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. 

Our 62nd issue is now available. The cover article focuses on P.J. Tracy and Police Detective Novels .

Permission was granted for the posting of the 2010 Short Story Barry Award nominated short stories . Enjoy!

Barbara Callahan, "My Mother's Keeper" (EQMM June 2009)
David Dean, "Erin's Journal" (EQMM December 2009)
John H. Dirckx, "Real Men Die" (AHMM September 2009)
Brendan DuBois, "The High House Writer" (AHMM July-August 2009)
Melodie Johnson Howe, "A Hollywood Ending" (EQMM July 2009)
Morley Swingle, "Hard Blows" (THE PROSECUTION RESTS )

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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.