Marla. The Southern Review, Autumn
CHRISTENSEN, PAUL
How Frank Died. The Antioch Review, Winter
COLEMAN, REED FARREL
The Terminal. Kwik Krimes, ed. Otto Penzler (Thomas & Mercer)
DEAN, DAVID
Jack and the Devil. Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, December
DERESKE, JO
A Tree in Texas. Kwik Krimes, ed. Otto Penzler (Thomas & Mercer)
DOOLITTLE, SEAN
Next Right. Kwik Krimes, ed. Otto Penzler (Thomas & Mercer)
DUBOIS, BRENDAN
Small-Town Life. Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, January/February
FINCH, DOC
Prompt Watts. Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, September
GILSTRAP, JOHN
GREEN, BRAD
The Moans of Bill February. Needle, Summer
HAMILTON, STEVE
The Weight. Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, August
HAMMETT, DASHIELL
The Hunter. The Hunter and Other Stories, by Dashiell Hammett (Mysterious)
HENION, ANDY
Liability. Grift Magazine, Spring
KENYON, JOHN
Countdown. Kwik Krimes, ed. Otto Penzler (Thomas & Mercer)
LEOPOLD, BRIAN
With One Stone. Thuglit, no. 5
MACHNIK, JUSTIN
Marquette. Midwestern Gothic: A Literary Journal, Spring
MALLORY, MICHAEL
MCGORAN, JONATHAN
Bad Debt. Grift Magazine, Spring
MCKENNA, JOHN DWAIN
The Emerald Pearl Witch. Colorado Noir: Stories from the Dark Side, by John Dwain McKenna (Rhyolite)
MCLEOD, CHARLES
Dog. Kwik Krimes, ed. Otto Penzler (Thomas & Mercer)
MILES, SCOTT
Erwin’s Main Attraction. Needle, Summer
MINER, MIKE
The Little Outlaw. Plan B Magazine, vol. 1, March
RABB, JONATHAN
A Game Played. The Strand Magazine, June-September
REDWOOD, JAMES
The Angel of the Tenderloin. Notre Dame Review, Summer/Fall
ROBINSON, TODD
ROSS, JAMES L.
The Gypsy Ring. Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, October
WILLIAMS, TIM L.
Promissory Notes. Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, February
ZELVIN, ELIZABETH
A Breach of Trust. Mysterical-E, Fall
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About the Editors
LAURA LIPPMAN, guest editor, is the best-selling author of eleven novels featuring Baltimore private detective Tess Monaghan, eight standalone novels (most recently After I’m Gone), and a short story collection. She has won numerous literary prizes for her work, including the Edgar, Anthony, Nero, Agatha, Gumshoe, Barry, and Macavity Awards.
OTTO PENZLER, series editor, is a renowned mystery editor, publisher, and columnist, and the owner of New York’s The Mysterious Bookshop, the oldest and largest bookstore dedicated solely to mystery fiction. He has edited more than fifty crime-fiction anthologies.