{"id":545,"date":"2019-03-31T22:09:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T22:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertdmckee.com\/?page_id=545"},"modified":"2019-04-03T03:19:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T03:19:13","slug":"best-american-mystery-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robertdmckee.com\/index.php\/best-american-mystery-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Best American Mystery Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"545\" class=\"elementor elementor-545\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6932f08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6932f08\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35596f0\" data-id=\"35596f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c54848 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0c54848\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/robertdmckee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2769171.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-547\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robertdmckee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2769171.jpg 271w, https:\/\/robertdmckee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2769171-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0774d25\" data-id=\"0774d25\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-010224a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"010224a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"caret-color: #363636; color: #363636; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;\">I was pleased to have my story &#8220;The Confession&#8221; selected to appear in this edition of <i>Best American Mystery Stories<\/i>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"caret-color: #363636; color: #363636; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;\">Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country&#8217;s finest short fiction and nonfiction. 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