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To tide Orphan X readers over before the new novel, Lone Wolf, comes out in February, Gregg Hurwitz has written an eBook short story called The Recital that takes place in the world of Evan Smoak. It’s perfect for both long-time fans and readers new to the series, and it’s only $1.99. Story Description The Orphan Program—which recruited…
Thank you to Denise Johnson, for suggesting the title for this story on our Instagram Post! “sELF Preservation” As the bullets flew over his head, he returned fire by shooting out the gang member’s kneecaps. The bullets continued, and he was worried he was about to run out of ammo. It was tough being an…
“Arsenic and the Shepherd” Eyebrows knotted, Superintendent McIntyre said, “Mee-thay?” My superior officer’s grasp of the vernacular was questionable, even after a decade in charge of the growing Bombay police force. 1892 had not been a good year for him—the hot summer air that the three-bladed punkha fans barely circulated, complaints from the Governor’s council, and constant interference from…
“Snakebit” is a satisfying amuse bouche from Paul Doiron, a vignette from warden Mike Bowditch’s past that doesn’t follow the events of Hatchet Island, published in June 2022. Dead Man’s Wake, the 14th in the series, drops June 27th. “Snakebit” shows us Bowditch as a junior game warden. His personality, his relationship with his co-workers,…
1 It had snowed the night before, just a trace, but now the sky was a deep blue, and a faint breeze was blowing powder off the boughs of the pines. Spellbound by the glitter in the air, I slowed my patrol truck and thought how it might have seemed to someone more innocent than…
We teamed up with six mystery writers to create a short story in real-time. The end result was “All Too Well” which you can read in full below! A special thank you goes out to the participating authors (in order of appearance): Gigi Pandian, Samantha Jayne Allen, Anna Downes, Camilla Sten, Alex Finlay, and Stacy…
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021, edited by Alafair Burke and Steph Cha, is a collection of the 20 best crime short stories from the year 2020, featuring tales rife with the stress, anxiety, crime, and violence inspired by an unprecedented year. After taking over as series editor, Steph Cha found herself facing the…
Priced at just $1.99, this original short story in the bestselling Mike Bowditch mystery series by Paul Doiron finds Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch on the hunt for a sinister prowler turning a couple’s dream vacation home into a nightmare. New owners of a dream cottage on a remote Maine lake find themselves taunted, then…
Raymond Carver meets Elmore Leonard in Tod Goldberg’s The Low Desert: Gangster Stories, an extraordinary collection of contemporary crime writing set in the critically acclaimed Gangsterland universe. If I’m being perfectly honest, most collections of crime short stories are … fine. Entertaining and good for a quick genre fix but often lacking in depth and memorability.…
This is an exquisite collection of short stories perfect for spooky season, with 42 gems of flash fiction carefully curated by Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto to offer readers nearly every variation on horror on the popular market today. Whether you prefer a classic ghost story, a near-future dystopia, or a far-future tale of space…