“[A] rich and varied anthology…” —Publishers Weekly, Starred ReviewJanet Hutchings, Chris Grabenstein, Gary Phillips, and Hilary Davidson headline a new world tour anthology of 22 stories from the heartland of America to Italy, Japan, Mexico, Cuba, England, and more.Passport to Murder is published in conjunction with Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, held in 2017 in Toronto, Ontario. As with the convention itself, the anthology spreads a broad cano...

Police chief Scott Landon is stunned to see a cherished but deceased girlfriend stroll into a downtown cafe. Turns out she’s not a ghost—but the truth is even more shocking.

A Christmas Eve robbery puts small town Sheriff Lucy Valentine on the case, assisted as always by her savvy mother Fran and deputy Ed Malone. When an anonymous clue leads to connections with the holiday classic "It's a Wonderful Life," Lucy realizes the thief might be closer to home than expected.With no scraps of evidence but many twists and turns ahead, can Lucy and her mother crack the case by Christmas morning?

On Thanksgiving night, Button McKenna prepares to head off to work at her mini-mart. Saying goodbye to her love, Ray, isn't fun any day, but tonight it's really tough because there's a serial killer targeting convenience store clerks on the holidays—and Button fears Ray is the killer.

No matter how hard he tries, Tom regularly screws things up. But today, returning late to the bank after lunch might actually work in his favor. Just as Tom approaches the building, a robber is leaving. Finally, Tom could be a hero—if, of course, he doesn't screw things up.

Twelve-year-old Kevin Parker is new in town and bored, until a friendly old man in a backyard swing shares a chilling tale about the Dark Woods - a forbidden place where an unseen evil entity known as "the haint" lurks. The old man's story about a mysterious encounter there decades ago seems like just another tall tale, until Kevin discovers a shocking truth about his new friend that turns his world upside down. What started as an ordinary summer afternoon becomes a haunting reminder that ...

This issue, we have a locked-room mystery novel, a far-future science-fantasy sword-and-sorcery novel, and 8 shorts featuring everything from dogs to cats to buried skeletons to time travel—and more! Truly, something for everyone.As always, special thanks to our Acquiring Editors, Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman, for picking a pair of terrific original tales. And our editorial board—Tom Easton, Ryan Hines, Vicki Erwin, Paula Messina, and Richard Prosch—who patiently read submissio...

This issue, we have an eclectic mix of mystery, science fiction, and fantasy. For our mystery novel, we have a Fergus Hume classic, a bestselling Victorian mystery novel, and one which set the stage for many detectives that followed (including Sherlock Holmes!). We also have original mysteries from John M. Floyd, Terena Elizabeth Bell, and Janice Law (a new Holmes Impersonator story).On the fantasy and science fiction side of things, we have originals from Teel James Glenn, Keira R...

The Expendable is a captivating and deeply satisfying true story from the opening months of WWII in the Pacific. As smoke billows skyward from Pearl Harbor, Japan throws its full military might against the outnumbered and under-equipped Filipino forces. Hart sends his U.S. Asiatic Fleet south, to the safety of Allied waters. When the remnants of PBY Patrol Wing 10 depart with the fleet, Charles Beckner, corpsman for Squadron 102, is left behind with no apparent avenue for escape. Under rel...

The tiny Sun studio at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee may not have looked like much from the outside, but inside musical miracles were being performed daily by its enigmatic owner, Sam Phillips. Phillips began more or less as a talent scout for other record labels, such as the legendary Chess Records of Chicago. However, after discovering a wealth of talent in his own backyard in the Mid-South area, Phillips began his own record label – Sun – with an emblematic rising sun and roost...

This issue, we have quite a variety of stories, ranging from historical suspense (see William Le Queux’s novel), to financial auditing (see Laird Long’s original mystery) to a missing child to a sinister gargoyle. We even have the El Dorado’s secret revealed! Read on to find your next favorite read in this issue’s lineup.Here’s the complete list—Cover Art: Steve HickmanNOVELSThe House of Evil, by William Le Queux

Our 92nd issue features a pair of classic novels, the science fiction tale Destiny Times Three, by Fritz Leiber, and The Clue of the New Pin, a mystery by Edgar Wallace. Leiber is one of my favorite authors (he has an amazing body of work, notably the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser sword and sorcery series, but also much else of note in the fantasy, science fiction, and horror fields). And Edgar Wallace was an amazing British author who created scores of classic stories, nove...