The Best American Mystery Stories 2002

The Best American Mystery Stories 2002

“It Is Raining in Bejucal” by John Biguenet. First published in Zoetrope, Summer 2001. Copyright © 2001 by AZX Publications. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Two-Bagger” by Michael Connelly. First published in Murderers’ Row Copyright © 2001 by Michael Connelly. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Fix” by Thomas H. Cook. First published in Murder on the Ropes. Copyright © 2001 by Thomas H. Cook. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Summa Mathematica” by Sean Doolittle. First published in Crime Spree. Copyright © 2001 by Sean Doolittle. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Man Kills Wife, Two Dogs” by Michael Downs. First published in Willow Springs. Copyright © 2001 by Michael Downs. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“A Family Game” by Brendan DuBois. First published in Murderers’ Row. Copyright © 2001 by Brendan DuBois. Reprinted by permission of Jed Mattes, Inc.

“The Blue Mirror” by David Edgerley Gates. First published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. Copyright © 2001 by David Edgerley Gates. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Inscrutable” by Joe Gores. First published in The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology. Copyright © 2001 by Dojo, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Championship of Nowhere” by James Grady. First published in Murder on the Ropes. Copyright © 2001 by James Grady. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Cobalt Blues” by Clark Howard. First published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Copyright © 2001 by Clark Howard. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Sometimes Something Goes Wrong” by Stuart M. Kaminsky. First published in The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology. Copyright © 2001 by Stuart M. Kaminsky. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Mule Rustlers” by Joe R. Lansdale. First published in The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology. Copyright © 2001 by Joe R. Lansdale. Reprinted by permission of the author c/o The Vines Agency.

“Maniac Loose” by Michael Malone. First published in A Confederacy of Crime. Copyright © 2001 by Michael Malone. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Counting” by Fred Melton. First published in Talking River Review, Summer 2001. Copyright © 2001 by Fred Melton. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“You Don’t Know Me” by Annette Meyers. First published in Flesh and Blood. Copyright © 2001 by Annette Meyers. Reprinted by permission of Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency, Inc.

“The High School Sweetheart” by Joyce Carol Oates. First published in Playboy, January 2001. Copyright © 2001 by The Ontario Review, Inc. Reprinted by permission of The Ontario Review, Inc.

“Harlem Nocturne” by Robert B. Parker. First published in Murderers’ Row. Copyright © 2001 by Robert B. Parker. Reprinted by permission of The Helen Brann Agency, Inc.

“Midnight Emissions” by F. X. Toole. First published in Murder on the Ropes. Copyright © 2001 by F. X. Toole. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“A Lepidopterist’s Tale” by Daniel Waterman. First published in Bomb, Fall 2001. Copyright © 2001 by Daniel Waterman. Reprinted by permission of International Creative Management, Inc.

“The Copper Kings” by Scott Wolven. First published in HandHeldCrime & Plots with Guns, January 2001. Copyright © 2001 by Scott Wolven. Reprinted by permission of International Creative Management, Inc.