Come and enjoy the cozy side of crime! Whether it's robbers in Crete or murder over the holidays, you'll find something special in this issue of Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem.Be sure to pick up all the past issues of Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem.

THIS ISSUE INCLUDES the story, Little City Blues by Annie Reed, which has been selected for inclusion in the 2021 Best Mystery Stories of the Year Anthology published by Otto Penzler!!!! This story was also on the short list for the Derringer Award.Crime has always been with us, throughout history.And with crime comes the people who resolve that chaos.Let's explore lawlessness from distant Egypt to Twentieth Century America. Discover the many ways that crim...

The Dame. The Femme Fatal. The Gold Digger.Did she do it? Or is she as innocent as she seems?Come explore what might be considered the darker side of the fairer sex.If you dare...Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem, Issue 10. So Criminal, It's Good!

Welcome to Maple Hollow, where the tea is enchanted, the cats are snarky, and murder is just another item on the weekly town council agenda.Hazel Thorne never meant to become a witchy detective. A thirty-something herbalist trying to escape her big-city burnout, she thought a quiet life in her grandmother's cottage would mean peace and potions — not dead bodies and magical mayhem.When a local is found mysteriously murdered outside her apothecary, Hazel's peaceful plans unra...

A must read, heart filling book for all ages. The Magical Healing Wood is a magical insightful way to look at grief.When grief consumes and overtakes daily living, the concept of creative thinking can be a little miracle, in challenging thoughts. This book will be a guide to prompts alternative ways to be in and around nature for all readers.Take a read, take some aspects of the book and make your own magic.

The Long Devotion is a collection of poems, essays, and writing prompts that celebrates motherhood and creates a space, as poet Molly Spencer has written, to “tell an unlovely truth about family life and not have to take it back.”The poets in this book represent and describe a wide range of experiences. They write about encountering the world anew through their children; intersections of parenting and race; single parenting; adoptive, foster, and step-parenting; life with ...

[Siren Publishing: The Lynn Hagen ManLove Collection: Contemporary, Alternative, Paranormal, Shape-shifters, Werewolves, MM, HEA] Lenny is convinced that his cousin was kidnapped and brainwashed by some rich guy. When he shows up at the mansion to save Winnie, Lenny runs into the bodyguard, Chavez Fernando. No way was Lenny sticking around. He hightails it back to Maple Grove, but Chavez follows him, telling Lenny that he’s in grave danger. Lenny learns firsthand that Chavez is telling tru...

[Siren Publishing: The Lynn Hagen ManLove Collection: Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Alternative, Paranormal, Shape-shifters, Romantic Suspense, MM, HEA] Braydon lives an ordinary life in a town that’s barely a blip on the map. He craves action and adventure, anything to break up the monotony. Be careful what you wish for. Braydon works at a small law firm, nothing grand about that. But when three gunmen come in and kill the owner and injure another, his life turns to chaos. Braydon spots t...

[Siren Publishing: The Lynn Hagen ManLove Collection: Contemporary, ManLove, Alternative, Shape-shifters, Paranormal, Romantic Suspense, MM, HEA] After his kidnapping two weeks ago, Baxter hasn’t been the same. He’s dodging his best friend’s phone calls, living in what feels like a nightmare. When he wakes up in a stranger’s bed and stumbles home, he runs into Mr. Nosy. A firefighter and a volunteer at the newly built rec center. Scott rescues Baxter in more than one way, setting him on a ...

[Siren Publishing: The Lynn Hagen ManLove Collection: Contemporary, Alternative, Paranormal, Shape-shifters, Fantasy, MM, HEA] Abel’s life has turned upside down when he discovers he has a stalker. The person leaves flowers at his door, notes on his car, and he even snapped a picture of Abel and slid it under his door. When a stranger approaches him at work and offers his help, Abel is wary, but accepts. He just didn’t know what he was getting into when he made a deal with a demon. When Ca...

[The Lynn Hagen ManLove Collection: Contemporary, Alternative, Paranormal, Shape-shifters, Werewolves, Romantic Suspense, MM, HEA] Kester Oliver is on the run after witnessing his uncle killing an undercover federal agent. When his truck gives out on him in the sleepy town of Maple Grove, Kester takes cover at the local motel. He not only has his uncle after him, but an agent hell-bent on Kester testifying. That was never going to happen. Kester just needs to lay low until Strabo Garcia go...

[Siren Publishing: The Lynn Hagen ManLove Collection: Contemporary, ManLove, Alternative, Paranormal, Shape-Shifters, Werewolves, MM, HEA] Winnie’s life was not going as planned. In fact, it sucked. He worked a job he hated, and last night, at some club in Falls Bend, he tried to save a man’s life. How had he been repaid for his efforts? Some dumb musclehead kidnapped him and hauled him to an enormous mansion, delivering Winnie to some mysterious guy who doesn’t plan on letting him go. Wal...