ENJOY OUR ANNUAL COZY ISSUE!

“Cooking Up Crime”, (MYSTERY, CRIME, AND MAYHEM Book 19) releases today!

Want a slice of pie with your crime? Or perhaps some cookies. Maybe even some BBQ…

Welcome to the annual cozy edition of MCM!

Be sure to bring a snack, as these stories are sure to leave you hungry for more.

Get your copy from the publisher or follow this universal link to your favorite online bookseller.

For my story, “Baking Into the Dark,” I drew on memories of moving with our fifth-, seventh-, and eighth grade children from my Oregon hometown to the capital of Denmark.

All went well for us in real life, but my mother-gene conjured up dangerous hazards waiting our kids in a country where the legal age for buying beer from a local store was fifteen.

In my story, sixteen-year-old Toby gives his mother plenty to worry about as he takes the part of a medieval baker during an alcohol-fueled weekend role-playing event in a forest north of Copenhagen.

This fun-packed issue includes eight more short stories and one essay, all waiting to entertain you.

Follow the links above or click on the cover to get your copy.

BLACK WIDOWS ON SALE NOW!

Black Widows, the spring 2022 issue of MYSTERY, CRIME, AND MAYHEM is live!

 

MCM Black Widows

Eleven mystery writers explore what might be considered the darker side of the fairer sex. My own contribution, “The Failed Femme Fatale”, will surprise you.

Click on the cover above or follow this universal link to your favorite online bookseller to get your copy, available as an ebook from most retailers and in paperback from Amazon.

CRIME THROUGH THE AGES!

Long Ago, the current volume of MYSTERY, CRIME, AND MAYHEM is on sale now!

Long Ago (MCM Issue 7

Ten gripping stories appear from all over the map and the calendar, from Ancient Egypt to sixteenth-century Venice with a stopover in 1964 Budapest.

The writers also take you to the Arizona territory and mid-1800s Illinois, plus twentieth-century Minnesota, Arkansas, Illinois, Nevada, and, in my tale, Oregon.

My brand-new short story “Shattered” is in this issue. A nut-tree farmer accuses two preschool kids in a quiet small town neighborhood of criminal mischief. The incident shatters more than a set of taillights for their fictional mother.

Discover the many ways throughout history that crimes occur—and get resolved.

Click on the cover above or follow this universal link to your favorite online retailer to get your copy. Also available in paperback from Amazon.