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There's a new best-of-year anthology series launching soon. Learn its genesis and how you can have your stories considered for next year's edition.
SleuthSayers: The Best Private Eye Stories of the Year 2025 sleuthsayers.org/2025/11/the…
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Murder, Neat: A SleuthSayers Anthology received the inaugural Derringer Award for Best Anthology. Congratulations to all the contributors for their fantastic stories.
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The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: SMFS Official Announcement: 2025 Derringer Award W... shortmystery.blogspot.com/20…
@CrimeFicWriter @SinC_Heart
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Murder, chocolate, and a calico cat who might know too much—Felicity Koerber’s Tokyo trip isn’t going as planned. With a friend accused of the crime, she has to find the real killer before it’s too late! #TexasAuthor #LoneStarLit #LoneStarLitVanishingIntoThe100Dark @amber_royer
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Writing fear is like the monster under your bed—except it whispers, “Your words are trash” instead of growling. Here’s the truth: every writer faces self-doubt. The trick? Write anyway. Fear doesn’t get to decide if you’re a writer. You do.
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BIG NEWS: Five Blackstone titles from longlisted by @MPIBA for their 35th annual #ReadingTheWest awards!📕🏆
Congratulations to #DavidWroblewski, @MegGardiner1, @R_C_Coleman, @drslayton, and #JamesWade, from all of us at Blackstone—you have our vote!🗳️🤞
readingthewest.com/35th-annu…
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SAVE THE DATE! The #AustinBookCrawl, April 12 & 13, will be celebrating 28 #IndieBookstores in the greater Austin area with a citywide #bookstorecrawl! Stay updated on their Instagram page, & learn more & map your crawl at: austintexasbooktrail.com/202…
#LoneStarLit #LiteraryTexas
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New post from Fran Paino (F. Della Notte): THE DAILY GRIND: COFFEE TIME! wp.me/pauY9X-1pz
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Crime headline of the day. 8 alligators found during major drug bust wdsu.com/article/8-alligator…
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David Suchet is Poirot, and we’re pretty sure he could solve a case before you finish your morning coffee. 🕵️♂️☕
Celebrate the legacy of the world’s greatest detective in The Strand Magazine! #HerculePoirot #Mystery #DavidSuchet
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Congratulations to SinC Colorado member Michelle Packard on the launch of her latest book, BAKER! sistersincrimecolorado.org/2…
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Jacqueline Frost (@thinkjacqueline) puts together a guide to curling up by the fire with a good cozy mystery. crimereads.com/my-5-favorite…
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We're excited that our member @MEProctor3 has a new story in the Aerosmith inspired anthology "Janie's Got A Gun." Hope you'll check it out.
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Art Taylor 's "The First Two Pages" is a place to talk about stories. In this essay, I dig into "Drop Dead Gorgeous", published in the Janie's Got a Gun anthology (inspired by Aerosmith), edited by Michael Bracken @CrimeFicWriter - arttaylorwriter.com/2024/11/…
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Have you checked out this cool @punk_magazine series? Our member, @MEProctor3 is the series editor.
Today on @punk_magazine , we host @Ed_Ridgley who gives us another interpretation of "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" - I love the humor in this piece: punknoirmagazine.wordpress.c…
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Check out our member @MEProctor3 's story, "Drop Dead Gorgeous" in the anthology JANIE'S GOT A GUN, stories inspired by the music Aerosmith
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Noreen Cedeño discusses how she she wrote "Galápagos People Watching" for Black Cat Weekly.
Writing “Galápagos People Watching” inkstainedwretches.home.blog…
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Naomi Kaye deciphers the hidden clues in Christie's roster of Amyas, Thyrza, and Hermione “Egg” Lytton Gore. crimereads.com/agatha-christ…
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#inspiration 7criminalminds.blogspot.com/… @GValjan @10CriminalMinds @mwa_new @mwanewyork @crimewriterscan @SinC_Heart #Tuesday
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#horror 7criminalminds.blogspot.com/… @TerryShames @10CriminalMinds @SinC_Heart #Tuesday #halloween2024
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