"Club Dues," by Peter Morin, in Needle, Fall 2011. I may have to demand my money back.  Needle calls itself "a magazine ...

"Sweet Croquette," by David Barba, in Barcelona Noir, Akashic Press, 2011.   When I found out about the disappearance of Swi...

"Plain Reckless," by Scott Mackay , in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 2011. To my mind one of the worst phras...

"Who I Am," by Michael Z. Lewin, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 2011.    Mr. Lewin becomes the second author (a...

"The Investigation of Boyfriend #17," by Maureen Keenan-Mason, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine,   December 2011. If you look b...

"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...