"Home to Roost," by Holly Schofield, in Black Cat Weekly , #195. I admit to a little bias on this choice.  The story would have ...

  "The Right Size of Favor," by Joseph S. Walker, in Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun, edited by Michael Bracken, Down and Out Books, ...

 "Hiding in Plain Sight," by Tom Larsen, in Black Cat Weekly, 193. Most of Larsen's stories are set in Ecuador. Some feature ...

"You Know What You Did," by Karen Harrington, in Trouble in Texas, edited by Michael Bracken, North Dallas Chapter of Sisters in ...

  "Above Suspicion," by Victoria Weisfeld, in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, #26, 2025. This is a caper story, inspired by an a...

 "The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea, " by David Spencer, in  Every Day A Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by...

  "The Former Detective," by Jamil Jan Kochai, in Sacramento Noir, edited by John Freeman, Akashic Press, 2025. The publisher sen...

 "Being Alive," by Brian Cox, in Every Day A Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Song of Stephen Sondheim, edited by Josh...

"Cast, in Order of Reappearance," by Simon Brett, in Playing Dead, edited by Martin Edwards, Severn House, 2025.  This book is i...

  "The Luncheon," by Christopher Fowler, in Playing Dead, edited by Martin Edwards, Severn House, 2025. Something the English do ...