
by Diana Hockley
Margo Power, publisher of Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine founded a Short Story Mystery Fiction Society in 1996. The magazine, Mysterical-e was a spin-off from this and resulted in the Derringer Awards for stories up to twenty thousand words. The society has now grown to around one thousand six hundred members.

by Sunny Frazier
While the East coast suffered with storm after storm, the Valley started heating up in mid-February. I took my reading out by the pool. Here’s a few titles roaring your way:
Just what we need on a frosty day: Ladle To the Grave, the latest Soup Lover’s Mystery. Lucky Jamieson is the owner of By the Spoonful in Snowflake, VT.

by Laurie Stevens
“I see you,” Paul St. Germain muttered to himself. He was looking across the beach chairs and could see Blaine Taylor sitting with his mistress. Ashley, thought Paul, my ex-girlfriend. Through the poles of the blue beach umbrellas, Paul watched as Ashley and her new lover Blaine giggled and shared secrets. They are probably talking about me, Paul thought.