THE BEST CRIME STORIES
2024
HONOUR ROLL

Additional outstanding stories published in 2023

Libby Cudmore, Wait for the Blackout

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May/June

Eve Elliot, Hell Hath No Fury

Malice Domestic #17: Murder Most Traditional (Wildside Press)

Vasseen Kahn, Ace of Spades

The Strand Magazine, Vol. 69

David Shawn Klein, Monster Case

Mystery Magazine, December

Robert Lopresti, The Accessories Club

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, March/April

Chris McGinley, The Females Especially

Coal Black: Stories (Shotgun Honey/Down & Out)

Jessica Slee, Woodpeckers

Shotgun Honey Presents Thicker Than Water (Shotgun Honey)

Rob B. Smith, Our Most Sorrowful Mother of the Blessed Hardwood

Vautrin, Vol. 5, No. 1

Mark Thielman, The Experimental Theater Company of Barbed Wire

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, November/December

Peter Turnbull, The Extremely Pleasant and Most Helpful Lady with Three Ears

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July/August