"Crime and Convenience," by Steve Shrott, in Hook, Line, and Sinker: The Seventh Guppie Anthology, edited by Emily P.W. Murphy, W...

"The Puzzle Master," by David Morrell, in Playing Games, edited by Lawrence Block, LB Productions, 2023.  This is the second stor...

  "The Soiled Dove of Shallow Hollow," by Sean McCluskey, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2023. It is ra...

 "The Snake," by Mike McHone, in Mystery Magazine, February, 2023. Certain themes or premises show up so often in any genre that t...

 " Elvis Duty," by Matthew Wilson in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2023. First of all: great title.   ...

  "The Grown-Ups Table," by Steve Hockensmith, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2023. This is my  fir...

  My selection of the best stories of 2022 is up now for your inspection at SleuthSayers.

"Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday," by Sean McCluskey,   in  Mickey Finn, Volume 3,  edited by Michael Bracken, Down and Out B...

"The Delivery," by Andrew Welsh-Huggins, in  Mickey Finn, Volume 3, edited by Michael Bracken, Down and Out Books, 2022. This is ...

"Burying Oliver," by John M. Floyd, in Mickey Finn, Volume 3, edited by Michael Bracken, Down and Out Books, 2022.  This is the t...