"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 ...

  "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...

  "The Former Detective," by Jamil Jan Kochai, in Sacramento Noir, edited by John Freeman, Akashic Press, 2025. The publisher sen...

 "Being Alive," by Brian Cox, in Every Day A Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Song of Stephen Sondheim, edited by Josh...

"Cast, in Order of Reappearance," by Simon Brett, in Playing Dead, edited by Martin Edwards, Severn House, 2025.  This book is i...

  "The Luncheon," by Christopher Fowler, in Playing Dead, edited by Martin Edwards, Severn House, 2025. Something the English do ...

"Come Forth and Be Glad in the Sun," by Mat Coward, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2025.  This is the te...

"The Scarlatti Skip," by Richard Helms, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January/February 2025.  This is the twelfth story by H...