Congratulations to 2026 CWC Grand Master: Rick Mofina. Also to our Mesdames of Mayhem, shortlisted for Best Short Story: M.H. Callway, Sylvia Maultash Warsh, Robert Cree with Therese Greenwood, and Lorna Poplak. crimewriterscanada.com/index.php/en...

Proud, yet humbled, to see Carrick Publishing among the 2026 CWC Awards sponsors. It has always been our goal to foster the best of Canadian Crime writing. Our thanks to all the sponsors, our own Melodie Campbell among them!

So very honoured and pleased. Three of our own Mesdames of Mayhem as well as Carrick Publishing have been acknowledged by the prestigious CWC Awards of Excellence for Crime fiction. Congrats to Catherine Astolfo, Therese Greenwood and Melissa Yi! crimewriterscanada.com/index.php/en...

So proud on behalf of these talented authors, and thrilled to have them work with Carrick Publishing. Heartfelt congratulations to all finalists for the CWC Awards of Excellence 2025!! Special hugs to Catherine Astolfo, Therese Greenwood and Melissa Yi! crimewriterscanada.com/index.php/en...

Join us at the Mesdames' site today for "The Mob Bar Mob", a wonderful caper by our own Melissa Yi!! mesdamesofmayhem.com/2025/04/15/a...

Do you have any gently used books you would like to donate for our Public Library fund-raising sale? If so, please visit the Springwater Public Library by mid-April to drop them off, to be sold at the April 26 Maple Syrup Festival in Elmvale! Folks, it does not get more Canadian than this!!

Please vote for our crime anthology, The 13th Letter, for the Derringer Award for Best Anthology. Thank you! If you are a SMFS member, you can vote. The message with the vote link has been posted. [email protected] | Topics Voting is easy: I just did it!

Derringer 2025 nominee for Best Anthology: The 13th Letter, Mesdames of Mayhem. E-book now available for only 0.99! Grab your copy before April 29, during our Derringer Voting Promotion. Read it! Love it! Cast your vote for The 13th Letter! (Carrick Publishing) www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJ7X9K96

@mesdamesmayhem.bsky.social Wow What a Year, Part One, our annual review for 2024 is now live! mesdamesofmayhem.com

A deeply moving and beautiful story by my friend Kevin Thornton, "Under the Lamplight." First appeared in In the Key of 13, by the Mesdames of Mayhem, Carrick Publishing 2019. Yours to read and enjoy! mesdamesofmayhem.com/2025/02/15/f...

Wow! Heartfelt thanks to Kings River Life for this wonderful review of our anthology: The 13th Letter! www.krlnews.com/2025/01/the-...

Hope you'll join us! Pull up a hot chocolate and meet the Mesdames: youtu.be/tFH_vtmAZcY?...

Please join us (Mesdames of Mayhem) with Erik D'Souza of the Crime Writers of Canada, for our Holiday interview on YouTube! youtu.be/tFH_vtmAZcY?...

Join the Crime Writers of Canada's own Erik D'Souza for his wonderful interview with the Mesdames and Messieurs of Mayhem, just in time for our Holiday discussion on The 3th Letter! Wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Welcome to the Bluest of Skies, Mesdames and Messieurs of Mayhem! Please follow this wonderful collective of writers, and look for our latest antho, The 13th Letter today!! Remember, books are always wonderful holiday gifts! www.amazon.ca/13th-Letter-...

Hey everyone, all you mystery/crime fic lovers out there! We are here at last! So happy to connect with you all here. mesdamesmayhem.bsky.social