"The Best Justice Money Can Buy," by C.C. Finlay, in  The Reinvented Detective, edited by Cat Rambo and Jennifer Brozek, Caezik S...

"Hitman Walked Into A Romance," by Roberta Gibson, in SoWest: Wrong Turn, DS Publishing, 2023 . This is apparently one of those an...

 "Permanent Lent," by Peter Spiegelman, in Brutal and Strange: Stories Inspired by the Songs of Elvis Costello, edited by Jim Fus...

"God's Way of Hiding in the Shadows," by Thomas Trang, in The One Percent: Tales of the Super Wealthy and Depraved , edited by...

  "A Right Jolly Old Elf," by Joseph S. Walker, Black Cat Weekly , #120, 2023. This is the eleventh story by my friend  to grace ...

"Eleanor Rigby," by John Copenhaver, in Happiness is A Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Beatles, edited by Jo...

"I'll Be Back," by Christine Poulson, in Happiness is A Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Beatles, edited ...

"Chrysanthemums," by Asaf Schurr, in West Jerusalem Noir, edited by Maayan Eitan, Akashic Press, 2023. The publisher sent me a fr...

"Kit's Pad," by David Krugler, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November/December 2023.  Kit's life went to hell two yea...

 "Spear Carriers," by Richard Helms, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November/December 2023. As far as I can tell, this is only ...

 "Prisoner of Love," by James W. Ziskin, in Get Up Offa That Thing: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of James Brown, edited by...

  "West  of the Ashley," by Richard Helms, in Prohibition Peepers: Private Eyes During the Noble Experiment, edited by Michael Br...

  "Scariest. Story. Ever," by Richard Van Camp, in  Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology,  edited by Shane...

"White Hills," by Rebecca Roanhorse, in Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, edited by Shane Hawk, and T...

  "Shamu, World's Greatest Detective," by Richie Narvaez, in Killin' Time in San Diego, edited by Holly West, Down and Ou...

  "Dead Even," by J.R. Sanders, in Killin' Time in San Diego, edited by Holly West, Down and Out Books, 2023. A nice private ...

  "The Little Library Thief," by Scott William Carter, in Mystery, Crime and Mayhem, Issue 15: Library Cases, 2023. Gavin's re...

  "Lavender Diamond," by Edward Sheehy in Crimeucopia: Boomshakalaking! Modern Crimes for Modern Times, Murderous Ink Press, 2023...

  " The Last Shot," by Dave Waskin , in  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine,  September/October 2023. I don't usually not...

  "Doing Business," by Mark Hannon, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2023. Foreshadowing in a story ...