DEATH CAMAS: Best New England
Crime Stories 2026 is coming out tomorrow. Published by Crime Spell Books, the
anthology includes works from a number of SMFS list members. They are: Bruce Robert Coffin (Pump Number 2), C. Dan Castro (The Mass Murderer and a Little Disorder), Zakariah Johnson
(Dangerous Tastes in Literature) Nikki Knight (Milk. Bread. Homicide.), Avram Lavinsky (The
Daughter of the King), Steve Liskow (A Deed without a Name), Edith Maxwell (Cough
Lasagnas and Salty Memories), Ruth McCarty (I Hereby Bequeath), Ang Pompano (The Angel of Sachem Creek), Susan Oleksiw (All’s
Well That Ends . . .), Eugenia Parrish (Stopping by the Woods), Stephen D. Rogers (A Scene of Salt and Sea), Bonnar Spring (Safe?),
and Leslie Wheeler (The Wound Clinic). It can be purchased at Amazon and elsewhere.
SMFS
list member M. E. Proctor has
announced that her new book, The Way You Say My Name: A Declan Shaw Mystery, will be
coming out next week from Shotgun
Honey Books. You can pick it up at the publisher in print and digital formats. This is the 3rd read in the Declan Shaw Mystery series.
Also out later this month is Tollund Man: Stories by SMFS list
member Jeff Esterholm who
announced this fact on social media. Published in print format by Cornerstone
Press, you can order it now in advance of the October 20th
publication day on Amazon.
At
the end of the month, A Fatal Affair: The Murder of Helen Grier by
Amanda Capper and Judy Penz Sheluk will be
released by Superior
Shores Press. This is a true crime read on the case of the death of Helen
Grier. Was it murder or something else? You can get it in eBook and print
formats at Amazon and other vendors.
Finally,
a reminder that Short Mystery Fiction Society Mystery Magazine: Volume 1
Number 1 - October 2026 has been published by Murderous Ink Press. This
first issue includes my short story, Sweet Dreams Are Made of This, as well as short
stories by other SMFS list members and other features. You can get it on Amazon.
Until next time….
Kevin R. Tipple ©2026
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