Deadly Pleasures is America's premier fan-oriented mystery magazine.  In it and on this site we celebrate all that is good about the mystery genre AND point you to the best in crime fiction. 

DP #67 is now available. The cover article focuses on Charles Todd and Relatives Who Write Mysteries

Dell Publications (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine) have once again been kind to supply texts of the Short Story Barry Award Nominations.  You may click on any of the titles below and read a fine short story. 

Doug Allyn, "Thicker Than Blood" (AHMM September)
Jeffrey Cohen, "The Gun Also Rises" (AHMM January-February)
Mike Cooper, "Whiz Bang" (EQMM September-October)
Trina Corey, "Facts Exhibiting Wantonness" ( EQMM November)
James Powell, "Last Laugh in Floogle Park" (EQMM July)
Eric Rutter, "Purge" (AHMM December)

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Click on cover photo below to see a PDF file of Issue #54 with a wonderful overview of Scandinavian crime fiction. I won't be doing this with every issue, but this will give newcomers a chance to see exactly what we do. If you want to print it off, I figure it costs about $1.00 in paper and a little toner if you have a laser printer. You'll use up a lot of ink if you have an ink-jet printer, so be advised.  It's a large file so it may take a few seconds to download. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer to do this. If you don't have Acrobat it's a free download from many sites -- just google it.