Friday, October 23, 2026
Mystery Fanfare: 2026 Barry Award Winners: Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine
In Reference to Murder: Friday's "Forgotten" Books - Bouchercon Revisited Edition
Jerry's House of Everything: FORGOTTEN BOOK: THE ICE-COLD NUDE
In Reference to Murder: Mystery Melange
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Jerry's House of Everything: DUFFY'S TAVERN: ARCHIE PROPOSES TO MARIE "THE BODY" McDONALD (APRIL 6, 1945)
Thursday Treats: 10/22/2026
Some reading opportunities of interest this week.
Personal Note: My understanding is that
when it becomes Black Cat Mysteries next month and relaunches as a monthly release, a subscription will
be $60 bucks a year. As folks are well aware, as I have made no secret of it,
things are very bad here so I will not be a subscriber. I hope the new venture
works, but this reader has been priced out. And that should not be taken as a
criticism of what they are doing. If anything, it is yet another indictment of
my failure in life.
Author Maryann Miller announced on Twitter
that her new book, Second Chances And Other Stories, is now available
for preorder. Published by MCM Enterprises, the read is about characters experiencing
life in many different ways. Scheduled to be published on November 24rth, when
it will also be available on KindleUnlimited, the read can be purchased now on Amazon.
Released last week is the new anthology, Songs
to Woody. Published by Cowboy Jamboree
Press,
the read includes short stories by SMFS list members Zakariah Johnson (Oklahoma
Hills) and Stephen M. Pierce (This Machine Kills Itself). You can pick it up at
Amazon.
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Speaking of SMFS, The Short Mystery
Fiction Society, I remind you of other reads by our members as recently compiled
and posted by SMFS President Joseph S. Walker. In his October 7th
post titled, A Plethora of Pulse-Pounding Pages as the Short Mystery Fiction
Society Enters a New Age!, Mr. Walker details numerous reads and includes the
launch of the first issue of the new SMFS Mystery Magazine. All the
details are in his post
on the SMFS blog.
Coming in November from Murderous Ink Press is the anthology,
Crimeucopia - Objection! Overruled!! SMFS list members in the
read are John M. Floyd (Nothing but the Truth), and Wil A. Emerson (Three
Strikes—You’re Out). The read is available for preorder at Amazon and other
vendors.
A reminder that Tollund Man: Stories
by SMFS list member Jeff Esterholm is now out. Published
by Cornerstone Press, you can get it at Amazon.
Finally, at the end of the month, A
Fatal Affair: The Murder of Helen Grier by Amanda Capper and Judy Penz Sheluk will be released
by Superior Shores
Press.
This is a true crime read on the case of the death of Helen Grier. Was it
murder or something else? You can get it in eBook and print formats at Amazon and other
vendors.
Until next time….
Kevin R.
Tipple ©2026
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