One of the stories I read to prepare for the interview with Michael Bracken that appears in The Digest Enthusiast No. 8 was “My Sister’s Husband.” Although I didn’t ask a question about this particular story,…

It’s hard to believe that two years ago today Joe Wehrle, Jr. passed. Just days after completing his cover portrait of Rick Ollerman for The Digest Enthusiast No. 7. The photo shows Joe at the drawing…

Brett Halliday: The Challenge in Mystery Writing Contents Page Helen Nielsen “The Long Walk to Death” Fletcher Flora “Only the Best for Bowser” James Shucker “Carny Blood” Tedd Thomey “Slay-ride to Eternity” Ted Reynolds “Identification in…

An excerpt from Steve Carper’s series “One-and-Dones” that appears in The Digest Enthusiast No. 7–9: Paperback Prices by Graham Holroyd lists two books, D as in Dead, by mystery great Lawrence Treat, and The Lisping Man,…

Contents Page Frederick Highland “Peat” Vicki Weisfeld “The West Texas Rookie” Robert Lopresti “Robot Carson” Stephen Couch “Exposure” R.T. Lawton “The Job Interview” John M. Floyd “Rachel’s Place” Dennis Palumbo “A Really Great Team” Ray Morrison…

Excerpt from the tribute: “The Creative Works of Joe Wehrle, Jr.” from The Digest Enthusiast No. 8, June 2018: Shown here are the Cauliflower Catnip pinback button, embroidered patch, and plaster bust. Joe stayed in touch…

“The scene is the Hall of the Great Guilty Lovers in Hell— roofed with stars that glitter like the first glances of fatal love, paved with sulfurous cosmic darkness assuage with desire, and walled with distant…

“There’s nothing I like better than a good story well told with a flavor of surprise and suspense. That’s the reason I pick up True Crime Detective.” –Lauritz Melchior, world-famous tenor True Crime Detective Vol. 2…

An excerpt from Michael Bracken’s interview in The Digest Enthusiast No. 8, June 2018: The Digest Enthusiast: “Chase Your Dreams,” from AHMM (June 2016), is a great example of a story that evokes an emotional response.…