Welcome
to the web site for
Mystery News,
the most complete, up-to-date, and entertaining guide to the latest
mystery books, writers, and events. Mystery
News was
published bimonthly by Black Raven Press, a partnership of
Lynn Kaczmarek & Chris Aldrich - until November 2009, when we
ceased publication. We'll keep this web site up at least until the
end of 2009 - check back later to see what we are up to!
...Read
the latest on our What's
New? page (includes
Barry, Anthony, Macavity, winners - last updated
on November
9, 2009)
...Check
out our
Calendar
of mystery and book events
- with
conventions/conferences/festivals listed
in chronological order on a single page - last updated on November
9, 2009
...See
the Table
of Contents for
our latest (and last) issue (Volume
27 Issue 5, October/November 2009), mailed on November 9, 2009.
...Click
here
to see our Bouchercon 2009 photos, mostly from the Mystery News
table in the book dealer's room -
updated on November
9, 2009
August
20, 2009: Mystery News has news:
Today,
Chris released the following announcement:
Its
with a mixture of regret and relief that Lynn Kaczmarek and I announce
that Mystery News will cease publication with the October/November
2009 issue. We are thrilled that Kate Stine and Brian Skupin, publishers
of Mystery Scene, have graciously agreed to fulfill our outstanding
subscriptions with issues of their well-known and highly professional
publication. And you may just find us in their pages in the future.
We
knew from the beginning that publishing Mystery News would be a
labor of love but between changes in our lives and the state of
the economy, the labor has started to overpower the love. Weve
had a wonderful time over these past twelve years sharing our love
of mystery and crime fiction, and becoming part of a community of
readers and authors that have filled our hearts with friendship
and the gift of wonderful stories.
We
are incredibly grateful to everyone who has contributed to Mystery
News over the years, to our families and most of all, to our readers.
Mystery
News was founded in 1982 by Patricia and Jack Shnell, and six years
later was taken over by Harriet and Larry Stay, who published it
for ten years before we revived it in 1997 under the banner of Black
Raven Press. In 2001, Mystery News won the Anthony Award for Best
Fan Publication at Bouchercon; we were also nominated for Anthony
Awards in 2004, 2006 and 2007.
Mystery
Scene was established in 1986 by writers Ed Gorman and Robert Randisi.
Since being acquired in 2002 by Kate Stine and Brian Skupin, the
magazine has focused on informing readers about the best and most
interesting work in the crime fiction field.
Mystery
Scene has won the Anthony Award from the Bouchercon World Mystery
Convention (2004), the Ellery Queen Award from Mystery Writers of
America (2006), and the Poirot Award from the Malice Domestic Mystery
Convention (2009).
As
a side note, Lynn and I will still be attending Bouchercon this
year where you invite you to stop by our table in the dealer's room,
which we will be sharing with Kate and Brian of Mystery Scene.
...Find
info on
Subscriptions,
a complete list of
Back Issues,
and our
Subscriber's FAQ page
...Find
links to a variety of
General Mystery Sites, Publishers,
and to
Authors featured
in
Mystery News
...Enjoy
our
Photo Gallery, which
includes mystery convention photos, & photos related to articles
in
Mystery
News .
...Read
about
Black Raven Press and
the
Raves we've
gotten from some of our subscribers
...
Read
Reviews
that
are exclusive to our web site
...
Find lists of Award
nominees
and winners (and archives listing
2004,
2003,
2002 and
2001 award
nominees and winners)
Please
feel free to contact us with any comments at webmaster
@ blackravenpress.com.
This
page was updated November 9,
2009