"Sugar," by Michael Bracken, Crime Syndicate , Issue 2, 2016. I would say any writer who appears in this space twice in a year...

"Restoration" by Art Taylor, in Crime Syndicate, 1, 2016. My fellow SleuthSayer Art Taylor scores in the first issue of this...

"A Battlefield Reunion," by Brendan DuBois, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 2016. The June issue of AHMM is...

"Chase Your Dreams," by Michael Bracken, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 2016. A very touching story by this...

"Shrink Rap," by Craig Faustus Buck, in Pulp Modern, 10, 2016. One thing that has always bugged me (trust me, there are others...

"Creampuff," by Rob Hart, in Unloaded, edited by Eric Beetner, Down and Out Books, 2016. Clever concept for an anthology: cri...

"The Ballad of Maggie Carson," by Cheryl Rogers, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine,  May 2016. This is Australian Cheryl ...

"The Miracle on Christmas Eve," by Szu-Yen Lin, in Alfred HItchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2016. I am not a big fan of l...

"The Last Blue Glass," by B.K. Stevens, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, April 2016. My fellow SleuthSayer B.K. Ste...

I am embarassed to admit I didn't read far enough down the announcement to see that the Short Mystery Fiction Society also announced t...