"The Best is Yet to Come,"  by Chris Knopf, in Eight Mystery Writers You Should Be Reading Now, edited by Michael Guillebeau and...

"Being Fred," by Travis Richardson, in Thuglit 21, 2016. Pity poor Fred.  He's a nice guy but he happens to share a body ...

"The Blue Carbuncle," by Terence Faherty, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 2016. This is the sixth appearance ...

"The Devil You Know," by Jas. R. Petrin, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 2016. This is Petrin's third ap...

"To Kill a Rocking Horse," by James Powell, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 2016. I have said it before.  My fri...

"Inquiry and Assistance," by Terrie Farley Moran, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January-February 2016. We start ...

At SleuthSayers today I list the best short mysteries of 2015, as decided by me.  Well, somebody's got to do it. 

"'Twas The Night Before," by Todd Robinson, in Thuglit presents: CRUEL YULE, 2015. The best story in this collection of h...

"The Bastard," by Tarek Abi Samra, in Beirut Noir, edited by Iman Humaydan, Akashic Press, 2015. They were born on the same n...

"Neck and Neck," by Andrea Camilleri, in The Strand Magazine," October 2015-January 2016. Montalbano,  Camilleri's se...