Next week at Maine Crime Writers, there will be posts by Maureen Milliken (Monday), Susan Vaughan (Tuesday), John Clark (Wednesday), Dorothy Cannell (Thursday), and Vaughn Hardacker (Friday).

In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly at Maine Crime Writers:

From John Clark: John’s story “Relatively Annoying” is in the Day of the Dark anthology, edited by Kaye George and due out from Wildside Press on July 21. Here’s a sneak peek at the cover.

From Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson: In addition to the two Goodreads giveaways of Liss MacCrimmon series titles set up by Kensington, Kaitlyn’s publisher (https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/234971-kilt-at-the-highland-games and

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/234970-the-scottie-barked-at-midnight), there is also a Goodreads giveaway going on right now for autographed copies of Kathy’s short story collection, Different Times, Different Crimes. Here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/235672-different-times-different-crimes. The winner of the giveaway here at Maine Crime Writers was Julianne Spreng.

On Thursday night, Kate Flora, Dick Cass, and Lea Wait will be at the Gray Library at 6:30 to discuss Cozy vs. Hardboiled Mysteries.

On Saturday, May 20th, Kate Flora and Roger Guay will be at the Newport Cultural Center, Newport, Maine at 11:00 a.m. to talk about A Good Man with a Dog.

Readers are reminded that someone who leaves us a comment this month will be the lucky recipient of a bag of Maine books and goodies. Don’t miss your chance.

An invitation to readers of this blog: Do you have news relating to Maine, Crime, or Writing? We’d love to hear from you. Just comment below to share.

And a reminder: If your library, school, or organization is looking for a speaker, we are often available to talk about the writing process, research, where we get our ideas, and other mysteries of the business. Contact Kate Flora