Table of Contents

January/February 2026

FICTION

Santa Dash by Pat Black

Lord of Misrule by Thomas K. Carpenter

Season of Giving by Anna Scotti

Aurora Australis by Mandy Lange

The Final Problem by Terence Faherty

Darkness of the Moon by Shelly Dickson Carr

An rud a chaill muid sa díle by Stephen M. Pierce

Where’s Pete? by Nick Guthrie

Dear Mr. Townsend by E.A. Aymar

Crumbs by LaToya Jovena

The Adventure of the Belgravian Banshee by Michael Mallory

Sherlock Holmes Has Domestic Trouble by Andrew Armstrong

The Great Almond Heist by Smita Harish Jain

221C Baker Street by David Fryer

Coins in the Box by Kate Hohl

 

Poetry

Icicles by Richard V. Fenske

 

DEPARTMENT OF FIRST STORIES

Death in Little Village by Walid Tijerina

Skeleton Crew by V.G. Burke

BLACK MASK

Murder Me in the Neon Lights by C.W. Blackwell

 

PASSPORT TO CRIME

The Yellow Dog by Tapani Bagge

 

NONFICTION AND REVIEWS

Stranger Than Fiction by Dean Jobb

The Jury Box by Steve Steinbock