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This page lists crime fiction anthologies published by the Guppies (Great Unpublished) Chapter of the Sisters In Crime organisation.

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Sisters In Crime: USA

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Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology

Editor: Ramona DeFelice Long

Wildside Press

2011

"Fish Tales, The Guppy Anthology, casts a wide net across the mystery genre, delivering thrills, chills, and gills. This water-themed collection features locked room puzzles, police procedurals, cozy characters and hardboiled detectives. With a pool of motivations ranging from greed and revenge to loyalty and justice, these stories will lure you in with killer hooks and fishy characters. Come on in, the water’s fine. But be careful, or you might find yourself sleeping with the fishes."

• Introduction (Chris Roerden)
• Thicker Than Blood (Leslie Budewitz)
• The Secret Of The Red Mullet (Nancy Adams)
• Accidents Happen (James Montgomery Jackson)
• Identity Crisis (Diane Vallere)
• Sleeping With The Fish (K.B. Inglee)
• Feeding Frenzy (Patricia Winton)
• Sase (Karen Pullen)
• New Age Old Story (Sarah E. Glenn)
• The Shadow Of The River (Gigi Pandian)
• The Turkey Hill Affair (Warren Bull)
• Something Fishy (Peggy Ehrhart)
• The Truck Contest (Kaye George)
• Amazing Grace (Betsy Bitner)
• A Murder Runs Through It (Annette Dashofy)
• Dead-Eye Gravy (Krista Davis)
• The Professor's Books (Gloria Alden)
• Koi Palace (Heidi Saunders)
• Something Fishy This Way Comes (Deborah J. Benoit)
• Palace On The Lake By Daryl Wood Gerber)
• Fatal Fish Flop (Beth Groundwater)
• The Frain Legacy (Darlene Ryan)
• The Critique Group (Patrica Gulley)

Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology

Editor: Ramona DeFelice Long

Wildside Press

2013

"Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology, dredges up even more thrills, chills, and gills. Like its predecessor, Fish Tales, this collection of mysteries by members of Sisters in Crime's "Guppies" group features the best of what the mystery genre has to offer--a fresh catch of mysterious murders, police procedurals, cozy characters, and hardboiled detectives--straight from the imaginations of some of mystery field's rising stars."

• The White Flip-Flop (H.S. Stavropoulos)
• Netted (K.B. Inglee)
• Dress For Success (Diane Vallere)
• Snared (Warren Bull)
• Reef Town (Kara Cerise)
• The Girls In The Fishnet Stockings (Judith Klerman Smith)
• Keeping Up Appearances (Julie Tollefson)
• The Hindi Houdini (Gigi Pandian)
• Fishing For Justice (Harriette Sackler)
• Clean (Steve Shrott)
• Inside Job (Mysti Berry)
• John Calvin Can Bite Me (Michelle Markey Butler)
• Fishing For Murder (Teresa Hewitt Inge)
• In Seine (Katharine Russell)
• Lawn Ballerinas (Beth Hinshaw)
• Don't Take That Chance (Kate Fellowes)
• The Lure Of The Rainbow (Gloria Alden)
• Cover Story (Elaine Will Sparber)
• The Runaway (E.B. Davis)
• Routine Changes (Besty Bitner)
• Fishy Business (Jean Huffman)
• The Stonecutter (Edith Maxwell)

Fish Or Cut Bait: The Guppy Anthology

Editor: Ramona DeFelice Long

Wildside Press

2015

"Fish or Cut Bait, the latest installment in the Guppy Anthology Series, presents a collection of mystery stories by rising stars of the mystery and suspense field. Tales of revenge and retribution...police detectives...cozy characters...hardboiled P.I.s...there's something here for every fan of great tales of crime and detection."

• Introduction (Michele Drier)
• The Mountain Top (Georgia Ruth)
• Judge Lu's Dilemma (Pa De Voe)
• The Insurrection (Judith Copek)
• Bargaining Chip (Kate Fellowes)
• Home Invasion (Polly Iver)
• A Shifting Play (Elizabeth Zelvin)
• Easy Prey (Tracy L. Ward)
• The Bones In The Box (Melissa Robbins)
• Egidio Decides To Fish (Joan Leotta)
• Crossroad (Su Kopil)
• Novel Solution (Vinnie Hanson)
• Caveat Emptor (Cheryl Marceau)
• Swimming Lessons (Gin Mackey)
• Deception (Patricia Marie Warren)
• Sleeping In (Toni Goodyear)
• Mind Over Manners (Jim Jackson)
• Toying With A Fortune (Nicole Myers)
• Blinded My Murder (Kelly Cochran)
• Just My Type Of Revenge (Chelle Martin)

Fish Out Of Water: A Guppy Anthology

Editor: Ramona DeFelice Long

Wildside Press

2017

"Fish Out of Water, the fourth instalment in the Guppy Anthology series, presents 22 mystery and suspense stories that will hook you and reel you in! These rising stars of the mystery field take you cruising through deep waters teeming with danger, thrills, and the unexpected."

• Introduction (James M. Jackson)
• Plan A: Kill The Fish (Beth Green)
• The Missing Concubine (P.A. De Voe)
• Screwed Up (Anita Devito)
• The Abduction Of Destiny (Mo Walsh)
• Doppelgangers (Susan Alice Bickford)
• The Far End Of Nowhere (Liz Milliron)
• For The Love Of Ruby (Bern Sy Moss)
• Ping-Pong Girl (Rita A. Popp)
• Good Neighbors (Cori Lynn Arnold)
• Dead Giveaway (Chelle Martin)
• Bottoms Up (Su Kopil)
• The Writer (Steve Shrott)
• From The Ashes (Kate Fellowes)
• Gossip (Susan Daly)
• On Like Donkey Kong (Rhonda Lane)
• Crime On Hold (Claire Ortalda)
• Sight Unseen (Km Rockwood)
• The Thump And Tag (Melinda B. Pierce)
• Step Away From The Cow (C.C. Guthrie)
• Of Roosters And Men (L.D. Masterson)
• The New Score (Alison Mcmahan)
• Fairy Tales Can Come True (Teresa Leigh Judd)