"The Uncleared," by Thomas Pluck, at A Twist of Noir, Friday September 16, 2011. I have been reading Criminal Thoughts of R. T...

"Hell of an Affair," by Duane Swierczynski, in L.A. Noire , 2011. L.A. Noire is a video game created by Rockstar Games, and as...

"Notes Toward A Novel of Love in the Dog Park," by Louis Bayard, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 2011. My firs...

"Slip Knot," by David Edgerley Gates, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, November 2011. I think it was G.K. Chesterto...

"Reason to Believe" by Mat Coward, in Death By Horoscope, edited by Anne Perry, Carroll and Graf, 2001. Ran across this 2001 co...

"Cold War," by Cheryl Rogers, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2001. In light of the recent list o...

"Work Experience," by Simon Brett, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine , September/October 2011. We're back in dumb crim...

"The Trial" by Walter Mosley, in Freedom: Stories Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, by Amnesty International...

“Labor Day,” by R.T. Lawton, in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, October 2011. Okay, ponder this for one minute: how many subgenres...

"Watts Up" by Doc Finch, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 2011. East over the peaker , a photo by Peter Baer...