THIRD ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION
It was three years ago this month that the Short Mystery Fiction Society(SMFS) published it's first email and web edition of The Short Order(TSO) Newsletter. It's hard to believe that it's been that long. Those of you who have contributed to TSO, the SMFS, and the Short Mystery discussion list over the past three years have helped to make this a unique resource on the web for short fiction readers and writers. I would like to personally thank all those individuals who have contributed to The Short Order and the Short Mystery Fiction Society. We couldn't be where we are today without your efforts.
In this issue of TSO we have a followup piece by Tom Kreitzberg about Poisonteas, another type of mystery poetry. G. Miki Hayden is back with another in-the-trenches article about breaking the mold of the same old story. As someone who has managed to write multiple stories around a repeating character, Michael Mallory discusses the use of a series character in his article for this issue. And Kate Grilley is back to keep us all on the lookout with her Scam Alert column. We also have a few Announcements this issue, you might find something of interest to you. Recently the winner of the EDGAR ALLAN POE SESQUICENTENNIAL SHORT STORY CONTEST was announced. Please see the details in our Special Announcement.
The TSO website has been updated and redesigned a bit. I have also added a search capability to find information of interest on the site. In keeping with the Poe Short Story Contest, this issue's "cover" graphic, which can be found on the website, takes a stab at an Edgar Allan Poe theme. I hope you will all stop by sometime and take a look.
Finally, a very special announcement. A producer with A&E's Mysteries.com website has notified us that both The Short Order website and the Short Mystery Fiction Society website have been selected to appear separately as "Mystery Site of the Week" in their upcoming listings. Mysteries.com is fairly new to the mystery scene on the web but they bring a well known "brand" to the Internet from their A&E Mysteries series that appears on cable TV. Our websites may not have massive traffic, or be well known, but I regard this as an honor.
Here's to a good mystery!
R.K.Foster
Editor, The Short Order(TSO)
The Netletter of the Short Mystery Fiction Society(SMFS)
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