"A Clown at Midnight," by Marc Bilgrey, in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, #22. I have talked before about the characterist...

"Double Slay," by Joseph D'Agnese, in Mystery Weekly Magazine, April 2017. For some reason suspense and humor go very wel...

"Game, Set, Match," by Zoe Burke in Bound by Mystery, edited by Diane D. DiBiase, Poisoned Pen Press, 2017. Macy Evans is ...

"Bleak Future," by Mitch Alderman, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2017. I am very fond of Mitch Alder...

"Just Like In The Movies," by Kate Thornton, in Inhuman Condition, Denouement Press, 2010. The author gave me this book two y...

"Underground Above Ground," by Robert Tippee, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2017. So, when do you k...

"Renters," by Tim L. Williams, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine,  March/April 2017. It's rural Kentucky in the mid-eigh...

"Gold Digger," by Reavis Z. Wortham, in Bound by Mystery, edited by Diane D. DiBiase, Poisoned Pen Press, 2017. Most of thi...

“The Farmer and His Wife,” by Earl Staggs,  Mystery Weekly Magazine, March 2017. Ever notice that private eye fiction is full of missi...

"Mad Still," by Andrew Davie, in Mystery Weekly,  February 2017. If you took a Bob Dylan song full of surreal imagery, say ...