Untreed Reads

Sep 2021 15

Monkey Business: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Films of the Marx Brothers

2021 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Josh Pachter

KRL readers might perhaps know me as the editor of a recent series of “inspired by” anthologies: The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell (Untreed Reads, 2020), Only the Good Die Young: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Billy Joel (Untreed Reads, 2021), and The Great Filling Station Holdup: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Jimmy Buffett (Down and Out Books, 2021).

Aug 2018 4

The Case of the Villainous Vaudevillian: Mystery Short Story

2018 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Terrific Tales

by Andrew MacRae

“No, no, a thousand times no!” Polly Pure crossed her hands over her rather generous bosom and looked with defiance at the man confronting her. “I’ll never marry you, Barty Backstabber!”

Nov 2016 21

They eDone Him Wrong: A Thanksgiving Mystery Short Story

2016 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Terrific Tales

by Gail Farelly

74-year-old Uncle Jack would have survived Thanksgiving if only he had kept his big mouth shut. Why didn’t he just use it for eating instead of opening it wide and inserting his foot right into it?

Apr 2014 19

Digital-First Publisher Untreed Reads Takes On the World of Ebooks

2014 Articles, Every Other Book, Going Green, Lorie Lewis Ham, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Lorie Lewis Ham

As I was planning our Earth Day issue, and planning to focus again this year on ebooks, it seemed a perfect time to interview Jay Hartman. Jay is one of the founders of Untreed Reads, a company that focuses primarily on ebooks, and even in their print division uses print on demand because it is more Earth friendly.