"Mall Cop Christmas Parade," by Joslyn Chase, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February  2024. 'Tis the m...

 "Mexican Radio," by Pete Barnstrom, in Mystery Magazine, February 2024. I have to start by offering my thanks to Mystery Magazin...

  "Destroyer of Worlds," by dbschlosser, in Black Cat Weekly, 127. Tanner is a homicide cop with an enviable record of clearing c...

  "Better Than A Dating App," by V.S. Kemanis, in Mystery Magazine, February 2024. Sum up a mystery story in one word: Suspensefu...

  Over at SleuthSayers today I review the best short mysteries of the year, all selected from the ones I reviewed here.  

"The Best Justice Money Can Buy," by C.C. Finlay, in  The Reinvented Detective, edited by Cat Rambo and Jennifer Brozek, Caezik S...

"Hitman Walked Into A Romance," by Roberta Gibson, in SoWest: Wrong Turn, DS Publishing, 2023 . This is apparently one of those an...

 "Permanent Lent," by Peter Spiegelman, in Brutal and Strange: Stories Inspired by the Songs of Elvis Costello, edited by Jim Fus...

  "Freezer Burn," by April Kelly, in Mystery Magazine, January 2024. Th is is the second appearance in my reviews by April Kelly....

"God's Way of Hiding in the Shadows," by Thomas Trang, in The One Percent: Tales of the Super Wealthy and Depraved , edited by...