Table of Contents

January/February 2025

FICTION

The Ellery Queen Job by Peter Lovesey

The Swiss Army Knife by Joyce Carol Oates

So South It Was by Andrew Welsh-Huggins

No Title, No Clout by Marcelle Dubé

Death of a Copperhead by R.T. Raichev

Splash by Mat Coward

Winter Visit by Joseph Goodrich

The Greek Interpreter by Terence Faherty

As You See the World by Paul Ryan O’Connor

Enjoy the Silence by Libby Cudmore

Swim at Your Own Risk by Nancy Novick

The One That Got Away by Charlaine Harris

The Scarlatti Skip by Richard Helms

BLACK MASK

Going the Distance by David Bart

 

DEPARTMENT OF FIRST STORIES

Kanab Noon by Manon Wogahn

Baggage by Rick Marcou

 

PASSPORT TO CRIME

The Wages of Sin by François Bloemhof

 

POETRY

To Sail or Not to Sail On a Frigid Morning by Tom Tolnay

The Lost Poem by Carl Robinette

 

SPECIAL FEATURE

A Letter From Your Editor

 

NONFICTION AND REVIEWS

The Jury Box by Steve Steinbock

Stranger Than Fiction by Dean Jobb

Blog Bytes by Kristopher Zgorski