Thursday, April 23, 2026

Thursday Treats: 4/23/2026

 The latest reading opportunities…

  

When I was a kid growing up here in Texas, my parents got me a subscription to a magazine called The Ranger’s Almanac. Put out by the Texas Park Service, it featured a lot of cool stuff from Texas Game Wardens. My first thought when SMFS list member John M. Floyd announced his latest short story publication in the inaugural edition of The Ranger's Almanac was that the Texas Park Service had brought it back.

 

Nope. This is something completely different. The Ranger's Almanac: Vol. 1 is compiled by “… two Forest Rangers from Pennsylvania” per the Amazon listing. SMFS list member John M. Floyd’s mystery short story, Lewis and Clark, alongside other SMFS list members. Tom Gorham’s poem (A Walk in the Forest at Night) and Mia Dalia’s short story (The Last Dance) are included. SMFS list member Ed Teja also announced that his wife, Dagny Sellorin, has a pastel painting, City of Rocks, in the publication available at Amazon.  Per their website, this market reopens on September 1st.

 

Speaking of John M. Floyd, his short story, Creativity, appears on Curated by Costuic substack here.


SMFS list member Jessica Slee announced that her short story, Home Sweet, was published online at Cold Caller. You can read the tale for free here. 

 



SMFS list member Ashley-Ruth Bernier announced that her novel, The Bush Tea Murder: A Caribbean Island Mystery, was now out. Published by Crooked Lane Books in a variety of formats, the read is available at Amazon and other vendors.

 


The latest issue of Black Cat Weekly also came out. SMFS list member N.M. CedeƱo announced that her short story, The Case of the Dead Man's Daughter, appears in Black Cat Weekly #242. Her story is also the latest in a long line of SMFS list members being featured on the cover. You can pick up the latest issue here.  

 

 

By the way, I remind you that each month the wonderful Lesa Holstine puts out a roundup column of the publishing news of coming books. Her “April Treasures in My Closet” column ran back on March 1st. You can read it here. You could also get a jump on the May releases by going here (Part 1) and here (Part 2).

 

 

Until next time….

 

 

Kevin R. Tipple ©2026



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