Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction xiii
La Chingona from The Eviction of Hope Hector Acosta 1
Lucky Thirteen from Midnight Hour Tracy Clark 16
An Ache So Divine from Jukes & Tanks S. A. Cosby 29
Detainment from Speculative Los Angeles Alex Espinoza 42
Here's to New Friends from When a Stranger Comes to Town Jacqueline Freimor 56
A Career Spent Disappointing People from Palm Springs Noir Tod Goldberg 67
The Very Last Time from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Juliet Grames 86
The Wind from The New Yorker Lauren Groff 101
No Man's Land from Only the Good Die Young James D. F. Hannah 111
Return to Sender from Jukes & Tonks Gar Anthony Haywood 123
Harriet Point from The Southern Review Leslie Jones 140
Stingers from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine LaToya Jovena 159
God Bless America from Collectibles Elaine Kagan 168
A Bostonian (in Cambridge) from Collectibles Dennis Lehane 186
Remediation from This Time for Sure Kristen Lepionka 206
Long Live the Girl Detective from Electric Literature Megan Pillow 220
Mata Hambre from Midnight Hour Raquel V. Reyes 233
Turning Heart from This Time for Sure David Heska Wanbli Weiden 242
Lycia from The Colorado Review Brendan Williams-Childs 253
Thank You for Your Service from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Matthew Wilson 268
Contributors' Notes 295
Other Distinguished Mystery and Suspense of 2021 307