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Mystery Weekly Magazine: February 2018
At the cutting edge of crime fiction, Mystery Weekly Magazine presents original short stories by the world’s best-known and emerging mystery writers.
The stories we feature in our monthly issues span every imaginable subgenre, including cozy, police procedural, noir, whodunit, supernatural, hardboiled, humor, and historical mysteries. Evocative writing and a compelling story are the only certainty.
Get ready to be surprised, challenged, and entertained--whether you enjoy the style of the Golden Age of mystery (e.g., Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle), the glorious pulp digests of the early twentieth century (e.g., Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler), or contemporary masters of mystery.
In our feature story, Gary Cahill’s “… On A Two-Way Street …,” a New York City bagman runs afoul of gunmen on a Cape Cod beach and into a femme who is fatale in just the right measure.
While entertaining at a child's birthday party, a young woman becomes embroiled in the secrets of suburbia in “Magic Cat And The Girl In The Shadows” by Jack Bates.
In Justin Rempel’s “My Favourite Fungus,” we are presented with a puzzle to unravel. Small towns are simple places. Their streets run in grid-like patterns. So why can he not find her?
“I Gave Them The Finger” by Chad Lutzke takes us on a wild goose chase when a man finds a finger in his front yard and investigates the neighborhood to find the owner.
“A Letter For The Bayou” by Craig A. Strickland gives us a poignant tale of an old detective hoping to spend his retirement with poetry and a quiet life. But when the peace of the Southern bayou in his backyard is violently shattered, suddenly he finds himself back on duty.
The stories we feature in our monthly issues span every imaginable subgenre, including cozy, police procedural, noir, whodunit, supernatural, hardboiled, humor, and historical mysteries. Evocative writing and a compelling story are the only certainty.
Get ready to be surprised, challenged, and entertained--whether you enjoy the style of the Golden Age of mystery (e.g., Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle), the glorious pulp digests of the early twentieth century (e.g., Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler), or contemporary masters of mystery.
In our feature story, Gary Cahill’s “… On A Two-Way Street …,” a New York City bagman runs afoul of gunmen on a Cape Cod beach and into a femme who is fatale in just the right measure.
While entertaining at a child's birthday party, a young woman becomes embroiled in the secrets of suburbia in “Magic Cat And The Girl In The Shadows” by Jack Bates.
In Justin Rempel’s “My Favourite Fungus,” we are presented with a puzzle to unravel. Small towns are simple places. Their streets run in grid-like patterns. So why can he not find her?
“I Gave Them The Finger” by Chad Lutzke takes us on a wild goose chase when a man finds a finger in his front yard and investigates the neighborhood to find the owner.
“A Letter For The Bayou” by Craig A. Strickland gives us a poignant tale of an old detective hoping to spend his retirement with poetry and a quiet life. But when the peace of the Southern bayou in his backyard is violently shattered, suddenly he finds himself back on duty.
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First published February 1, 2018
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Mystery Weekly Magazine
108 books1 followernote: In 2022 the magazine changed its name from "Mystery Weekly Magazine" to simply "Mystery Magazine".
At the cutting edge of crime fiction, Mystery Magazine presents original short stories by the world’s best-known and emerging mystery writers. The stories we feature in our monthly issues span every imaginable subgenre, including cozy, police procedural, noir, whodunit, supernatural, hardboiled, humor, and historical mysteries. Evocative writing and a compelling story are the only certainty.
Print editions of Mystery Magazine are available on Amazon. You can also ask your local library to carry us on Flipster.
ABOUT US
Chuck Carter Publisher
A graduate of Western University, Chuck has over 20 years experience in Internet software development. He is an award-winning amateur photographer and occasional writer, with his first mystery novel published in 2015 by Cozy Cat Press. He handles our web development, magazine production, marketing, and strategic development.
Kerry Carter Editor
Kerry holds a BA from The University of Manitoba and certificates from Western and Waterloo universities. She is an avid reader of mystery fiction, and is never far from her manual of style. Her responsibilities include copyediting, reading submissions, preparing contracts and paying writers. She also maintains our social media accounts.
At the cutting edge of crime fiction, Mystery Magazine presents original short stories by the world’s best-known and emerging mystery writers. The stories we feature in our monthly issues span every imaginable subgenre, including cozy, police procedural, noir, whodunit, supernatural, hardboiled, humor, and historical mysteries. Evocative writing and a compelling story are the only certainty.
Print editions of Mystery Magazine are available on Amazon. You can also ask your local library to carry us on Flipster.
ABOUT US
Chuck Carter Publisher
A graduate of Western University, Chuck has over 20 years experience in Internet software development. He is an award-winning amateur photographer and occasional writer, with his first mystery novel published in 2015 by Cozy Cat Press. He handles our web development, magazine production, marketing, and strategic development.
Kerry Carter Editor
Kerry holds a BA from The University of Manitoba and certificates from Western and Waterloo universities. She is an avid reader of mystery fiction, and is never far from her manual of style. Her responsibilities include copyediting, reading submissions, preparing contracts and paying writers. She also maintains our social media accounts.
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April 11, 2018
One does not want to find a severed finger, but that is what happens in the opening story of Mystery Weekly Magazine: February 2018. Not only is it a severed finger, but that severed finger is missing the bone in “I Gave Them The Finger” by Chad Lutzke. Ben thinks the finger probably belongs to one of his neighbors. Which neighbor is a question? Why is the finger in his yard is another as is why is the bone missing from the finger? Answering those questions and others drives the tale as through Ben we meet his neighbors.
Up next is the offbeat tale,”…On A Two Way Street (a noirish fable of imagi-Masssachusetts” by Gary Cahill. A delivery for Mr. Chen has gone very wrong. Now there are bodies on a Cape Cod beach and he is on the run with a woman he carjacked as the driver.
Craig A. Strickland is up next with a “A Letter For The Bayou.” The young girl next door, Melodica, who is about seven just walked to the bluff above Turtle Bayou and sailed a piece of paper out towards the waters below. For her elderly neighbor, her action was both sweet and sad. There was a lot of meaning in what she just did and that means the mystery of her action needs to be solved.
Gia puts on her magic shows for children in “Magic Cat And The Girl In The Shadows” by Jack Bates. Her outfit, part of her act with her cat, arouses some men and annoys some of the women. As a consequence of her performances, she often learns quite a lot about the families involved. The Maher family at the heart of this tale is one example of that.
He is looking for a certain woman and can’t find her in “My Favorite Fungus” by Justin Rempel. He can’t think of her name, but knows she is very special. He has got to find her.
The You-Solve-It puzzle this month is by Tatiana Cloudy. Private Investigator be the ones to help her. help her. But, they have not to this point. Miss Wheeler is very worried about Miranda Campbell and wants his help in “Summer Vacations In Chile.”
The issue closes with the solution to the You-Solve-It puzzle from last month.
Mystery Weekly Magazine: February 2018 marks the thirtieth issue of this enjoyable crime fiction short story magazine. Complicated interesting tales have been the hallmarks of this magazine and that continues in this issue. All the tales in the issue are good ones, but the ones by Mr. Lutzke and Mr. Strickland really stood out for this reviewer.
Mystery Weekly Magazine: February 2018
http://www.mysteryweekly.com/
ASIN: B079DSHFYP
eBook (available in print format)
72 Pages
$2.99
For quite some time now I have been gifted a subscription by the publisher with no expectation at all of a review. This month I made the decision to read and review. I expect to do more of that going forward depending on my usual personal time constraints.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2018
Up next is the offbeat tale,”…On A Two Way Street (a noirish fable of imagi-Masssachusetts” by Gary Cahill. A delivery for Mr. Chen has gone very wrong. Now there are bodies on a Cape Cod beach and he is on the run with a woman he carjacked as the driver.
Craig A. Strickland is up next with a “A Letter For The Bayou.” The young girl next door, Melodica, who is about seven just walked to the bluff above Turtle Bayou and sailed a piece of paper out towards the waters below. For her elderly neighbor, her action was both sweet and sad. There was a lot of meaning in what she just did and that means the mystery of her action needs to be solved.
Gia puts on her magic shows for children in “Magic Cat And The Girl In The Shadows” by Jack Bates. Her outfit, part of her act with her cat, arouses some men and annoys some of the women. As a consequence of her performances, she often learns quite a lot about the families involved. The Maher family at the heart of this tale is one example of that.
He is looking for a certain woman and can’t find her in “My Favorite Fungus” by Justin Rempel. He can’t think of her name, but knows she is very special. He has got to find her.
The You-Solve-It puzzle this month is by Tatiana Cloudy. Private Investigator be the ones to help her. help her. But, they have not to this point. Miss Wheeler is very worried about Miranda Campbell and wants his help in “Summer Vacations In Chile.”
The issue closes with the solution to the You-Solve-It puzzle from last month.
Mystery Weekly Magazine: February 2018 marks the thirtieth issue of this enjoyable crime fiction short story magazine. Complicated interesting tales have been the hallmarks of this magazine and that continues in this issue. All the tales in the issue are good ones, but the ones by Mr. Lutzke and Mr. Strickland really stood out for this reviewer.
Mystery Weekly Magazine: February 2018
http://www.mysteryweekly.com/
ASIN: B079DSHFYP
eBook (available in print format)
72 Pages
$2.99
For quite some time now I have been gifted a subscription by the publisher with no expectation at all of a review. This month I made the decision to read and review. I expect to do more of that going forward depending on my usual personal time constraints.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2018
July 1, 2024
Mixed bag
The good stories are not great, the bad ones not terrible - although the one about the android in love came pretty close to that. One could easily find a better mystery short collection.
The good stories are not great, the bad ones not terrible - although the one about the android in love came pretty close to that. One could easily find a better mystery short collection.
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