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MAHLLC Anthologies Face Off in Annual Critters Readers' Poll

12/31/2020

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Once again, we have several contestants in this annual poll. This year, however, two of our books are competing in the same category: Anthologies.
Strangely Funny VII, the latest in our funny horror series, is vying against Mystery with a Splash of Bourbon, a collection of mystery stories and articles celebrating Kentucky's signature liquor.

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Vote!

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We also have books competing in other categories. Please support them!
Mystery Novels
Book Covers
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Nonfiction
Book Covers
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We also have authors competing against authors in the Short Story category, and you might find familiar names cropping up elsewhere as nominations are still being made. Thank you for any support!
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21st Annual Critters Readers' Poll

12/26/2018

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PictureAlex Azar is one of our big winners!
Please come support our books in the 2018 Critter Readers' Poll!
Sparky of Bunker Hill and the Cold Kid Case:
Young Adult Books
Mystery Novel

Strangely Funny V:
Anthology Category
Short Story - Horror (by story)
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We love it when our authors win. They get a handy-dandy graphic for their site, and we get bragging rights. So drop by and support them!
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Awards... for a Book, and the Website

7/21/2017

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The last couple of weeks have brought us news of awards. We received news that Murder on the Mullet Express is a medal winner for a Florida Authors and Publishers Association President’s Book Award in the Historical Fiction category! Finalists in the competition do get a medal, and it's a matter of whether we win bronze, silver, or gold. Gwen and I would love to take gold, of course, but we wouldn't be the first gold medal winners in the press. That would be Monstermatt Patterson, who won for Ha-Ha! Horror! in 2014.
The MAHLLC web site also won its own awards recently from Feedspot.com in, naturally, the Mystery and Horror categories. Feedspot collects blogs by categories to help people find their favorite sites and discover new ones. We're happy to be included.

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The Agatha Awards are Announced...

5/1/2016

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The awards are in, and Mystery Scene Magazine had much to report last night!

Many congratulations to Barb Goffman, whose story "A Year Without Santa Claus?" won the Agatha Award in the Best Short Story category. If you'd like to read more short stories from her, check out "Stepmonster" in Storm Warning (from the Chesapeake chapter of Sisters in Crime), and "Dead and Buried Treasure" in All Hallows' Evil (shameless plug).
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Congratulations are also in order for Edith Maxwell and Harriette Sackler, also nominees for Best Short Story. You can find both nominated stories, "A Questionable Death" and "Suffer the Poor", in History and Mystery, Oh My! We are very proud to have had not one, but two stories, nominated from one of our books.

If you'd like to read more from Edith Maxwell, I suggest Delivering the Truth: A Quaker Midwife Mystery. It also stars Rose Carroll, the heroine of "A Questionable Death".

If you'd like to read more from Harriette Sackler, check out "The Factory" in This Job is Murder! (also from the Chesapeake chapter of Sisters in Crime), "Devil's Night" in All Hallows' Evil , and "Queen of the King Cakes" in Mardi Gras Murder (more shameless plugs).

I expect to see these three authors in the nominations again next year!
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HMOM Authors Nominated for Agatha Award!

2/3/2016

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We are pleased to report that two (count 'em - two!) of the five finalists for the Agatha Awards' category of Best Short Story came from History & Mystery, Oh My!

Many, many congratulations to the excellent authors, Edith Maxwell and Harriette Sackler. We were flattered that they sent their stories to us, and of course we're tickled pink about the nominations.

The Agatha Awards are awarded at Malice Domestic, an annual fan convention that honors the "traditional mystery" as exemplified by the works of Agatha Christie. The first convention was held in 1989. Attendees make the nominations and choose the winners. We wish good luck to both women!

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Congratulations to our authors!

1/23/2016

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The results of the annual Preditors and Editors poll are in, and our authors made a strong showing!

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Nightmare Noir, by Alex Azar, was the heavy hitter. "Liquid Marble" was chosen as the best horror short story. The collection itself took second place in the Anthology category.

The book cover (by T.J. Halvorsen) also finished in the Top Ten, and, in an interesting twist, Nightmare Noir was in the Top Ten in both the Best Anthology and Best Mystery Novel categories.
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Tales of The Bastard Drunk, by D.M. Woon, placed into the Top Ten Best Horror Novels.

This was a very competitive race, but The Bastard came through.
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Monstermatt Patterson's Bride of Ha-Ha! Horror oozed its way into the Top Ten Nonfiction Books.

Way to bring home the tuna!
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"Dead Man Hanging" by Georgia Ruth (from History and Mystery, Oh My!) and "Alien Dust" by Chelsea Nolen (from Strangely Funny 2 1/2) both placed in the top ten of the "Best All Other Short Stories" category.

To see the rest of the races, go to:
http://critters.org/predpoll/final_tally.ht
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Help a Bastard Win

12/30/2015

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Tales of The Bastard Drunk, by D.M. Woon, is competing in the 2015 Preditors & Editors™ Readers' Poll for best horror novel.

Naturally, we'd like to see him win.

If you're interested, go to:


http://critters.org/predpoll/novelh.shtml

And hey, there are swell entries in other categories. Look around when you get there.


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18th Annual Preditors & Editors™ Readers' Poll

12/27/2015

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The Readers' Poll will be open through January 14th. We have entered our books so they will be candidates for consideration, but anyone can nominate their work or that of another (as long as it was published in 2015). There are several categories for short stories, too.

To vote, go to: http://critters.org/predpoll/

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History and Mystery, Oh My! is a finalist for 2015 FAPA President's Award

7/11/2015

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History and Mystery, Oh My! is a finalist in the Short Fiction category for the 2015 FAPA President's Award. The Florida Authors & Publishers Association awards these annually. Monstermatt Patterson took the gold last year with Ha-Ha! Horror.

HMOM is up against two other story collections for the gold.

The awards will be given on August 8th. Keep your fingers crossed!
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Ha-Ha! Horror takes Gold in Humor at FAPA

8/12/2014

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We are disgustingly pleased to announce that Ha-Ha! Horror, the first single-author collection we published, won in the Humor category at the President's Awards banquet for the Florida Authors & Publishers Association.

Did we know we had a winner? Yes, we did, because we were familiar with Monstermatt's work before the MAHLLC bat was even born. We knew he was talented, he was funny, and he would work like a demon to get things right. All we needed to do was present his art and (admittedly godawful) jokes in the best format possible.

We are so very, very proud of you, Matt. Thanks for publishing with us.

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Image from the awards ceremony.
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