"The Ballad of 223," by Preston Lang, in Under the Thumb: Stories of Police Oppression, edited by S.A. Cosby, Rock and a Hard Pla...

"Catch and Release," by Mark Thielman, in The Fish That Got Away, edited by Linda M. Rodriquez, Wildside Press, 2021. This is the ...

"Born a Ramblin' Man," by Michel Lee Garrett, in Trouble No More : Crime Fiction Inspired by Southern Rock and the Blues, edit...

 "The Search for Eric Garcia," by E.A. Aymar, in Midnight Hour, a Chilling Anthology of Crime Fiction From 20 Authors of Color, e...

  "Temptation is a Gun," by James D.F. Hannah, in Trouble No More : Crime Fiction Inspired by Southern Rock and the Blues, edited ...

  "Two Birds, One Todd," by Karen Harrington, in Shotgun Honey. This is the second appearance by Harrington in my column this yea...

"Hit and Run," by Doug Allyn, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November/December 2021. This is the fifth appearance here by All...

"Killers, A Story of Love in Four Acts," by Brendan DuBois, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery magazine, November/December 2020. Th...

"The Trouble with Rebecca," by Larry Light, in Alfred Htichcock's Mystery Magazine, November/December 2021.  Generally a piec...

"Back Down to Black," by Andrew Welsh-Huggins, in Mystery Magazine, November 2021.  This is the fourth appearance here by Welsh-...

  "Night Bus," by Ellen Clair Lamb,  in  This Time For Sure: Bouchercon Anthology 2021 , edited by Hank Phillippi Ryan,  Down ...

  "Killing Calhoun Again," by Alan Orloff, in This Time For Sure: Bouchercon Anthology 2021, edited by Hank Phillippi Ryan,  Down ...

  "The Big Store," by Terence Faherty, in  Monkey Business:Crime Fiction Inspired by the Films of the Marx Brothers,  edited by Jo...

  "A Day at the Races," by Joseph S. Walker, in Monkey Business:Crime Fiction Inspired by the Films of the Marx Brothers, edited ...

 "Providence," by Clark Boyd, in This Time For Sure , edited by Hank Phillippi Ryan, edited by Down and Out, 2021.  Xavier has jo...

"Funeral Games," by Hal Bo dner, in Avenging Angelenos, edited by Sarah M. Chen, Wrona Gall and Pamela Samuels Young, Down and Ou...

 "Incident at a Diner," by Chris Miller, in Dead-End Jobs: A Hitman Anthology, edited by Andy Rausch, All Due Respect, 2021. This...

 "A Hell of a Thing," by Wayne J. Gardiner, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2021. This is the second...

 "Glass," by James R. Benn, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine , September/October 2021. One of the many reasons AHMM is m...

"The Skull Collector," by Joe R. Lansdale, in Collectibles, edited by Lawrence Block, LB Productions, 2021. This is Lansdale...