Michael Bracken
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They're dying in the fleshpits in the Windy City. They're all white girls. One young woman is missing. Another is dead. They were drawn to the Windy City like moths to a flame, but the city's bright lights can't illuminate every dark corner. Hidden in the alleys and back streets and in a three-block long stretch of strip clubs and adult book stores are the men who prey on young women like these: the pedophiles, pimps, and pornographers.
When former...
2) Remission
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A lawyer, who once specialized in mediation, gave up his practice when his wife died of cancer. Now he occasionally does favors for friends and the people at McGinty's, the bar where he spends many of his waking hours. Stella Carter wants something from her estranged husband-a mobster named John Carter-and asks the narrator to get it. The price he pays for agreeing to help is a cancer he can only hope to drink into remission. The Barb Goffman Presents...
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Every Tuesday when the bookmobile visits Quarryville, Texas, Graham Sugarman checks out five books. Five hefty books. When the librarian is murdered and the bookmobile stops visiting Quarryville, Mr. Sugarman's well-ordered life is turned topsy-turvy.
The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases the best in modern mystery and crime stories, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed short stories authors and editors in the mystery field.
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The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition-original tales with a devilish bent! Included are:
Rita Owen · Introduction Leah Bailey · A Killer in the Family Paula Gail Benson · Reputation or Soul M. A. Blum · Little White Lies Michael Bracken · Locked Mesa Susan Breen · The Demon Valentine Marco Carocari · All in the Planning Mary Dutta · Devil's Advocate Christine Eskilson ·...
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The first Black Cat Mystery Magazine of 2021 presents 7 compelling original tales, plus a classic reprint by Donald Barr Chidsey. Included are:
TRIP UP ON HIGH STREET, by John Hegenberger
ST. KILLIAN'S CHOICE, by M.A. Monnin
YOU LOSE, WE FIND, by Jon Matthew Farber
THE BIG PICTURE, by John M. Floyd
AN ARTIST IN THE HAREM, by Elizabeth Zelvin
PLANTED IN MIDAIR, by D.V. Bennett
AN INCONVENIENT SLEUTH, by Barb Goffman
"Just Another Bum," by Donald Barr...
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Black Cat Mystery Magazine is a new journal devoted to the best in mystery short fiction. Crime? Noir? Cozy? Private eye? You'll find all genres present and accounted for - with new tales by the best writers of today! The third issue features the following:
Suburbia, by Michael Bracken
The Sorority House, by Eve Fisher
Tourist Season, by JM Taylor
Diversions, by John M. Floyd
The List, by Charlie Drees
Something Certain, by Peter W. J. Hayes
The...
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Black Cat Mystery Magazine is a new journal devoted to the best in mystery short fiction. Crime? Noir? Cozy? Private eye? You'll find all genres present and accounted for - with new tales by the best writers of today! The second issue features contributions by Michael Bracken, John Hegenberger, John M. Floyd, BK Stevens, and Debra H. Goldstein, plus a classic reprint by Melba Marlett.
Complete contents:
THE CLEANSING SOIL, by Charlie Hughes
SKIRTS,...
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The Mysterious Press
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2021.
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454 pages ; 21 cm
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Lee Child selects the twenty best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, and many more. Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller Lee Child has selected the twenty most suspenseful, most confounding, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected...
11) Weirdbook #38
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Weirdbook returns with another jam-packed issue full of great fantasy and horror tales! Included this time are:
• HARLOT ROAD, by Michael Bracken
• WITH A POET'S EYES, by John C. Hocking
• THE WISHING WELL, by Robert Graves
• O KING OF PAIN AND SPLENDOR!, by Darrell Schweitzer
• YOU'D DO IT FOR DIAMONDS, by Adrian Cole
• DREADFUL APPETITE, by Franklyn Searight
• THE HANDMAID OF THE KEY, by R.C. Mulhare
• BLUE MOON, by Allen...