Edward D. Hoch, a prolific short-story writer who was known as a master of the puzzle mystery and for more than three decades was a monthly fixture in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, has died ...

The Mystery Short Story. Shedunnit. A consideration of crime fiction’s more compact incarnation. ... — How to Write a Mystery: a Handbook from Mystery Writers of America, ...

Two new mystery/noir collections highlight stories with Christmas settings and works by pioneering women writers. Skip to main content Skip to main menu Skip to search Skip to footer.

Crime fiction heavyweight Harlan Coben’s newest, “Win,” combines hostage-taking, a stolen Vermeer painting, and an ice-cold case that has stumped the FBI. Coben has written more than 30 ...

Edward D. Hoch, a prolific short story writer who was known as a master of the puzzle mystery and for more than three decades was a monthly fixture in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, has died.He ...

In "The Mistletoe Murder," her first and presumably only story collection (James died two years ago, at the age of 94), a nod goes to the woman often called the best-selling mystery writer of all ...

The latest book in the Rehoboth Beach Reads series, “Beach Mysteries,” is now available through Lewes-based publisher Cat & Mouse Press. “Beach Mysteries” contains 22 winning short stories ...

Short fiction is a wordful format. Many writing classes for kids and college students exclusively study short stories because ...