Table of Contents

July/August 2026

FICTION

Report Card Day • Kevin Egan

The Case of the Potatoes Au Rotten • Mark Thielman

Icehouse • David Hagerty

One for Yes, Two for No • Will Ferguson

The Local Gods of Epoh • Julie McNeely-Kirwan

Mysterious Ways • Alissa C. Grosso

Tricks on the Table • S. B. Watson

A Day of Rest • Chris Muessig

Alfred & Hitchcock • Dave Zeltserman

A Calculated Murder • Peter Glazebrook 

Charming Charlie Lovely Eyes • O’Neil De Noux 

Monday Special • Wendy Hornsby

 

BLACK ORCHID NOVELLA AWARD

The Troubling Mr. Truelove • Pete Barnstrom

 

DEPARTMENTS

Mysterious Photograph • Flash Fiction Writing Contest

Scrambled Diamond Anagram Puzzle • Mark Lagasse

Booked & Printed • Laurel Flores Fantauzzo

The Story That Won

The Lineup