SINC and Chessie member Debra Bliss Saenger’s “Knocking on a Heathen Door,” a historical fiction piece, is now on Mystery Tribune. The story explores the fate of the author’s Puritan ancestors as they navigated through the Salem Witch Trials purge. mysterytribune.com/knocking-on-...

Adam Meyer and Alan Orloff have co-edited HOLLYWOOD KILLS, an anthology released on Sept 2. Sixteen great stories (some from Chessies!). All contributor proceeds will be donated to the California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Recovery Fund. www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Ki...

Maya Corrigan's historical short story, "Killer Instinct," set in the World War II era, was published in The Most Dangerous Games anthology by Level Best Books. After war curtails a budding tennis champ's career, she and her coach play more risky games. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMFF4PSH/

Barb Goffman's story, "Baby Love," published on August 19th in DOUBLE CROSSING VAN DINE. In this anthology, twenty writers break author S. S. Van Dine's twenty rules for detective fiction. Barb tackled rule #3, which bars romance. crippen-and-landru.myshopify.com/products/dou...

Alan Orloff’s story, “Not Sorry,” appeared in THE MOST DANGEROUS GAMES, ed. Deborah Lacy, from Level Best Books. www.amazon.com/Most-Dangero...

Alan Orloff’s story, “The Society Set,” appeared in DOUBLE CROSSING VAN DINE, ed. Donna Andrews, Greg Herren, and Art Taylor, from Crippen & Landru. www.amazon.com/Double-Cross...

Blinkers and Blunders - Book Two of A Horsing Around Mystery by Misty Simon is now available. www.amazon.com/Blinkers-Blu...

Jane Limprecht’s short story “Game of Drones,” featuring a custom drone-fighting game that goes awry, is included in THE MOST DANGEROUS GAMES anthology edited by Deborah Lacy and published in August by Level Best Books. Purchase it at: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMFF4PSH/

Coming September 1 from Genius Book Publishing: Dutch Treats, edited by Josh Pachter. This anthology features 21 crime stories by Dutch and Flemish authors, translated into English by Josh Pachter. Available in trade paper and digital formats at geniusbookpublishing.com/collections/... (

Shari Held's short story, “That Damn Car,” was published July 8th in the anthology Gag Me with a Spoon by White City Press. Kip “borrows” a car from his big brother for a joy ride with his friend, but their innocent escapade lands them in big trouble. whitecitypress.com/product/gagm...

DK Snyder's short story "Lemons and Lies" appears in the new anthology "A Right Cozy Culinary Crime," edited by Wendy H. Jones, and published by Scott and Lawson Publishers. www.amazon.com/Right-Cozy-C...

Tom Milani’s short story “The Hardest Thing” appears online: mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict.... In the story, a man on the run from the mob takes solace in a woman and baseball.

Congratulations to Misty Simon on her August 19th release of Crooks and Nannies - A Charmed Inn Mystery. A surprise visit from Roxy’s sister stirs up all kinds of chaos when a jilted lover is found dead at the Charmed Inn.

Congratulations to Alan Orloff, whose novel, LATE CHECKOUT, was nominated for an Anthony Award in the Best Paperback Original category. www.amazon.com/Late-Checkou...

"Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House", co-edited by Michael Bracken and Stacy Woodson for Down and Out Books, is nominated for an Anthony Award for best anthology. Congratulations! www.amazon.com/Scattered-Sm...

Congratulations to Stacy Woodson, whose novelette won the Derringer Award. It originally appeared in the Chop Shop Series created by Michael Bracken for Down and Out Books. www.amazon.com/Cadillac-Job...

"Murder, Neat: A SleuthSayers Anthology", edited by Chessie member Barb Goffman and her fellow editor Michael Bracken, is a finalist for the Anthony Award for Best Anthology, to be awarded at the Bouchercon mystery convention in September. www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSV1RPN9/

The inaugural Derringer Award for Best Anthology has gone to "Murder, Neat: A SleuthSayers Anthology", edited by Barb Goffman and fellow editor Michael Bracken. www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSV1RPN9/

Congratulations to Chessie member Barb Goffman on winning this year's Agatha Award for Best Short Story for "The Postman Always Flirts Twice," published in the anthology "Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy: Thirteen Tales of Murder, Mystery, and Master Detection." www.amazon.com/dp/B0DL18RB9...

Congratulations to Misty Simon on the release of her latest book, By Hook or By Book: A Charmed Inn Mystery. www.amazon.com/Hook-Book-Ch...

Nathan Burke's international espionage thriller series received a starred review from Library Journal. FBI Agent Nathan Burke’s estranged wife is stricken with Havana Syndrome. He's forced to run a rogue investigation to protect her and uncovers a conspiracy that could destroy the country.

Severn River Publishing will launch Jeffrey James Higgins' latest thriller, THE HAVANA SYNDROME, on June 17. It's the first of the NathanBurke international espionage thriller series. www.amazon.com/Havana-Syndr...

Congratulations to SINC Chessie member Debra Bliss Saenger, whose short story, "Checking Out at the Live Free or Die Motel," is featured in the Midnight Schemers & Daydream Believers anthology. www.amazon.com/Midnight-Sch...

G.M. Malliet's short story "Pride of Cucamonga" is part of an Anthony Award-nominated anthology edited by Josh Pachter, FRIEND OF THE DEVIL (September 30, 2024). Awards will be presented at Bouchercon New Orleans in September. www.amazon.com/Friend-Devil...

The Anthony Award finalists have been announced, and the Chessie Chapter has made a good showing. Congratulations to K.T. Nguyen, Alan Orloff, Gabriel Valjan, Josh Pachter, Barb Goffman, Stacy Woodson, Kristopher Zgorski, and Olivia Blacke.

VILLAIN IN THE VINEYARD was just released. It is the fourth in Judy L. Murray's award-winning series. Chesapeake Bay's favorite sleuth discovers a vineyard's poisonous secrets while a vengeful vandal seeks to destroy her reputation. www.judylmurraymysteries.com.

Congratulations to this year's Chessie Chapter Agatha Awards winners K.T. Nguyen, Barb Goffman, and chapter authors Mary Ann Corrigan and Sherry Harris.

Congratulations to Art Taylor, named this year's recipient of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer Award for Lifetime Achievement. His award will be presented at Bouchercon in New Orleans this September.

CHESSIES WIN DERRINGER AWARDS The Derringer Awards are given out by the Short Mystery Fiction Society. This year, four members of the chapter were winners. They are Josh Pachter, Stacy Woodson, Barb Goffman, and Art Taylor.

PUT ANOTHER CRIME IN THE JUKEBOX by Misty Simon, A Sunny Side Up Mysteries book #2 will be released on May 15, 2025. Congratulations, Misty!

Shari Held’s short story, “A Stinging Rebuke,” was published in Issue #109 of YELLOW MAMA webzine on April 15th. When a farmer is found dead, is it accidental death or homicide by beekeeper? A savvy sheriff figures it out. You can read it for free, here: blackpetalsks.tripod.com/yellowmama/i...

Congratulations to Tom Milani, whose first novel, PLACES THAT ARE GONE, will be released on May 13, 2025, from Unnerving (www.unnervingbooks.com), an independent Canadian publisher.

The Derringer Award finalists for best crime/mystery short story of 2024 have been announced, and they include some Chessie members. Congratulations to: Josh Pachter (two nominations) Tom Milani Stacy Woodson Barb Goffman

Kathleen Barber's short story "In Too Deep," about a rage-filled girl and her ex whose untimely death was published in the anthology IN TOO DEEP: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Genesis, edited by Adam Meyer (Down & Out Books). www.amazon.com/Too-Deep-Sto...

Vice and Virtue - the first book in the Layla Virtue Mysteries by Libby Klein - releases on April 29th! www.kensingtonbooks.com/978149674855...

Congratulations to Frances Schoonmaker, a finalist for the Agatha Award for Best Children’s/Young Adult Mystery for her novel, SID JOHNSON AND THE WELL-INTENDED CONSPIRACY. www.amazon.com/Johnson-Well...

Alan Orloff's story, "Abacab," appears in the just-released anthology, IN TOO DEEP: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Genesis, edited by Adam Meyer (Down & Out Books). www.amazon.com/Too-Deep-Sto...

“Who Shot J.R?” a short story by Debra H. Goldstein will be released by Down & Out Books in SLEUTHS JUSt WANNA HAVE FUN: Private Eyes in the Materialistic Eighties on April 14, 2025.

Debra H. Goldstein’s short story, “Opera Dinner Club,” will be published in EVERYTHING BUT MURDER: Larceny and Lies on April 15, 2025. It will be released as a Mysteries to Die For Podcast on April 18, 2025.

Tom Milani's story “A Sign of the Times” will appear in SLEUTHS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN: Private Eyes in the Materialistic Eighties out from Down and Out Books on April 14. In the story, a case of missing campaign signs turns out to be more than simple vandalism. downandoutbooks.com

Congratulations to Shari Held on the publication of her short story, “Getting Even Now” in the anthology A KILLING AT THE COPA, inspired by the songs of Barry Manilow, by White City Press. Purchase at: whitecitypress.com/product/copa/

Congratulations to Recita Clemons on the publication of her short story, "Since You've Been Gone" in A KILLING AT THE COPA an anthology of stories inspired by Barry Manilow's songs. As a fan of all music, Clemons found deep resonance in Manilow's music. whitecitypress.com

MURDER STRIKES A CHORD by Heather Weidner will be published on March 18 by Keylight, an imprint of Turner Publications. www.amazon.com/Murder-Strik...

G.M. Malliet has a short story eBook, newly available for download from Amazon, and originally published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine or a SinC-sponsored anthology: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DX7HLZH9/

G.M. Malliet has a short story eBook, newly available for download from Amazon, and originally published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine or a SinC-sponsored anthology: www.amazon.com/Victory-Gard...

G.M. Malliet has a new short story eBook, newly available for download from Amazon, and originally published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine or a SinC-sponsored anthology: www.amazon.com/Bookworm-Rev...

AMERICA: MADE WITH LOVE written by Adam Meyer premiered on PBS/WETA on Saturday, March 1st and is available on PBS streaming. This documentary features profiles of artisans from across the United States.

Congratulations to Josh Pachter on his anthology, FRIEND OF THE DEVIL: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead (Down and Out Books) is a finalist for the first-ever Best Anthology Derringer Award!

Congratulations to Josh Pachter whose novel, FIRST WEEK FREE AT THE ROOMY TOILET (Level Best) has been named a finalist for the Agatha Award in the Best Children's/YA Mystery category!

EVERY DAY A LITTLE DEATH: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim will be published by Level Best on March 22. This is the 8th of Chessie member, Josh Pachter's "inspired by" anthologies.