"A Paler Shade of Death," by Laura Benedict, in St. Louis Noir, edited by Scott Akashic Press, 2016. This may the grimmest st...

"Playing the Ace," by Loren D. Estleman, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September 2016. This is the second appear...

"Asleep When Awake," by Duane Swierczynski, in The Strand Magazine, June-September 2016. This is Swierczynski's second ...

"Prowl," by James Creally, in Thuglit: Last Writes, 2016. I am sorry to say goodbye to Thuglit.  Todd Robinson and his staff...

"Voices in the Cistern," by William Burton McCormick in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 2016. This is McCormick...

"A Meter of Murder," by Mark Thielman, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2016. In his first published s...

"Shortcut to Gringo Hill," by James Nolan, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2016. Lot of good stories i...

"A Gathering of Great Detectives," by Shawn Reilly Simmons in Malice Domestic: Murder Most Conventional,  edited by Verena Rose,...

"Flight," by Trina Corey, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, in July 2016. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a story f...

"Blame the Bear," by Brian Haycock, in Mystery Weekly, June 11, 2016. I believe this is the first story from Mystery Weekly t...