John Timm

The crime and detective fiction of John Timm has appeared in Bartleby Snopes, Close to the Bone, Mystery Tribune, Punk Noir, and Switchblade, among others. Semi-retired, John teaches Spanish language and literature at the college level. @johnttimm

Published in Macabre Magazine

The Many Temptations of Owen Jenks

John Timm|April 2026|10 min read

The crime occurred in mid-summer when most of the surrounding neighbours had fled to the shore, or an upstate lake in the mountains, or even to the cooler latitudes of Europe. The house, among all the other houses in that venerable neighborhood, was not the most opulent, yet, if only for its sheer size and… Continue reading The Many Temptations of Owen Jenks