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Mystery Weekly Magazine: March 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 this
"Love on the Rocks," by Steve Liskow While tending bar, Karin reads the lips of two men planning a murder. She's never seen them before and nobody else heard them, so how can she stop them before someone dies?
"The Woman Who Sat on a House," by John H. Dromey While she was housesitting for a friend in an unfamiliar neighborhood, people-watching seemed like a perfectly harmless pastime for an amateur sleuth. Then something untoward happened next door.
"Bill Postesr Will Be Prosecuted," by Josh Pachter A Christmas trip to London turns bleak for William and Evangeline Posters.
"Bag Man," by Martin Hill Ortiz An ambulance crew is summoned to a lonely street where they find a bullet-ridden ambulance. There, they find a dying man with a large stash of money.
"Queen and Country," by Robert Mangeot An ultra-valuable tropical spider has popped up in the French badlands, where no tropical spider should ever survive. Legend-in-his-own-mind arachnologist Nick Torthwaite is on the hunt. He’s out of his element, too.
"The Lexicon Case," by Michael T. Best An investigator goes undercover to discover why four ex-employees of the Lexicon Corporation committed crimes they do not remember committing.
"Low Budget Mystery Story," by Eric Cline Talk is cheap, but stories are expensive. Our tale won't last long, and neither will its protagonist.
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 this
"Love on the Rocks," by Steve Liskow While tending bar, Karin reads the lips of two men planning a murder. She's never seen them before and nobody else heard them, so how can she stop them before someone dies?
"The Woman Who Sat on a House," by John H. Dromey While she was housesitting for a friend in an unfamiliar neighborhood, people-watching seemed like a perfectly harmless pastime for an amateur sleuth. Then something untoward happened next door.
"Bill Postesr Will Be Prosecuted," by Josh Pachter A Christmas trip to London turns bleak for William and Evangeline Posters.
"Bag Man," by Martin Hill Ortiz An ambulance crew is summoned to a lonely street where they find a bullet-ridden ambulance. There, they find a dying man with a large stash of money.
"Queen and Country," by Robert Mangeot An ultra-valuable tropical spider has popped up in the French badlands, where no tropical spider should ever survive. Legend-in-his-own-mind arachnologist Nick Torthwaite is on the hunt. He’s out of his element, too.
"The Lexicon Case," by Michael T. Best An investigator goes undercover to discover why four ex-employees of the Lexicon Corporation committed crimes they do not remember committing.
"Low Budget Mystery Story," by Eric Cline Talk is cheap, but stories are expensive. Our tale won't last long, and neither will its protagonist.
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First published March 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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May 15, 2018
The issue opens with “Love On The Rocks” by Steve Liskow. The Monday night football game is on so Karin is hoping for good tips. She is in school so every dime helps which is why she is good at her job and pays attention to all of her customers. Working only three nights a week while classes are in session means she really has to work to make the money. The bar is loud, but she can still hear what some folks are talking about in the bar. She can overhear things that maybe she shouldn’t.
Molly Sullivan isn’t exactly what Barb is asking as “The Woman Who Sat On A House” by John H. Dromey begins. Barb has suspicions about a neighbor and his activities. She is sure that Parker Trent is trouble. Hopefully, Molly listened as she is supposed to house sit for Barb while she is gone for a few days around the Fourth of July. A murder might complicate things.
Josh Pachter is up next with “Bill Posters Will Be Prosecuted.” William and Evangeline Posters are in London on a holiday and have been making the museum circuit. She has had enough of the museums and wants to go shopping at Harrods as they had agreed. It is Christmas and they had a deal. It is time to shop at Harrods. That was until things went wrong.
Late October in Los Angeles means a stressed population. Things happen and ambulances are called. Protocols exist for a reason. They are very important when you work out of a trauma center in South Central. The address on Tipton in “Bag Man” by Martin Hill Ortiz is a well-known problem location. But, somebody called and needs help.
Action and adventure await the reader in “Queen And Country” by Robert Mangeot. Ballentine is missing. He had been pursuing some sort of giant spider that was attacking the local cattle. Now the daughter of a local rancher, Amalie, and Doctor Nick Torthwaite, are on the hunt for Ballentine as well as the spider and its lair.
A solar eclipse pretty much stops everyone in their tracks. Nick Kane does not care in “The Lexicon Case” by Michael T. Best. In fact, he needed work so bad he took the hyperloop from Old Vegas to New Shanghai. You don’t do that for three and a half hours for fun. It is the future, but the same issues exist. Nick has been hired to hunt down the bad guys and intends to do so even if he has to go into Lexicon to do it.
If it was a movie it would be a low budget one and very familiar to a lot of us. Instead, “Low Budget Mystery Story” by Eric Cline gives the reader a written perspective of a guy needing help in the aftermath of a shooting.
Rhonda Howard is back with another “You-Solve-It” crime story. In ‘Mimic To A Crime” Detective Karl Dugan is on the case of the stolen book from the library of the eccentric Dr. Pennington.
The issue concludes with the answer to the February You-solve-it story, “Summer Vacations In Chile” by Tatiana Claudy.
Mystery Weekly Magazine: March 2018 is another enjoyable and solidly good issue. Including the adventure style mystery tale gave this issue a nice sense of mixture alongside the more traditional mystery tales. A couple of surprises are also in store for readers as not everything ends the way one expects. Entertaining and fun, it is well worth your time.
Mystery Weekly Magazine: March 2018
http://www.mysteryweekly.com
February 26, 2018
ASIN: B07B3YCDZN
eBook (also available in print)
112 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. I now read and review each issue as I can. To date, I have never submitted anything to this market and will not do so as long as I review the publication.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2018
Molly Sullivan isn’t exactly what Barb is asking as “The Woman Who Sat On A House” by John H. Dromey begins. Barb has suspicions about a neighbor and his activities. She is sure that Parker Trent is trouble. Hopefully, Molly listened as she is supposed to house sit for Barb while she is gone for a few days around the Fourth of July. A murder might complicate things.
Josh Pachter is up next with “Bill Posters Will Be Prosecuted.” William and Evangeline Posters are in London on a holiday and have been making the museum circuit. She has had enough of the museums and wants to go shopping at Harrods as they had agreed. It is Christmas and they had a deal. It is time to shop at Harrods. That was until things went wrong.
Late October in Los Angeles means a stressed population. Things happen and ambulances are called. Protocols exist for a reason. They are very important when you work out of a trauma center in South Central. The address on Tipton in “Bag Man” by Martin Hill Ortiz is a well-known problem location. But, somebody called and needs help.
Action and adventure await the reader in “Queen And Country” by Robert Mangeot. Ballentine is missing. He had been pursuing some sort of giant spider that was attacking the local cattle. Now the daughter of a local rancher, Amalie, and Doctor Nick Torthwaite, are on the hunt for Ballentine as well as the spider and its lair.
A solar eclipse pretty much stops everyone in their tracks. Nick Kane does not care in “The Lexicon Case” by Michael T. Best. In fact, he needed work so bad he took the hyperloop from Old Vegas to New Shanghai. You don’t do that for three and a half hours for fun. It is the future, but the same issues exist. Nick has been hired to hunt down the bad guys and intends to do so even if he has to go into Lexicon to do it.
If it was a movie it would be a low budget one and very familiar to a lot of us. Instead, “Low Budget Mystery Story” by Eric Cline gives the reader a written perspective of a guy needing help in the aftermath of a shooting.
Rhonda Howard is back with another “You-Solve-It” crime story. In ‘Mimic To A Crime” Detective Karl Dugan is on the case of the stolen book from the library of the eccentric Dr. Pennington.
The issue concludes with the answer to the February You-solve-it story, “Summer Vacations In Chile” by Tatiana Claudy.
Mystery Weekly Magazine: March 2018 is another enjoyable and solidly good issue. Including the adventure style mystery tale gave this issue a nice sense of mixture alongside the more traditional mystery tales. A couple of surprises are also in store for readers as not everything ends the way one expects. Entertaining and fun, it is well worth your time.
Mystery Weekly Magazine: March 2018
http://www.mysteryweekly.com
February 26, 2018
ASIN: B07B3YCDZN
eBook (also available in print)
112 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. I now read and review each issue as I can. To date, I have never submitted anything to this market and will not do so as long as I review the publication.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2018
April 15, 2018
Some fine fiction herein
Clever stories, including some that play delightfully with the genre cliches. Eric Cline's was particularly noteworthy. Give it a try
Clever stories, including some that play delightfully with the genre cliches. Eric Cline's was particularly noteworthy. Give it a try
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