Thursday Treats: 8/27/2026

Some reading opportunities of interest this week...

SMFS list member Terena Elizabeth Bell reported that her short story, As We Go Along, was recently published by Americana UK. You can read it, for free, at their online site.

 

SMFS list member Lynne Bronstein reported that her short story, The Bite That Hurts, was published at the Literary Garage. You can read the flash tale, for free, at their online site.

 

SMFS list member John Timm reported that his short story, Jazz Cafe, appears in WayWords Issue 23: Time. Available for purchase at Amazon, it is also part of the Kindle Unlimited program. 

 

SMFS list member Abe Margel reported that his short story, It Was No Stroll in the Park, appears in the recently published anthology, Legends: Monsters that Go Bump in the Night. Published by Wordcrafter Press, the read is available at Amazon and numerous other vendors.

 

SMFS List Member M.A.B. Lee reported that her short story, Taking the Plunge, was published at Literally Stories. You can read it, for free, at their online site.

 

 

SMFS list member James T. Bartlett announced publication of his book, True Crime Burbank. Published by The History Press, you , can pick it up in paperback format at the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors.

 

Black Cat Weekly #260 is out and one of the larger issues in some time. The cover story is by SMFS list member Josh Pachter (The Stone Stairs of Death). You can pick up the latest issue here. I have long though that often the covers remind me of the old OMNI Magazine and such is the case here.

 

 

SMFS list member Robert Lopresti announced that his short story, Catch as Cat Can, is in the just released anthology, Midnight Mousers: 12 Original Cat Tales. This is the second volume in Thalia Press’ Nine Lives Library. Yu can pick it up in digital or paperback formats at Amazon.

 

  

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 out at Amazon. Published by  Level Best Books.

 

I mentioned last week, that the latest read from prolific author, D. V. Berkom, False Dawn: A Mackenzie Reynolds Thriller, had been released. The second book in the series, published by Duct Tape Press, is scheduled to come out in the middle of September. It is up for preorder at Amazon. It will also be part of Kindle Unlimited when it comes out on September 16^th.

 

Canada is the focus of at least two different upcoming anthologies. You have to wait until September 8^th for Crimeucopia presents Canadian Chronicles. Published by Murderous Ink Press, Edited by John Connor, the read includes several short stories by SMFS list members, Susan Daly (Borderline Illegal), Abe Margel (A Passion for Mining), Rosemary McCracken (The Millennium Project), donalee Moulton (Étoile Rouge), Judy Penz Sheluk (Murder in the Marsh), and other authors. The read is available through 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, Canda, 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 31^st.

 

Also out later this month, The Tipping Floor. 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…. 

 

 

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