
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
It's still under construction
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