"Front Desk Staff," by Bethany Maines, in Midnight Schemers & Daydream Believers, edited by Judy Penz Sheluk,, Superior Sh...

  "Ant Street," by Nora Luttmer, in Hamburg Noir, edited by Jan Karsten, Akashic Press, 2025. The publisher sent me a free copy o...

 "The Artist," by Linda Bennett, in Midnight Schemers & Daydream Believers, edited by Judy Penz Sheluk,, Superior Shores Press...

 "Tarzan Must Die!," by Loren D. Estleman, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2025. I am astonished that this is onl...

  "Home to Roost," by Holly Schofield, in Black Cat Weekly , #195. I admit to a little bias on this choice.  The story would have ...

  "The Right Size of Favor," by Joseph S. Walker, in Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun, edited by Michael Bracken, Down and Out Books, ...

 "Hiding in Plain Sight," by Tom Larsen, in Black Cat Weekly, 193. Most of Larsen's stories are set in Ecuador. Some feature ...

"You Know What You Did," by Karen Harrington, in Trouble in Texas, edited by Michael Bracken, North Dallas Chapter of Sisters in ...

  "Above Suspicion," by Victoria Weisfeld, in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, #26, 2025. This is a caper story, inspired by an a...

 "The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea, " by David Spencer, in  Every Day A Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by...