“The Wentworth Letter,” which won the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for best first published mystery story, is about a college professor who attempts to buy a stolen letter by Jane Austen and sell it to a wealthy Austen fanatic—his mother. He discovers that such scams, much like Jane Austen’s novels, are not nearly so easy to pull off as they appear.The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases modern masterpieces of mystery, crime, and suspense selected by acclaimed mystery author an...

Issue Nº20 features:A curated collection of short fiction including stories by Jason Starr, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Greg Levin, Gillian French, , Cher Finver, Kevin Z. Garvey, John Joseph Ryan, David A. Summers, Robb T. White, and Jeff Soloway.Essays, Interviews and Reviews by J.B. Stevens, Scott Adlerberg, J.P. Hill, and Zakariah Johnson.Art and Photography by Hossein Goshtasbi.This issue also features a preview of the new graphic novel Blade Runner 2039 (Vol...