The 2020s

Are You an Amateur?

Issue #166, Feb 2020

"Death is a Matter of Faith"

April 2020

Are You an Artiste?

Issue #167, May 2020

Issue #168, Aug 2020

Study the Market

"Treasure Bowl of Shen Wan San"

August 2020

The Narrative Hook

Issue #169, Nov 2020

"Dead Men on Asteroid 3-19 Delta"

December 2020

December 2020

"Murder and Multitude Other Sins"

On Persevering to Publication

Issue #170, Feb 2021

Proofread Your Work

Issue #171, May 2021

The Case of the Missing River Map

Vol.37, #2, July 2021

Did You Even Proofread This?

Issue #172 Aug 2021

How to Self-Edit Your Story

Issue #173 Nov 2021

"A Death in Dalny"

December 2021

The Myth of Initial Perfection

Issue #174 Feb 2022

Issue #175 May 2022

Just One More Edit...

Inspector McWilliams Aerial Corps!

June 2022

Write What You Know

Issue #176 Aug 2022

3 Tips on Writing for Publication

Issue #177 Nov 2022

"The Fastest Gun in China"

November 2022

No Sense of Place

Issue #178 Feb 2023

Suspense!

Issue #179 May 2023

The Secret Handshake

Issue #180 Aug 2023

"The Desert of Death"

August 2023

When is Enough Enough?

Issue #181 Nov 2023

"All We Gotta Do Steal Temple Bell"

November 2023

"A Dead Man at 35,000 Feet"

December 2023

Horses? Why Horses?

Vol.39, #4, Dec 2023

Calling All Cars...

Issue #182 Feb 2024

"A Corpse in the Martian Sand”

April 2024

April 2024

"Death at a Ghost’s Hands”

I Have an Idea For a Novel…

Issue #183 May 2024

"Death in the Chinese Darkness"

June 2024

Using the Six Senses in Writing

Issue #184, Aug 2024

Make 'em Suffer!

Issue #185, Nov 2024

Vol. 40, #3 Oct 2024

A Partnership--I didn't want one

[My 1st Historical story]

[My 1st Steampunk story]

"Who Murdered Col. Sher.-Smyth?"

December 2024

A Sherlock Holmes Pastiche?

Vol.41, #1, Mar 2025

Issue #186, Feb 2025

Make Your Characters Unique

Details: When Less is More

"Love is a Crushed Car"

Details: When Less is More

Details: When Less is More

Issue #187, May 2025

Issue #187, May 2025

"Never Bet Against Death"

June 2025

Plots to Avoid

Issue #188, Aug 2025

Issue #189, Nov 2025

Foreshadowing

"Murder in the Desert"

Dec 2025

"Death by the Barrel"

Issue #226, Dec 2025

Issue #190, Feb 2026

Issue #190, Feb 2026

Historical Fiction

"One Book, Two Guns..."

No Chinese!

Issue #191, May 2026

The Character Sketch

Issue #192, Aug 2026