Mysterical-E

Editor's Column

OCTOBER 2014

Or is it December? I think it's December.

It's been a busy few months and things kept getting pushed back. But now that Fall is almost over and the temps are dropping, it's time for another issue to warm things up.

The Fall has seen a grand new set of TV mysteries and mystery-related programming as Gerald So points out in his column. Though some of the oldies are still among the best, some of the new programs are pretty damned good. I have a lot of favorites stored on my DVR and dole them out to myself like some preciopus box of goodies meant to be savored a little at a time. Others are devoured all at once -- after having been saved for as long as possible.

This issue features plenty of good stuff including another John Floyd mystery, the third Oaters part, and more.

One Special Brag:

Mysterical-E made it to Otto Penzler's Best American Mystery Stories 2014 list of "Other Distinguished Stories" with our publication of Liz Zelvin's "A Breech of Trust" in the Fall issue of 2013

You can "Look Inside" the volume on Amazon and scroll down to the distinguished list and see for yourself: http://tinyurl.com/occsecw

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As usual we're on the lookout for new column and feature ideas as well as stories, books to review, interviews.

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I'm happy to announce that a new book in the Marco Fantana Mystery series is here:

Death on Delancey

http://tinyurl.com/kyskwlc

Two popular gay bartenders are found dead in a tony Philadelphia neighborhood and the police are ready to close the case as a murder-suicide. P.I. Marco Fontana has a hunch that there’s more to the crime than a domestic dispute gone horribly wrong. But he'll need all his wits and resources because the Chief of Detectives hates him and won’t let him anywhere near the case. Besides, the evidence backs up the police department’s claims. And as his personal life becomes more complicated -- old flame or hot new barista boyfriend? -- Fontana finds the case leads him down some seedy avenues in the City of Brotherly Love.

It’s available at Amazon.com, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble online, and more…
It’s of course available at Giovanni’s Room (PAT@Giovanni’s Room) here in Philadelphia.

In the next book in the series Marco and his friends will face a current gay issue head on.

Enjoy
the
issue!