"Terrible  Ideas," by Gregory Fallis, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2020. It's unusual, I think for a ...

  "The Cough," by Lynn Chandler Willis, in Writers Crushing COVID-19, edited by Lawrence Kelter, LightSpeed Books, 2020. There...

  "Kevin of the Dead," by Eoin Colfer, in The Strand Magazine,  Feb.-May 2020. A page into this story I found myself hoping a crim...

  "Golden Lives," by Joseph S. Walker, in Mystery Weekly Magazine, September, 2020. Annalee Lincoln left the army due to an accide...

"No Body," by Clea Simon, in Shattering Glass, edited by Heather Graham, Nasty Women Press, 2020.   Before she even spoke she kne...

"Nicking Votes," by Stephen Buehler, in Low Down Dirty Vote 2, edited by Mysti Berry, Berry Content Corporation, 2020. I have a s...

 "The Law of Local Karma," by Susan Dunlap, in Berkeley Noir, edited by Jerry Thompson and Owen Hill, Akashic Press, 2020. The pub...

  "Only the Desperate Come Here," by Michael Mallory, in Mystery Weekly Magazine, August 2020. I made a huge embarassing gaffe in ...

"What Brings You Back Home," by Michelle Richmond, in Alabama Noir, edited by Don Noble, Akashic Press, 2020, The publisher sent ...

"Colibrí," by Nicolás Obregón, in Both Sides: Stories From The Border, edited by Gabino Iglesias, Polis Books, 2020. Milagros Pos...