Thursday, May 28, 2026

Thursday Treats: 5/28/2026

The latest reading opportunities…

 

Punk Noir has published, Champagne For My Real Friends, Real Pain For My Sham Friends — Issue 3.This series of short stories are all free to read online at their website. You can also read the first issue for free here as well as the second here.

 

A few weeks back, fellow SMFS member Judy Sheluk announced that her short story, The Last Detail, was published online at Brown Hound Press. She also said this was a great publication to work with and was very enthusiastic about the market for other writers. Fellow SMFS list member Shelly Jones was equally enthusiastic when she announced that her short story, Bloom, was published by Brown Hound Press. You can read the tale, for free, here. A reminder for fellow writers, this is a paying market.

 

Fellow SMFS list member Nick Guthrie announced that his WWII mystery short story, In the Ruins, was published online at Cold Caller. You can read the tale for free here.  

 

Fellow SMFS list member Christina Hoag announced that her non fiction book, I Am the Famous Carlos: The Story of the Jackal, the World's First Celebrity Terrorist, was released earlier this month. Published by Three Jandals Press, the read is available at Amazon and other vendors.  

 

According to Amazon, Scenic & Sinister: An Indiana Landmarks Anthology was released back in April. It was only this past week when two fellow SMFS list members announced it was out and that they had stories in it. Michael Dabney (Death—In 9 Innings) and Shari Held (Send in the Clowns) reported their presence in the anthology published by Speed City Press (publishing imprint of the  Indiana chapter of Sisters in Crime). You can get the book at Amazon or other vendors.

 


The latest issue of Black Cat Weekly also came out. Black Cat Weekly #247 includes short stories by fellow SMFS list members  John Floyd (200 Feet) and Shari Held (Cruisin’ for Trouble) among other works. You can pick up the latest issue of this weekly, multi genre, magazine
here.

 


Finally, fellow SMFS list member, Michael Bracken,  announced that the anthology, Wish Upon A Crime: Crime Fiction Inspired by Fairy Tales was now up on Amazon for preorder ahead of the June 2nd release. Coedited with Stacy Woodson also of the SMFS, the book features short stories from Donna Andrews, Michael Bracken (editor), David Dean, John M. Floyd, Barb Goffman, Debra H. Goldstein, James A. Hearn, Adam Meyer, Tom Milani, Laura Oles, Josh Pachter, Joseph S. Walker, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, and Stacy Woodson (editor). Published by Level Short (an imprint of Level Best Books), the anthology is available in both print and digital book versions at Amazon.

 

Until next time….

 

 

Kevin R. Tipple ©2026

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