GREETINGS
Welcome to the *Premiere Issue* of the SHORT ORDER. This is the official Newsletter of the fledgling, online organization, the SHORT MYSTERY FICTION SOCIETY(SMFS). In this issue you will find a number of articles of interest to readers and writers of mystery fiction in the short form. Here's a brief Table of Contents:
THE BIRTH OF THE SMFS
Kate Grilley introduces you to the SMFS and outlines the basics of the
organization
SHOOT--I MEAN, ASK AWAY
Ask Jiro Kimura any nagging trivia questions about mystery fiction in
general.
VIRTUAL MURDER
For those of you going to Bouchercon this year, Barbara Paul outlines a
panel that she's been working on.
FOR WHOM ARE YOU WRITING?
Gail Hayden makes a few points about an author's relationship with the
editor.
SCAM ALERT
Some important info for working authors collected by Kate Grilley.
TEN COMMON ERRORS EDITORS FIND IN SHORT STORIES
Vicki Cameron, a working editor, points out some common problems with
short mystery fiction.
SHORT FICTION MARKETS REPORT
Here's a list of short fiction markets brought to you by Gail Hayden.
SUNNYE'S FABLES
A closing thought from Sunnye Tiedemann.
We will be publishing the Newsletter on a quarterly basis to begin with. Look for the next issue in the middle of December 1996. We hope you'll join us again then. In the meantime, the Virtual Offices of the Short Mystery Fiction Society(SMFS) can be found at [http://members.aol.com/Mystfield/SMFS/index.html]. (This was the old home of the SMFS - Ed.)
Here's to a good mystery!
R.K.Foster
Editor
EDITOR -- Robert K. Foster [rkfoster@ix.netcom.com]
ASSOCIATE EDITOR -- Debi Benoit [d.benoit2@genie.com]
ADVISOR -- Margo Power [madison@bigfoot.com] |
