Over at SleuthSayers I list the 13 best mystery stories of the year, culled from this page, of course.  Two are from the book at right.

"Motive, Opportunity, Means," by Mark Bastable, in The Thrill List, edited by Catherine Lea, Brakelight Press, 2016. Congress...

"The Formula, by Jerry Kennealy, in 44 Caliber Funk, edited by Gary Phillips and Robert J. Randisi, Moonstone Press, 2016. There a...

"The Projectionist," by Joe R. Lansdale, in In Sunlight or in Shadow, edited by Lawrence Block, Pegasus Books, 2016. A warning...

"The Wait,"  by Flávio Carneiro , in Rio Noir, edited by Tony Bellotto, Akashic Books, 2016. Bear with me.  This may get a li...

"Land of the Blind," by Craig Johnson, in The Strand Magazine, October 2016 - January 2017. It's Christmas Eve and Walt ...

"Toned Cougars," by Tony Bellotto, in Rio Noir, edited by Tony Bellotto, Akashic Books, 2016. I have been known to complain a...

"Played to Death," by Bill FItzhugh,   in  Crime Plus Music,  edited by Jim Fusilli, Three Rooms Press, 2016. Decades ago I wa...

“1968 Pelham Blue SG Jr.” by Mark Haskell Smith, in Crime Plus Music, edited by Jim Fusilli, Three Rooms Press, 2016. I tried to resist...

"The Long Black Veil," by Val McDermid, in Crime Plus Music, edited by Jim Fusilli, Three Rooms Press, 2016. Jess lives with ...

"The Attitude Adjuster," by David Morrell, in Blood on the Bayou, edited by Greg Herren, Down and Out Books, 2016. This story...

"Caught on Video," by Brian Leopold in Fast Women and Neon Lights: Eighties Inspired Neon Noir, edited by Michael Pool, Crime Sy...

"Widowman," by Matthew Hockey, in Fast Women and Neon Lights: Eighties Inspired Neon Noir, edited by Michael Pool, 2016. The p...

"Stone Soup," by David Edgerley Gates, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, November 2016. This is the fourth appearanc...

"When You Wish Upon A Star," by Colin Cotterill, in  Sunshine Noir,  edited by Annamaria Alfieri and Michael Stanley, White Sun Bo...

"Someone's Moved the Sun," by Jeffrey Siger, in Sunshine Noir, edited by Annamaria Alfieri and Michael Stanley, White Sun B...

"Pandora's Bluff," by Gilbert M. Stack, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 2016. I am very fond of Stack...

"One Last Job," by Warren Bull, in No Happy Endings, 2016. This is Bull's second appearance in this blog. Our hero is a...

"The Way They Do It In Boston," by Linda Barnes, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2016. Heighten...

"The Lord of Madison County," by Jimmy Cajoleas, in Mississippi Noir, edited by Tom Franklin. Akashic Press, 2016. What do yo...