Melelani's Mana, by Lono Waiwai'ole, in Honolulu Noir, edited by Chris McKinney, Akashic Press, 2024. The publisher sent me a copy ...

 "Truth or Die," by Austin S. Camacho,  in  S cattered, Smothered, Covered & Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House, ...

  "Windfall," by Michael Bracken, in  S cattered, Smothered, Covered & Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House, edite...

"The Grim," by Donna Andrews, in Black Cat Weekly, #165. This is Andrews' second appearance here.  What we have this week i...

  "Shakedown Street," by James D.F. Hannah, in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by Songs of the Grateful Dead, edited ...

  "Under Hard Rock," by Ed Teja, in  Black Cat Weekly,  #164. This  is a good example of what I call the Unknown Narrator story. T...

 "The Hanging Judge," by  Dave Zeltserman, in Black Cat Weekly, #163, 2024. World-building is a topic that gets discussed a lot a...