With a hat tip to Brian Lindenmuth we have news of a new crime flash site. Editor, Kent Gowran, is looking for flash of 700 words or less for his new site "Shotgun Honey". If you remember DZ Allen's MuzzleFlash, you know exactly what he's looking for. For all the details go here http://bloodsweatmurder.blogspot.com/2011/04/shotgun-honey.html
The new site is under construction here http://shotgunhoney.blogspot.com
This is a non-paying market.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Pine Tree Mysteries
Pine Tree Mysteries is back with a new issue. According to the site, there was a death in the family which lead to the site not being updated. This is a non-paying cozy market. http://www.pinetreemysteries.com/
New Issues
You'll find loads of good writing out there on the web this morning, so go have a read!!
The April issue of All Due Respect has gone live with an excellent short story by Nigel Bird called "Hoodwinked". http://www.all-due-respect.blogspot.com
The Thrilling Detective is celebrating it's thirteenth year on the web. http://www.thrillingdetective.com/
A new issue of Thieves Jargon is up http://www.thievesjargon.com
And the newest issue of Pulp Metal has gone live where you'll find a piece of flash by yours truly along with some other very fine writers. http://pulpmetalmagazine.wordpress.com
The April issue of All Due Respect has gone live with an excellent short story by Nigel Bird called "Hoodwinked". http://www.all-due-respect.blogspot.com
The Thrilling Detective is celebrating it's thirteenth year on the web. http://www.thrillingdetective.com/
A new issue of Thieves Jargon is up http://www.thievesjargon.com
And the newest issue of Pulp Metal has gone live where you'll find a piece of flash by yours truly along with some other very fine writers. http://pulpmetalmagazine.wordpress.com
Friday, April 1, 2011
Odds and Ends
The Spinetingler Award Nominees have been announced and now it's time to vote. Voting is open to the public, so what are you waiting for? Get over there and vote!!
http://www.spinetinglermag.com/2011/04/01/2011-spinetingler-award-voting/
Michael Bracken sent me a very cool link to Kurt Vonnegut's take on drama (it also explains the romance genre!) You can find it here http://sivers.org/drama
When I first decided to make the focus of this blog about short stories, hardly anyone out here was talking shorts. Now there's all kinds of sites and one of them is Chris Ratigan's "Death by Killing" blog where he reviews shorts and points readers towards stories they might have missed. He's just revamped his site and it looks great! He's also opened his blog for fellow reviewers. If you've got a short review, let him know. The more people we have talking shorts, the fewer we'll have screaming the short story is dead :) which we all know it ain't!!
You can find his invitation here http://death-by-killing.blogspot.com/2011/03/dbk-wants-your-reviews.html
http://www.spinetinglermag.com/2011/04/01/2011-spinetingler-award-voting/
Michael Bracken sent me a very cool link to Kurt Vonnegut's take on drama (it also explains the romance genre!) You can find it here http://sivers.org/drama
When I first decided to make the focus of this blog about short stories, hardly anyone out here was talking shorts. Now there's all kinds of sites and one of them is Chris Ratigan's "Death by Killing" blog where he reviews shorts and points readers towards stories they might have missed. He's just revamped his site and it looks great! He's also opened his blog for fellow reviewers. If you've got a short review, let him know. The more people we have talking shorts, the fewer we'll have screaming the short story is dead :) which we all know it ain't!!
You can find his invitation here http://death-by-killing.blogspot.com/2011/03/dbk-wants-your-reviews.html
Yippee-Ki-Yay Snoopy Dances
More award nominated short stories!! This time from the Western Fictioneers. Nominees for the 2010 Best Western Short Story Award are listed in alphabetical order:
“Left Behind” by Carol Crigger from the anthology Roundup! Great Stories of the West (La Frontera Publishing
“This Old Star” by Wayne Dundee from the anthology Bad Cop…No Donut (Padwolf Publishing)
“Two-Bit Kill” by C. Courtney Joyner from the anthology Law of the Gun (Kensington) .
“Scourge of the Spoils” by Matthew P. Mayo from the anthology Steampunk’d (Daw Books, Inc)
"Catch a Killer by the Toe" by Pete Peterson published by Untreed Reads
For the rest of the Peacemaker nominees go here http://westernfictioneers.blogspot.com/2011/03/western-fictioneers-2010-peacemaker.html
“Left Behind” by Carol Crigger from the anthology Roundup! Great Stories of the West (La Frontera Publishing
“This Old Star” by Wayne Dundee from the anthology Bad Cop…No Donut (Padwolf Publishing)
“Two-Bit Kill” by C. Courtney Joyner from the anthology Law of the Gun (Kensington) .
“Scourge of the Spoils” by Matthew P. Mayo from the anthology Steampunk’d (Daw Books, Inc)
"Catch a Killer by the Toe" by Pete Peterson published by Untreed Reads
For the rest of the Peacemaker nominees go here http://westernfictioneers.blogspot.com/2011/03/western-fictioneers-2010-peacemaker.html
Thursday, March 31, 2011
More Snoopy Dancing!!!
The Spinetingler Award Nominees will be posting throughout the day today, be sure to stop by http://www.spinetinglermag.com and check them out. Voting begins on Friday and is open to the public.
2011 Derringer Award Winners
A big round of Snoopy Dances for all the winners of the 2011 SMFS Derringer Awards. Congratulations!!!! both to the winners and the nominees!
The Short Mystery Fiction Society is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Derringer Awards for short mystery fiction
Best Flash Fiction Story (under 1,000 words) - (TIE)
"The Book Signing," by Kathy Chencharik, *Thin Ice: Crime Stories by New England Writers*, Leslie Wheeler, Mark Ammons, Barbara Ross, Kat Fast, Eds., Level Best Books, November, 2010
and
"The Unknown Substance" by Jane Hammons, *A Twist of Noir*, December 27, 2010
Best Short Story (1,001-4,000 words)
"Pewter Badge," by Michael J. Solender, *Yellow Mama*, August, 2010
Best Long Story (4,001-8,000 words) (TIE)
"Care of the Circumcised Penis" by Sean Doolittle, *Thuglit Presents: Blood, Guts & Whiskey*, Todd Robinson, Ed., Kensington Publishing Corp., May, 2010
and
"Interpretation of Murder" by B. K. Stevens, *Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine*, December, 2010
Best Novelette (8,001-17,500 words)
"Rearview Mirror" by Art Taylor, *Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine*, March, 2010
Presentation of the Awards will take place in conjunction with the short story panel at Bouchercon 2011, held in St. Louis, MO in September.
The Short Mystery Fiction Society is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Derringer Awards for short mystery fiction
Best Flash Fiction Story (under 1,000 words) - (TIE)
"The Book Signing," by Kathy Chencharik, *Thin Ice: Crime Stories by New England Writers*, Leslie Wheeler, Mark Ammons, Barbara Ross, Kat Fast, Eds., Level Best Books, November, 2010
and
"The Unknown Substance" by Jane Hammons, *A Twist of Noir*, December 27, 2010
Best Short Story (1,001-4,000 words)
"Pewter Badge," by Michael J. Solender, *Yellow Mama*, August, 2010
Best Long Story (4,001-8,000 words) (TIE)
"Care of the Circumcised Penis" by Sean Doolittle, *Thuglit Presents: Blood, Guts & Whiskey*, Todd Robinson, Ed., Kensington Publishing Corp., May, 2010
and
"Interpretation of Murder" by B. K. Stevens, *Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine*, December, 2010
Best Novelette (8,001-17,500 words)
"Rearview Mirror" by Art Taylor, *Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine*, March, 2010
Presentation of the Awards will take place in conjunction with the short story panel at Bouchercon 2011, held in St. Louis, MO in September.
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