Our Christmas Contest continues—check it out here. CHRISTMAS MYSTERIES by Deborah Elliott-Upton Reading specific stories at this time of year has become tradition in many homes. We know the one about Scrooge and the three visiting ghosts, the reindeer Santa depends on most, and my favorite about our how just being here touches many others. […]

Our Christmas Contest continues—check it out here. A LETTER FROM SANTA CLAUS by Rob Lopresti Dearest Friend; It is my joy to write to you about a business opportunity that gives you a chance to make money and at the same time be of great service to the youngsters of the earth. I am the […]

Our Christmas Contest continues—check it out here. SHORT CRIME STORIES FOR THE SEASON mostly by Rob Lopresti After the Christmas Party Your drinking was out of proportion; Your dance was a crazy contortion.     Attached are some pix     Of your zaniest tricks. We wish you a merry extortion! Woe Woe Woe The fat man who dresses […]

Our Christmas Contest continues—check it out here. OBSERVED IN THE BREACH by James Lincoln Warren One of the supreme moments in mystery fiction occurs when Watson asks the Great Detective a pointed question: “Is there any point to which you wish to draw my attention?” “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.” […]

CRIMINAL BRIEF CHRISTMAS CONTEST by Leigh Lundin Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas, and Season’s Greetings! In the spirit of the season, CB announces its first ever Reader Contest. Beginning with this one, a secret Christmas-themed message is hidden in every CB piece from now through next Saturday, December 19. Every one of us enjoys mysteries and […]

CRIMINAL RECORDS by John M. Floyd On the advice of two of my children (both of them devoted Apple users), I recently bought an iMac, and during the conversion from Windows, I wound up sorting through a lot of my old MS Word files. Many of them were of course story manuscripts — and that […]

SHUFFLE MODE by Steve Steinbock In my November 20 installment of Bandersnatches I decried the current usage of the word Random as a pejorative. Oddly enough, last night on the news there was a short segment that referred to Lady Gaga. The story made out like everyone knew who Lady Gaga was, but I’d apparently […]