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MALICE DOMESTIC 17: MYSTERY MOST TRADITIONAL
MALICE DOMESTIC 17: MYSTERY MOST TRADITIONAL
Submissions are now open for MALICE DOMESTIC 17: Mystery Most Traditional.
A Traditional Mystery has the following structure:
A crime is committed, usually a murder, that disrupts an established community or institution. The police or an amateur detective investigates the crime, uncovering clues and questioning suspects. The investigation eventually leads to the uncovering of the culprit and order is restored to the community. Sex and violence may be alluded to, but are generally kept off the page.
Examples of authors who have written in the Traditional Mystery genre: Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Barbara Neely, Ngaio Marsh, John Dickson Carr, Ellery Queen, Rex Stout, PD James, and Barbara Mertz aka Elizabeth Peters, to name just a few.
The anthology will be published by Wildside Press and will be available at Malice Domestic in May 2022. The stories will be read by a panel of judges who do not currently serve on the Board of Malice Domestic. The judges will remain anonymous until the chosen stories are announced.
A Traditional Mystery has the following structure:
A crime is committed, usually a murder, that disrupts an established community or institution. The police or an amateur detective investigates the crime, uncovering clues and questioning suspects. The investigation eventually leads to the uncovering of the culprit and order is restored to the community. Sex and violence may be alluded to, but are generally kept off the page.
Examples of authors who have written in the Traditional Mystery genre: Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Barbara Neely, Ngaio Marsh, John Dickson Carr, Ellery Queen, Rex Stout, PD James, and Barbara Mertz aka Elizabeth Peters, to name just a few.
The anthology will be published by Wildside Press and will be available at Malice Domestic in May 2022. The stories will be read by a panel of judges who do not currently serve on the Board of Malice Domestic. The judges will remain anonymous until the chosen stories are announced.
Submission Guidelines
- Deadline to Submit is September 1, 2021
- Story Length: 5,000 words or less
- The judges will consider up to two stories per author
- Stories must not have been published elsewhere, including self-published online
- Stories must adhere to the theme of the anthology (Traditional Mysteries)
- Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let us know if you'd like to withdraw your submission ASAP
MALICE DOMESTIC 16: MYSTERY MOST DIABOLICAL
SELECTED STORIES
The selection of stories to be included in Malice Domestic 16 was made by a panel of three members of the Malice Domestic community. They are: Alexia Gordon, Alan Orloff, and Tonya Spratt-Williams. The stories to be included in Malice Domestic 16: Mystery Most Diabolical are:
A Killer in the Family by Leah Bailey
Reputation or Soul by Paula Benson
Little White Lies by Mary Alyce Blum
Locked Mesa by Michael Bracken
The Demon Valentine by Susan Breen
All in the Planning by Marco Carocari
Devil’s Advocate by Mary Dutta
The Reunion by Christine Eskilson
Death’s Door by Nancy Gardner
Go Big or Go Home by Barb Goffman
Servant of the Place of Truth by Beverly Graf
Into the Devil’s Den by Maurissa Guibord
Reunion with the Devil by Victoria Hamilton
Strangers at a Table by Kerry Hammond
The Ice House by Peter W.J. Hayes
Keeping Up With the Jainses by Smita Harish Jain
There Comes a Time by Cynthia Kuhn
The Devils-Work Ball by Margaret Lucke
The Professor’s Lesson by Sharon Lynn
A Cure for Madness by Tim Maleeny
Shades of Death by Jeff Markowitz
Fly Me to the Morgue by Lisa Q. Mathews
Crime Rate by Adam Meyer
There Once Was a Man Named LaRue by Alan Orloff
Poetic Justice by Rita Owen
A Rough Idea by Graham Powell
Miss Millie Munz by Keenan Powell
Accidents Happen by Lori Robbins
Death in Someone Else’s Clothes by Verena Rose
Exegesis by Cynthia Sabelhaus
The Case of the Sourdough Starter by Nancy Cole Silverman
The Devil’s in the Details by Shawn Reilly Simmons
A Terrible Tragedy by C.J. Verburg
Taking Umbrage by Andrea Wells
The Malice Anthology Editors appreciate the time and creativity each and every author put into their submissions. And we congratulate all of the authors listed above.
Verena Rose
Rita Owen
Shawn Reilly Simmons
SELECTED STORIES
The selection of stories to be included in Malice Domestic 16 was made by a panel of three members of the Malice Domestic community. They are: Alexia Gordon, Alan Orloff, and Tonya Spratt-Williams. The stories to be included in Malice Domestic 16: Mystery Most Diabolical are:
A Killer in the Family by Leah Bailey
Reputation or Soul by Paula Benson
Little White Lies by Mary Alyce Blum
Locked Mesa by Michael Bracken
The Demon Valentine by Susan Breen
All in the Planning by Marco Carocari
Devil’s Advocate by Mary Dutta
The Reunion by Christine Eskilson
Death’s Door by Nancy Gardner
Go Big or Go Home by Barb Goffman
Servant of the Place of Truth by Beverly Graf
Into the Devil’s Den by Maurissa Guibord
Reunion with the Devil by Victoria Hamilton
Strangers at a Table by Kerry Hammond
The Ice House by Peter W.J. Hayes
Keeping Up With the Jainses by Smita Harish Jain
There Comes a Time by Cynthia Kuhn
The Devils-Work Ball by Margaret Lucke
The Professor’s Lesson by Sharon Lynn
A Cure for Madness by Tim Maleeny
Shades of Death by Jeff Markowitz
Fly Me to the Morgue by Lisa Q. Mathews
Crime Rate by Adam Meyer
There Once Was a Man Named LaRue by Alan Orloff
Poetic Justice by Rita Owen
A Rough Idea by Graham Powell
Miss Millie Munz by Keenan Powell
Accidents Happen by Lori Robbins
Death in Someone Else’s Clothes by Verena Rose
Exegesis by Cynthia Sabelhaus
The Case of the Sourdough Starter by Nancy Cole Silverman
The Devil’s in the Details by Shawn Reilly Simmons
A Terrible Tragedy by C.J. Verburg
Taking Umbrage by Andrea Wells
The Malice Anthology Editors appreciate the time and creativity each and every author put into their submissions. And we congratulate all of the authors listed above.
Verena Rose
Rita Owen
Shawn Reilly Simmons
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Includes the Agatha Award Winning Short Story "The Last Word" by Shawn Reilly Simmons.
Anthony Award Winner for Best Anthology
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