Thursday, August 20, 2026

Thursday Treats: 8/20/2026

Some reading opportunities of interest this week. Yes, it is a little light this week as that is the way of publishing. 



The new issue of the online publication Yellow Mama is now out. Yellow Mama #117 includes short stories by SMFS list members Armand Rosamilia (Breaking the Chains), John A. Tures (Eureka), and Marty Zeigler (Dinner Plate Writer). You can read the issue online, and for free, here.

 




Black Cat Weekly #259 is out and includes short stories by SMFS list members Teel James Glenn (The Gift of Song), Paula Messina (Once Hot, Always Hot), and A.L. Sirois (Paul Is Dead) . You can pick up the latest issue here.

 

A reminder that that my short story, A Plan Comes Together, is in issue 254. Folks seem to have really enjoyed it too. If you have not read it yet, go here, and grab a copy. I am very proud of this tale which was partly inspired by real life events here and what Sandi believed. It also stands as proof of a basic fact that many writers know in their bones---  a rejection just means that you have not yet found the right market. When it hits the right market, and is read, and liked, you know you have done good.


 
There are series that I keep meaning to start and then the author gets yet another book out. Such as the Detective Nathan Parker series by James L'Etoile. The fifth book in the series, Darkness Falls: A  Detective Nathan Parker Novel, is now up on Amazon for preorder. Published by Level Best Books, the read is scheduled to be released on August 25th.

 




The latest read from author, D. V. Berkom, False Dawn: A Mackenzie Reynolds Thriller, was released earlier this week by Duct Tape Press. You can pick up this first book of the planned three book series at Amazon and other vendors.


 

A reminder that the upcoming new anthology, Capital Crime Writers Presents: A Capital Mystery (Volume 2) is coming later this month. Edited by Bernadette Cox and Mike Martin, these short stories take readers back to Ottawa, Canada, and follows the first book, A Capital Mystery. Available at Amazon now for preorder, it will also be on Kindle Unlimited when it releases on August 31st.

 


Also, later this month, The Tipping Floor, comes out. This is the latest in the 509 Crime Stories series by Colin Conway. Published by High Speed Creative, LLC., the read is available for preorder on Amazon.

 

 


Until next time….

 

 

Kevin R. Tipple ©2026

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