At SleuthSayers today I list the best stories of 2024, as chosen by yours truly.  

 "Internal Monologue of a Creative Writing Professor," by Richie Narvaez, in Kings River Life, December 18, 2024. Internal monolo...

 "Murder in the Kitchen," by Alan  Orloff, in Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy, Down and Out Books, 2024. I have a story in this boo...

"Shots,"  by Claire Booth, in  Lost and Loaded: A Gun's Tale,  edited by Colin Conway, Original Ink Press, 2024. I have a stor...

  "Do You See the Light?" by James D.F. Hannah, in Lost and Loaded: A Gun's Tale, edited by Colin Conway, Original Ink Press,...

 "Burned," by Hugh Lessig, in Mickey Finn 5 , edited by Michael Bracken,  Down & Out Books, 2025. This is Lessig's second ...

" Eight Very Bad Nights," by Tod Goldberg ,   in E ight Very Bad Nights: A Collection of Hanukkah Noir,  edited by Tod Goldberg, S...

 "Johnny Christmas," by Ivy Pochoda, in E ight Very Bad Nights: A Collection og Hanukkah Noir, edited by Tod Goldberg, Soho Crime,...

  "Hole in my Soul," by John M. Floyd, in Janie's Got a Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Aerosmith, edited by Mich...

  "Retro Rhapsody," by Hugh Lessig,   in  S cattered, Smothered, Covered & Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House,  e...