"Getting Somewhere," by Susan Isaacs, in It Occurs to  Me that I Am America,  edited by Jonathan Santlofer, Touchstone, 2018. ...

"There Are No Elephants in Peru," by Margaret Maron, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2018. Typo corr...

"Burg's Hobby Case," by Matthew Wilson, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January/ February 2018. This is a first story? ...

"The Crucial Game," by Janice Law, in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, January-February 2018. In her fifth appearance at thi...

At SleuthSayers today I list the best short mystery stories of the year.  This is my ninth annual list, and the longest ever.

"Family Secrets," by Eric Beetner, in Switchblade,  #3, 2017. Thuglit   is dead.  Long live Switchblade.  That was m first tho...

"The Spoils," by William Ryan, in CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour, edited by Martin Edwards, Orenda Books, 2017. ...

"Travel is Dangerous," by Ed James, in CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour, edited by Martin Edwards, Orenda Books, 20...

“Truth Comes Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind," by Thomas Pluck, in Alive in Shape and Color, edited by Lawrence Block, Pegasus Book...

"A Significant Find," by Jeffery Deaver, Alive in Shape and Color, edited by Lawrence Block, Pegasus Books, 2017. This is D...