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April 18, 2023

RECKLESS Launch

Appropriately, this anthology of mystery stories will be in the vicinity of the full-size T Rex skeleton.

Launch at the stunning new Frisco (Texas) Public Library in just over a week--April 26th, 5:30-7:30 PM--for RECKLESS IN TEXAS: Metroplex Mysteries Volume II anthology of short crime fiction by Sisters in Crime North Dallas authors. Community Event Room B. Pls stop by if you're in the area.
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Published on April 18, 2023 17:29

March 21, 2023

Anthology Highlights

The editor of RECKLESS IN TEXAS: METROPLEX MYSTERIES VOLUME II, Barb Goffman, just published an informative column in Sleuth Sayers with highlights from each of the ten stories' authors, as well as news of her own impressive award nominations! You can read the column here: https://www.sleuthsayers.org/2023/03/...


Reckless in Texas Metroplex Mysteries Volume II by Barb Goffman
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Published on March 21, 2023 11:59 Tags: shortstories-reckless

March 18, 2023

ITW Award Noms incl Editor!

Reckless in Texas Metroplex Mysteries Volume II by Barb Goffman

So happy to see that among the nominees from International Thriller Writers for best short story is our SinC anthology editor, Barb Goffman!
Link for the anthology and link for the ITW nominees:

https://www.amazon.com/Reckless-Texas...

https://thrillerwriters.org/2023-thri...
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Published on March 18, 2023 08:44

March 16, 2023

Joe Finder recommends!

"May you have as much fun with these ten tales of murder and deception as I did, and may you remember them long afterward. As Carl Sandberg said, “Texas is a blend of valor and swagger.” So are these stories."
—from the Foreword by JOHN M. FLOYD Mystery short fiction, edited by award-winning Barb Goffman, ten short stories Reckless in Texas Metroplex Mysteries Volume II by Barb Goffman from Sisters in Crime North Dallas authors and recommended on Facebook by best-selling thriller author Joseph Finder. Print and Kindle. Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW2KJPJW/
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Published on March 16, 2023 11:01 Tags: mystery-anthology

March 7, 2023

Newsletter! Anthology!

My semi-annual newsletter on books, energy, and writing. Plus pub day for new mystery short story anthology!

Here's a link to RECKLESS IN TEXAS: Metroplex Mysteries Volume II (paperback and Kindle).
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW2KJPJW/

And this link will take you to my newsletter. https://lastarksbooks.com/2023/03/06/...

Happy reading!
LAS
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Published on March 07, 2023 13:29 Tags: anthology-mystery

February 24, 2023

Lynn Dayton related short story free

worldwide on Kindle thru Feb 28. Get your copy. Tell your friends. https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Therese...
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Published on February 24, 2023 10:15 Tags: short-stories

February 2, 2023

3 Briefly Free Short Stories

Get your free Kindle short stories between now and February 6. All are self-contained but examine more deeply characters in the Lynn Dayton thriller series.

A Time for Eating Wild Onions
Incurable
Josh Rosen & Bubbe

They can all be found here along with other works by L. A. Starks:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/L.-A.-S...
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Published on February 02, 2023 07:39 Tags: free-short-stories

January 30, 2023

short stories & short stories

A few free Kindle short stories coming up briefly in a few days (starting Feb 2).

And several wonderful mystery short stories in a new anthology next month. Reckless in Texas, Metroplex Mysteries Volume II.

More soon on both,
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Published on January 30, 2023 15:21 Tags: short-stories

January 21, 2023

upcoming anthology

Look for it in a few weeks: Reckless in Texas, Metroplex Mysteries Vol 2.
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Published on January 21, 2023 08:51 Tags: mystery-anthology

December 23, 2022

editors wanted

Tweet FROM Keidi Keating (not me, so pls don't reply to me) "business is expanding in 2023 and I am looking for more non-fiction ghostwriters - and also developmental and copy editors. Please apply via email to info@yourbookangel.com with an intro email only." @Keidi_Keating
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Published on December 23, 2022 08:56 Tags: editors