The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: 2019 Derringer Award Winners Announced

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: 2019 Derringer Award Winners Announced: The 2019 Derringer Awards have been voted upon and the winners are: FLASH Category: The Bicycle Thief  by James Blakey SHORT ...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Guest Post: The Bastard Prologue by Earl Staggs

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Guest Post: The Bastard Prologue by Earl Staggs: Please welcome back Earl Staggs to our blog with a guest post he originally did for PJ Nunn’s Bookbrowsing Blog back in August of 2015… T...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Guest Post: Eradicating the stink bugs of prose by...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Guest Post: Eradicating the stink bugs of prose by...: Please welcome back Andrew Welsh-Huggins to our blog … Eradicating the stink bugs of prose           As someone who prides himsel...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: SMFS Member Nominees for the 2018 Macavity Awards

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: SMFS Member Nominees for the 2018 Macavity Awards: The Macavity Award is named for the “mystery cat” of T.S. Eliot ( Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats ). Each year The Macavity Awards are...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: May is International Short Story Month

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: May is International Short Story Month: StoryADay.org proclaimed May  International Short Story Month  back in 2013. As the short story, in the mystery genre, is the reason why th...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: SMFS Lunch at Bouchercon - Oct 13th

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: SMFS Lunch at Bouchercon - Oct 13th:   As announced on the list on September 9th, SMFS member Madeleine Callway has organized a lunch for SMFS members attending Bouchercon in To...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Mystery Magazi...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: SMFS Members Published in Black Cat Mystery Magazi...: Today the first issue of Black Cat Mystery Magazine came out courtesy of Wildside Press. This first issue features short stories from a n...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Guest Post: HOW JOURNALISM GUIDELINES CAN HELP FIC...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Guest Post: HOW JOURNALISM GUIDELINES CAN HELP FIC...: HOW JOURNALISM GUIDELINES CAN HELP FICTION WRITERS If you ever took a journalism class, you know the basics of writing nonfiction f...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Guest Post: STAGES OF WRITING A SHORT STORY by Jan...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Guest Post: STAGES OF WRITING A SHORT STORY by Jan...: STAGES OF WRITING A SHORT STORY The steps below help me keep on track when writing a new story. Through trial and error, I've co...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Guest Post: WHERE DO IDEAS COME FROM? by Jan Christensen

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Guest Post: WHERE DO IDEAS COME FROM? by Jan Chris...: Another week begins with an inspirational post by Jan Christensen..... WHERE DO IDEAS COME FROM? by Jan Christensen Every publi...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: May is International Short Story Month

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: May is International Short Story Month: StoryADay.org proclaimed May International Short Story Month back in 2013. As the short story, in the mystery genre, is the reason why the ...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Society Members' News: April 2017

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Society Members' News: April 2017: The members below reported their publishing successes this month:  Karen Abrahamson, Death By Effigy , Guardbridge Books (April 2017)...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Little Big Crimes Review: Land of the Blind by Cra...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Little Big Crimes Review: Land of the Blind by Cra...: Little Big Crimes: Land of the Blind, by Craig Johnson, : "Land of the Blind," by Craig Johnson, in The Strand Magazine, October ...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Guest Post: Five Reasons To Love Reading Short Mys...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Guest Post: Five Reasons To Love Reading Short Mys...: After reading Debra H. Goldstein's post earlier this week about the Sisters in Crime "We Love Short Stories" Initiative, Pete...

Members' Publication News (SMFS Blog)

Members' Publication News (SMFS Blog)