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		Examine our annual Holmesian issue as the great detective would have, and you won’t be disappointed. First up is “Shikari,” (excerpted here) a highly original Sherlock Holmes pastiche by James Lincoln Warren that puts a new spin on the roles of Watson and Mycroft Holmes. Following it are tales with fresh twists and turns of alibi and motive. The young narrator in Brian Muir’s “Floating Ant” relates a campfire incident with a totally unexpected outcome, while the Glauser-winning story “Out There” by Zoë Beck unravels its crime through (electronic) epistolary means. William Link’s assassin in “Sally the Bookworm” (excerpted here) and the narrator of Zane Lovitt’s compelling first story “Death at Le Shack” both encounter unlikely distractions to their assignments in this issue, and complicating the concept of “crime” are Kenneth Mark Hoover’s tragic tale “Phaedra,” and Jim Allyn’s portrayal of a cop forced to examine his past (“The Deer Woods”). Even Baker Street residents could spend days poring over the clues in two whodunits (and whydunits) that round out the issue: “Farewell to the Shade” by Cheryl Rogers—which features mechanically savvy Detective Spanner—and “Premeditation” by Victoria Weisfeld, which is set in a picturesque Alaskan summer.   Subscribe today!

MYSTERY PLACE BOOKS announces a new DIGITAL ANTHOLOGY: Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Presents:  The Crooked Road. Get your copy today!   ANNOUNCEMENT FOR WRITERS:  ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN  EQMM is now using an online electronic submission system (http://eqmm.magazinesubmissions.com) that has been designed to streamline our process and improve communication with authors. We ask that all submissions be made through this system, rather than on paper, from now on. Please refer to our updated writers' guidelines for full details and instructions on manuscript formatting. SPECIAL FEATURE STORY by Arthur Vidro: The Ransom of EQMM #1 ANNIVERSARY FEATURES: Articles & Photos Celebrating EQMM's 70th EQMM Podcasts A recent addition to our EQMM website! Audio readings and dramatizations by the world's leading suspense writers. Visit our Podcast page today! Check out this month's podcast: "No Mystery"
Back by Popular Demand - Our Mystery Crossword Puzzle! Each month we will post a new puzzle for your solving entertainment. Just click here to download and print, but beware: the answer is on page 2. Enjoy!
	Shikari by James Lincoln Warren Art by Allen Davis Preface In 1993, “Confessions of an Old Shikari,” a holograph manuscript purportedly written by the notorious criminal Colonel Sebastian Moran, was discovered in a trunk in a Pasadena, California, attic. After having been scrutinized by various Holmesian scholars, the manuscript was declared a fraud, since it blatantly contradicted accepted historical facts. Read more.
	Sally The Bookworm by William Link Art by Mark Evan Walker Hit man Salvatore (Sally) had done it all, seen it all, but he was still amazed when his skinflint employer, Godfather Franco Calderella, took him out to lunch—Italian, of course. It was a small “family” restaurant on lower 1st near the alphabet streets. “Order the tongue,” Franco commanded while he poured from a bottle of Pinot Noir from his cousin’s vineyard in Napa. He was treated like he owned the place, and maybe he did. . . . Read more.

Don’t miss our must-read March/April double issue, which features stories by Joyce Carol Oates, Doug Allyn, Steven Saylor, Peter Lovsey, Judith Cutler and more!