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Sisters In Crime Los Angeles Chapter anthologies

This page lists crime fiction anthologies published by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Sisters In Crime organisation.



There are a number of pages listing anthologies by Sisters In Crime (USA) and local SiC state and city chapters.

National SiC:
Sisters In Crime: USA

SiC Chapters:
Chesapeake Chapter
Guppies Chapter
Los Angeles Chapter
Triangle Chapter
Twin Cities Chapter

 

Sisters In Crime Los Angeles Chapter Anthologies

Desserticide AKA Desserts Worth Dying For

Editor: Claire Carmichael, Paulette Mouchet, Mary Terrill

Sisters in Crime Los Angeles Chapter

Crown Valley Press

1996

"Recipes and 'tongue-in-cheek advice for the would-be murderer'."
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Desserticide II AKA Just Desserts And Deadly Advice

Editor: Diane Jay Bouchard and Gay Toltl Kinman

Sisters in Crime Los Angeles Chapter

xxxx

"A collection of delectable desserts and tongue-in-cheek advice for the would-be murderer."
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Murder x 13

Editor: Priscilla English, Lisa Seidman, Mae Woods

Sisters in Crime Los Angeles Chapter

Intrigue Press

1998

"Murder X 13 is SinC/LA’s first published collection of mystery shorts, many of them award winners. It offers a wide variety of lengths and styles, but all exhibit polish and skill that exceed what is often found in typical mystery magazine pages. It is a potpourri of offerings that span the spectrum of the mystery genre."
The contents are:
  • Angels Flight (Paul D. Marks)
  • Everything Is A Matter Of Timing (Jinx Beers)
  • Nothing Now Can Ever Come To Any Good (Torene Svitil)
  • L.A. Justice (Kris Neri)
  • Angel Of Mercy (Marion Rosen)
  • House Of Dreams (Paulette Mouchet)
  • Speak No Evil (Gayle Mcgary)
  • The Shakedown (Kevin Gillogly)
  • Traveling On (Glynn Marsh Alam)
  • Never Heard The Shot That Killed Him (Larry Hill)
  • Dying To Exhale (Sandy Siegel)
  • Trickery (Judith Klerman Smith)
  • If Thine Eye Offend Thee (Rosalind Roland)
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A Deadly Dozen: Tales of Murder from Los Angeles

Editor: Susan B. Casmier, Aljean Harmetz, Cynthia Lawrence

Sisters in Crime Los Angeles Chapter

Uglytown Productions

2000

"Tales of Murder from Los Angeles. Seedy or glamorous … Hollywood or Malibu … cool, enraged, or totally fed up–meet a collection of fascinating culprits plotting deadly deeds in this anthology of gripping crime fiction from a thrill-minded group of Los Angeles writers."
The contents are:
  • Sentence Imposed (Kris Neri)
  • Wifely Duties (Cory Newman)
  • Push Comes To Shove (Nathan Walpow)
  • Fatal Tears (Ekaterine Nikas)
  • Miss Parker & The Cutter-Sanborn Tables (Gay Toltl Kinman)
  • Driven To Kill (Jamie Wallace)
  • Touch Of A Vanish'd Hand (Phil Mann)
  • Ai Witness (Kate Thornton)
  • Over My Shoulder (Lisa Seidman)
  • The Cats And Jammer (Gayle Mcgary)
  • Copycat (Joan Myers)
  • Midnight (Dorothy Rellas)
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Murder on Sunset Boulevard

Editor: Rochelle Krich, Michael Mallory, Lisa Seidman

Sisters in Crime Los Angeles Chapter

Top Publications

2002

"LAndmarked For Murder is a collection of ten original, dark and deadly tales by members of the Los Angeles Chapter of Sisters in Crime, each one set against the backdrop of some of Southern California’s most notable natural and manmade landmarks. Spanning the City of Angels from the majestic Pacific to the quixotic Venice Canals, from the lost elegance of downtown’s Biltmore Hotel to the jazz-hot beat of a legendary South Central nightclub, and all points in between, LAndmarked For Murder serves up a savory stew of dark desires and dangerous passions."
The contents are:
  • Introduction (Rochelle Krich)
  • Forward: Into The Sunset (Michael Mallory)
  • Closing Time (Dana Kouba)
  • Beaudry Rose (Gayle Mcgary)
  • The Red Car Murders (Richard Partlow)
  • Extreme Prejudice (Dale Furutani)
  • Three Killings And A Favor (Joan Waites)
  • Two Mules For Sister Sarita (Kate Thornton)
  • Neither Tarnished Nor Afraid (Gay Toltl Kinman)
  • An Open And Shut Case (Mae Woods)
  • Love On Sunset Boulevard (Linda O. Johnston)
  • L.A. Late @ Night (Paul D. Marks)
  • Leap Of Faith (Anne Riffenburgh)
  • Black And Red And Dead All Over (Gabriella Diamond)
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LAndmarked for Murder

Editor: Harley Jane Kozak, Michael Mallory, Nathan Walpow

Sisters in Crime Los Angeles Chapter

Top Publications

2006

An anthology of stories by members of the Los Angeles chapter of Sisters In Crime. Each story is set in a different neighbourhood along Sunset Boulevard.

The contents are:

  • Leaving Slackerland (Gay Degani)
  • Just Like Old Times (G.B. Pool)
  • Making It With Gammy (Darrell James)
  • Marathon Madness (Dee Ann Palmer)
  • Sleepy Lagoon Nocturne (Paul D. Marks)
  • It Doesn't Take A Genius (Kate Thornton)
  • 'The Best Laid Schemes' (Jinx Beers)
  • Setup (Pamela Samuels-Young)
  • Running Venice (A.H. Ream)
  • Some Creature I Care About (Arthur Coburn)
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Murder in La-La-Land

Editor: Naomi Hirahara, Eric Stone, Juliet Blackwell

Sisters in Crime Los Angeles Chapter

Top Publications

2010

"Los Angeles, the City of Angels, is home to Hollywood and Beverly Hills. It’s where everyone is auditioning for a part, and where lies and deceit come veiled as glitz and glamour. Join us, if you dare: view a vampire movie in our Forever Hollywood Cemetery, or take a walk along the concrete banks of the L.A. River. But watch your step. Murder brews within the micro-cosmic homeless communes that call it home and sometimes riffs on melodic waves from the jazz street musicians just down the block. Twelve stories of mystery, murder, and mayhem, from the authors of Sisters In Crime/Los Angeles will send you scrambling for a bus ticket home."
The contents are:
  • Introduction (Michael Mallory)
  • Continental Tilt (Paul D. Marks)
  • Hobo Joe (Terri Nolan)
  • Just Like Jay (Pam Ripling)
  • Beethoven's Last Chorus (Jack Maeby)
  • Blondes Have More Fun (Jane Dilucchio)
  • Average Monster (Gabriela Vazquez)
  • Death Is Golden (Jude Mcgee)
  • Rap Sheet (Patricia Morin)
  • This I Know (Kathy Kingston)
  • The Acquisition (Donna May)
  • Board And Care (Kathleen Piche)
  • Mrs. Spacek (Lenore Carlson)
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LAst Exit To Murder

Editor: Darrell James, Linda O. Johnston, Tammy Kaehler

Sisters in Crime Los Angeles Chapter

Down & Out Books

2013

"From the Low Riders that nightly cruise the Sunset Strip, to the infamous Dead Man’s Curve immortalized in song, Southern Californian’s fascination with their cars has long been the fodder of legend and has defined a culture known for its fast-paced and sometimes reckless lifestyle. Now, sixteen tantalizing stories from L.A. authors takes us on a Joyride through the darker streets of Los Angeles."
The contents are:
  • Cam the Man (L.H. Dillman)
  • Rocket 88 (Donna May)
  • Driving Dead Daisy (Laura Brennan)
  • Identity Crisis (Lynn Allyson)
  • Dance Man (Andrew Jetarski)
  • By Anonymous (Miko Johnston)
  • Shakata Ga Nai (Beverly Graf)
  • Dark Nights at the Deluxe Drive-in (Sally Carpenter)
  • Kill Joy (Laurie Stevens)
  • Not My Day (Stephen Buehler)
  • Road to Revenge (Nena Kelty)
  • The Last Joy Ride (Julie Beers)
  • Traffic Control (Eric Stone)
  • The Lowriders (Avril Adams)
  • The Last of the Recycled Cycads (Bonnie Cardone)
  • Dead Man’s Curve (Paul D. Marks)
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LAdies’ Night

Editor: xxx

Sisters in Crime Los Angeles Chapter

Down & Out Books

2015

"From Valley Girls to Valley of the Dolls, the L.A. Woman has captured our imagination and redefined the fairer sex. CJ Parker is our lifeguard, Lucy Arnaz, our studio executive, Angelyne, our reality star, and the Black Dahlia, our murder victim. L.A. neighborhoods have spawned the Beverly Hills housewife, the Hollywood starlet, the Van Nuys dominatrix, the Santa Monica Surf Betty and the Manson girls, to name a few."
The contents are:
  • Tempest in a Teapot (Gigi Pandian)
  • Thicker Than Water (L.H. Dillman)
  • Philis Barlow, P.I. (Bengte Evenson)
  • Murder at the Castle Theater (Julie Brayton)
  • Backswing (Arthur Coburn)
  • Ida & Aggie (Julie G. Beers)
  • The Artist Must Die (Jude McGee)
  • Good Grief (Cyndra Gernet)
  • Canyon Ladies (Sarah M. Chen)
  • Loser Friend (E. Wendall Thomas)
  • Flight Risk (Michael Kelly)
  • Toxic: In the Year Twenty-One Twelve (Susan Kosar-Beery)
  • One Decent Shot (Andrew Jetarski)
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LAst Resort

Editor: Matt Coyle, Mary Marks, Patricia Smiley

Sisters in Crime Los Angeles Chapter

Down & Out Books

2017

"The sun-kissed city of high hopes and second chances, where everyone seems to be from somewhere else. A siren’s call to dreamers, misfits, mystics and freaks, lost souls and purveyors of sin. They roll in on their last tank of gas, their suitcases bulging with secrets of pasts better forgotten. They stay for a few days, a month, a year, a lifetime. The determined and the desperate, careening and colliding toward trouble, and their last resort."
The contents are:
  • Introduction (Michael Connelly)
  • Eggs Over Dead (Wendall Thomas)
  • The Ride Of Your Live (Laurie Stevens)
  • Method Actor (G.B. Pool)
  • The Best Laid Plans (Anne David)
  • Lead Us Not Into Temptation (L.H. Dillman)
  • Highland And Park Hit (Gay Degani)
  • Independence Day (Avril Adams)
  • Mimo (Lynne Bronstein)
  • Today's The Day (Mae Woods)
  • Little Egypt (Georgia Jeffries)
  • Thump Bump And Dump (Wrona Gall)
  • Hired Lives (Cyndra Gernet)
  • Nut Job (Sarah M. Chen)
  • Crime Drama/Do Not Cross (Melinda Loomis)
  • On Call For Murder (Paula Bernstein)
  • Seth's Big Move (Stephen Buehler)
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Last updated October 2018