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SAM Magazine

Joanna Vandervlugt

Joanna Vander Vlugt is an author and illustrator. She has completed book three in her Jade & Sage thriller series. Joanna is also the creative director behind SAM Magazine. When Joanna is not writing, she enjoys illustrating motorcycles and scooters.

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E185 - Bad Boy, A Jason Davey Mystery written by...

SAM Magazine ·

2024/10/04

E185 - Today, I have the pleasure of reading the first chapter from Winona's Kent just released novel, Bad Boy, A Jason Davey Mystery, which is book five in her series. Winona Kent’s writing breakthrough came many years ago when she won First Prize in the Flare Magazine Fiction Contest with her short story about an all-night radio newsman, “Tower of Power”. Her debut novel Skywatcher was a finalist in the Seal Books First Novel Award and was published by Bantam Books in 1989. This was followed by a

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E184 - C.J. Papoutsis, They Didn't Come With...

SAM Magazine ·

2024/09/25

E184 - Joanna explains why she's been absent for the last three months. She thanks her listeners for still tuning in. Today, Joanna reads a personal essay of C.J. Papoutsis, titled, "They Didn't Come With Instructions". A personal essay which was originally published in the anthology, Dropped Threads: What We Aren’t Told. This short story/personal essay was written in 2002 and it's still relevant today. Thank you very much C.J., for your honest portrayal of motherhood and raising children. More

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E183 - Joanna Vander Vlugt, No Beatles Reunion...

SAM Magazine ·

2024/06/16

E183 - Joanna Vander Vlugt reads her personal essay, No Beatles Reunion, written under her then pseudonym J.C. Szasz, which was published in the Dropped Threads 3: Beyond the Small Circle anthology. This anthology includes stories from legendary award-winning author Margaret Atwood; Lorna Crozier, Chantal Kreviazuk, Silken Laumann and so many more talented and accomplished writers.To quote Chatelaine magazine with respect to the anthology, "...As it turns out, there are many dropped threads in our

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51:03

E182 - Donalee Moulton, Swan Song

SAM Magazine ·

2024/05/31

donalee Moulton's first mystery book Hung out to Die was published in 2023. Her historical mystery, Conflagration, is out now. donalee's short story Swan Song appeared in Cold Canadian Crime and Black Cat Weekly. It will appear in the Mystery Most International anthology in 2024. Her second short story was published this spring in Black Cat Weekly. Her short story “Moist” originally appeared in After Dinner Conversation. Today, I have the pleasure of reading Swan Song. Thank you,

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E181 - Linda P. Rose, Disowning Death

SAM Magazine ·

2024/05/24

E181 - Linda P. Rose began her writing career as a high school senior in Los Angeles when she submitted a poem to a magazine competition and won second prize. During the decades that followed, she pursued a master's degree, a Ph.D., raised a family, and worked full-time as faculty and in administration in several research universities. During this time, she also gave invited workshops in Spain and Beijing and had articles published in journals. Linda Rose spent many satisfying times in Santa Cruz

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52:31

E180 - Joanna Vander Vlugt - Rock, Riot and Redemption

SAM Magazine ·

2024/05/17

In today's episode Joanna explains why there's been a hiatus in the publishing of podcasts, what it's like to be a new grandma, and she reads her short story, Rock, Riot and Redemption. This is a short story that was accepted into an anthology, but because of other commitments, Joanna was unable to complete the final edits. Joanna also talks about the story's ending, and how she should have stuck up for the ending she had originally written. She wants your feedback. Enjoy, Rock, Riot and

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E179 - Nancy Lynn Jarvis - Georgie

SAM Magazine ·

2024/03/23

Today, I have a great time reading the short story, Georgie, written by Nancy Lynn Jarvis.Nancy Lynn Jarvis wore many hats before she started writing. After earning a BA in behavioral science from San Jose State University, she worked in the advertising department of the San Jose Mercury News, as a librarian, as the business manager for Shakespeare/Santa Cruz, and as a realtor. She has written seven Regan McHenry Real Estate Mysteries; a stand-alone novel Mags and the AARP Gang about a group of

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29:51

E178 - Allan Hudson, excerpt from his novel, Vigilantes

SAM Magazine ·

2024/03/14

Allan Hudson was born in Saint John, New Brunswick. Growing up in South Branch, he was encouraged to read from an early age by his mother, a school teacher. He lives in the seaside community of Cocagne with his wife, Gloria. He has enjoyed a lifetime of adventure, travel and uses the many experiences as ideas for his writing. He is an author of action/adventure novels, historical fiction and a short story collection. His short stories, The Ship Breakers, and In the Abyss, received Honourable

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28:30

E177 - Spy Girls - Joanna Vander Vlugt (first chapter)

SAM Magazine ·

2024/03/06

A CIA action officer is released from prison. A Chief Justice is murdered, and the Law Society is scrutinizing Jade Thyme’s conduct. Jade’s life can’t get much worse until she is coerced into finding an elusive double agent. Tangled in lies and political agendas, high speed chases and sticky bombs, can Jade outplay a dangerous Hungarian assassin before her own life is terminated?On today's episode, Joanna reads the first chapter from her novel, Spy Girls, which is available for pre-order on Amazon

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E176 - Heather L. Barksdale - Arriving Through Time...

SAM Magazine ·

2024/02/26

Heather L. Barksdale was born in Waterville, Maine. Her adventure into travel started young when her parents packed up the two-year-old and drove across the country to Seattle, Washington. They then flew to Fairbanks, Alaska to live until she was eight years old. She would move several more times throughout the years, living in places as different as Larimore, North Dakota, and Keflavik, Iceland. As a military brat, her experience with travel grew throughout the years and her passion for reading

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E175 - Donalee Moulton - Moist

SAM Magazine ·

2024/02/18

Donalee Moulton's first mystery book Hung out to Die was published in 2023. Her historical mystery, Conflagration, will be published in 2024. Donalee's short story Swan Song appeared in Cold Canadian Crime and Black Cat Weekly. It will appear in the Mystery Most International anthology in 2024. Her second short story was published this spring in Black Cat Weekly. Her short story “Moist” originally appeared in After Dinner Conversation. Donalee is also the author of The Thong Principle: Saying

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E174 - J.E. (Jayne)Barnard - Bow Tide

SAM Magazine ·

2024/02/10

J.E. (Jayne) Barnard is best known for her Falls Mystery novels of women's wilderness suspense from Dundurn Press, winner of the CWC Award of Excellence and finalist for the CWA Debut Dagger, and for the Maddie Hatter Adventures fantasy series, winner of the BPAA Alberta Book of the Year and twice nominated for the Prix Aurora. Between work on upcoming novels and short stories, she devotes almost equal time to editing, mentoring, and literary juries. She migrates annually between the Alberta Rockies

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E173 - Andrew Welsh Huggins, The Whole Story

SAM Magazine ·

2024/02/03

Andrew Welsh-Huggins is a Shamus, Derringer, and International Thriller Writers-award nominated mystery author of eleven books with more in the works. His latest novel, The End of the Road, was named one of the best thrillers of the first half of 2023 by Library Journal and called by Kirkus, “A crackerjack crime yarn chockablock with miscreants and a supersonic pace.” Andrew's seven-volume (with an eighth on the way) Andy Hayes series features a former Ohio State and Cleveland Browns quarterback

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E172 - Ardelle Holden - Killing Imaginary Friends

SAM Magazine ·

2024/01/27

Ardelle Holden is the author of The Samantha Bowers Mysteries. Her latest novel is an Oliver Frampton Mystery and is being released on Tuesday, January 30, 2024. If you like suspenseful, emotional, coming-of-age angst, you’ll love Ardelle Holden’s gripping story of Olly’s imaginary friends who torment and frustrate his life until, at twenty, Oliver discovers what really happened when he was eight. Vancouver Island is Ardelle's home. She enjoys the glorious sunsets over Quennell Lake and Mount

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E171 - W.L. Hawkin - Writing With Your Muse

SAM Magazine ·

2024/01/20

E171 - W.L. Hawkin loves to travel to the locations where her novels are situated so she can soak up that sensory landscape. A graduate of Trent University in Ontario, having completed a B.A. in Indigenous Studies, Wendy is a prolific author. Her Hollystone Mysteries are based on a coven of witches who solve murders. She is a member of the Crime Writers of Canada, the Federation of B.C. Writers, ALLi, the Writers Union of Canada and many more organizations. If you would like to learn more about

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E170 - C.J.Papoutsis - Murder at the Acropolis

SAM Magazine ·

2024/01/14

Despite being a captive of the Civil Service for thirty-five years, C.J. has always been a writer. She lives in Victoria BC in a crooked old building on a crooked street where she stares out the window at the sea waiting for stories and poems to smack her on the head. C.J. finds humour in the unlikeliest places. She laughs at the wrong times and says things she probably shouldn’t. Life has provided C.J. with a palette of strange, wonderful characters and unique situations; many find their way into

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E169 - Judy Penz Sheluk, Plan D

SAM Magazine ·

2024/01/05

Today, I have the pleasure of reading the short mystery story Plan D, written by Judy Penz Sheluk. Plan D first appeared in The Whole She-Bang 2 (Sisters in Crime Toronto) in 2014 and was reprinted in The Best Laid Plans: 21 Stories of Mystery & Suspense in June 2020 (Superior Shores Press). A former journalist and magazine editor, Judy Penz Sheluk is the bestselling author of Finding Your Path to Publication and Self-publishing: The Ins & Outs of Going Indie, as well as two mystery series:

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E168 - Mother Always Kept A Gun, C.J. Papoutsis

SAM Magazine ·

2023/12/23

Mother Always Kept A Gun is a short story written by C.J. Papoutsis in 2007. It was also accepted in the Blood on the Holly Crime Writers of Canada anthology. I have memories of critiquing this story with C.J., in coffee shops and at each other's homes. We still critique each other's work today. It's amazing the work that goes into a short story. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you C.J. for sharing your story with SAM Magazine. There is some language in this story which may not be suitable for all

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E167 - The Parrot and Wild Mushroom Stuffing, Joanna...

SAM Magazine ·

2023/12/14

The Parrot and Wild Mushroom Stuffing is a short story I wrote under my then pseudonym, J.C. Szasz. It was accepted in the Blood on the Holly Crime Writers of Canada anthology. The inspiration for this story came to me when my youngest daughter, a teenager at the time, worked part-time in the meat department of a grocery store. She would come home and vent about the very stressed shoppers, some yelled at her, while others hug her. I wrote this story in 2007. I'm happy to see that it has stood the

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E166 - JP McLean, Scorch Mark

SAM Magazine ·

2023/11/18

JP (Jo-Anne) McLean is the author of ten books in the urban fantasy and thriller genres. She is an Eric Hoffer and Global Book Award winner and was a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards, the Chanticleer International Book Awards, and the Independent Author Network Awards. She is a B.R.A.G. medallion honoree and three-time Literary Titan award winner. Reviewers call her books addictive, smart, and fun. Raised in Toronto, Ontario, JP now lives with her husband on Denman Island, which is nestled

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