SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN! THE MYSTERY PATRONS PRESENT THE 2025 ANTHOLOGY:
CRIMES IN ANTIQUITY
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Take a trip back through time through stories of mystery!
We are seeking stories set in or inspired by the ancient world history. All proceeds from Mystery Patrons anthologies are for the purpose of supporting scholoarships for members of the mystery community.
Submission Guidelines:
Word Length: 5,000 words or less
Deadline: October 31, 2024
Formatting notes: word doc, double spaced
Theme: stories that take place or are inspired by ancient times (antiquity)
We are seeking stories set in or inspired by the ancient world history. All proceeds from Mystery Patrons anthologies are for the purpose of supporting scholoarships for members of the mystery community.
Submission Guidelines:
Word Length: 5,000 words or less
Deadline: October 31, 2024
Formatting notes: word doc, double spaced
Theme: stories that take place or are inspired by ancient times (antiquity)
THE MYSTERY PATRONS PRESENT:
MYSTERY MOST INTERNATIONAL
We are pleased to present this anthology of 34 stories, all with an international setting or theme. All proceeds from this anthology will go to sponsor registrations, travel, or accommodations to a dedicated mystery convention.
Included Stories:
The Canadian: Death at a Ghost's Hands by Joseph Benedetto
The Devil and Idle Hands by Jared Cade
The Far Shore by Susan Daly
The Road to Limerick by Chris Dreith
Grave Expectations by Marni Graff
Sins of the Father by Kerry Hammond
White Elephants by Peter W.J. Hayes
The Package by Anne Hillerman & David Tedlock
Murder in the Wine Cellar by Aimee Kluck
Sweet Revenge Hotline by Deb Lacy
Stranger on the Train by Kate Lansing
No Escape by Robert Lopresti
A Warm Moscow October by Nina Mansfield
Arsenic and the Shepherd by Nev March
Death on the Nile by Jeffrey Marks
Tent City by Rob McCartney
Death at Dunarven: A Jane Bennett Mystery by Annie R McEwen
Swan Song by donalee Moulton
Big Vuto in Lusaka by Lorraine Sharma Nelson
Dragos & Son by Alan Orloff
The Last Dance by Josh Pachter
Thin Air by Katherine Ramsland
From Hunger by Robin Ray
French Fried by Lori Robbins
A Farmhouse in Provence by Merrilee Robson
The Diamond Caper: An Alternate History by Verena Rose
Hangry in Hungary by J.R. Sanders
Death Comes to Coakley by Shawn Reilly Simmons
Lost at Sea by Cathi Stoler
Maj de Ojo by Liz Milliron
The Last Fado of Ricardo Reis by Gabriel Valjan
The Tears of the Trophy Wife by Elaine Viets
The Voynich Manuscript by Bev Vincent
Reynisfjara by Kristopher Zgorski
Editors: Rita Owen, Verena Rose, and Shawn Reilly Simmons
The Mystery Patrons
MYSTERY MOST INTERNATIONAL
We are pleased to present this anthology of 34 stories, all with an international setting or theme. All proceeds from this anthology will go to sponsor registrations, travel, or accommodations to a dedicated mystery convention.
Included Stories:
The Canadian: Death at a Ghost's Hands by Joseph Benedetto
The Devil and Idle Hands by Jared Cade
The Far Shore by Susan Daly
The Road to Limerick by Chris Dreith
Grave Expectations by Marni Graff
Sins of the Father by Kerry Hammond
White Elephants by Peter W.J. Hayes
The Package by Anne Hillerman & David Tedlock
Murder in the Wine Cellar by Aimee Kluck
Sweet Revenge Hotline by Deb Lacy
Stranger on the Train by Kate Lansing
No Escape by Robert Lopresti
A Warm Moscow October by Nina Mansfield
Arsenic and the Shepherd by Nev March
Death on the Nile by Jeffrey Marks
Tent City by Rob McCartney
Death at Dunarven: A Jane Bennett Mystery by Annie R McEwen
Swan Song by donalee Moulton
Big Vuto in Lusaka by Lorraine Sharma Nelson
Dragos & Son by Alan Orloff
The Last Dance by Josh Pachter
Thin Air by Katherine Ramsland
From Hunger by Robin Ray
French Fried by Lori Robbins
A Farmhouse in Provence by Merrilee Robson
The Diamond Caper: An Alternate History by Verena Rose
Hangry in Hungary by J.R. Sanders
Death Comes to Coakley by Shawn Reilly Simmons
Lost at Sea by Cathi Stoler
Maj de Ojo by Liz Milliron
The Last Fado of Ricardo Reis by Gabriel Valjan
The Tears of the Trophy Wife by Elaine Viets
The Voynich Manuscript by Bev Vincent
Reynisfjara by Kristopher Zgorski
Editors: Rita Owen, Verena Rose, and Shawn Reilly Simmons
The Mystery Patrons