The ZINNG: A Cool $25K for E-Mysteries (and Lethal Selfies)

The new Mysterious Press Award honors “the best e-book original mystery novel“ with a cool $25k and worldwide distribution! We read about it at The Rap Sheet, where there are loads more details. Submissions begin in January!

”Over at Jungle Red Writers, Julia Spencer-Fleming explains why Archer Mayor is ”the mystery writer's mystery writer” and he explains the lengths he's gone for research to earn the title.

The Telegraph's Helena Horton reports that there have been more deaths this year from selfie accidents than shark attacks. As a bonus, see 12 images from the new Russian government-released selfie guide, including this: