"The Underneath," by Stephen Ross, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2021.  This is the second appea...

 At SleuthSayers today I provide my twelfth annual list of the best short stories.  

"Just A Little Before Winter's Set In," by Larry Tyler, in Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories, edited by Verena Rose, Ha...

"Cahoots," by C.C. Guthrie, in Cozy Villages of Death, edited by Lyn Worthen, Camden Park Press, 2020. Alan Peterson is a banker, ...

   "Camberwell Crackers," by Anthony Horowitz, in California Schemin', edited by Art Taylor, Wildside Press, 2020. This is a v...

"Clickbait," by Mark R. Kehl, in   Mickey Finn,   volume 1, edited by Michael Bracken, Down & Out Books, 2020. The night of t...

  "The Mailman," by Andrew Welsh-Huggins, in Mickey Finn, volume 1, edited by Michael Bracken, Down & Out Books, 2020. This i...

  "Tell Him No," by Scott Turow, in California Schemin', edited by Art Taylor, Wildside Press, 2020. What kind of work can an ...

"Underneath it all Runs the River of Sadness," by Oto Oltvanji, in Belgrade Noir, edited by  Milorad Ivanovic, Akashic Press, 202...

 "My People," by Liza Cody, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November/December 2020 . This is Liza Cody's second appearance...