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Mystery Weekly Magazine: March 2017
The best in Short Mystery Fiction
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 issue...
Gem Collector by George Garnet A jewelry thief gets his revenge on dirty cops while helping an abused street walker.
These Little Things That Lead Us Down Dark Alleys by Michael McGlade Cory Moss is suspected of foul play after in the sudden death of his fiancée in a nightclub. He must follow the seedy trail that leads to her killer.
The Farmer And His Wife by Earl Staggs A private investigator reluctantly agrees to look for a weeping mother's son who was last heard from while working on a Texas farm.
Beyond the Grave by Edward Francisco In typical Poe style, Edgar Allan Poe must discover the motive, means and opportunity after the death of his child-bride, Virginia Clemm.
The Exquisite Agony of the Interrogator by Peter Hochstein A dark yet humorous caper involving kidnappings, interrogations, tortures and bumbling goons.
A Fair Trade by Ben Orlando Two career kidnappers approach their last grab, but their loss of nerve may cost them everything.
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 issue...
Gem Collector by George Garnet A jewelry thief gets his revenge on dirty cops while helping an abused street walker.
These Little Things That Lead Us Down Dark Alleys by Michael McGlade Cory Moss is suspected of foul play after in the sudden death of his fiancée in a nightclub. He must follow the seedy trail that leads to her killer.
The Farmer And His Wife by Earl Staggs A private investigator reluctantly agrees to look for a weeping mother's son who was last heard from while working on a Texas farm.
Beyond the Grave by Edward Francisco In typical Poe style, Edgar Allan Poe must discover the motive, means and opportunity after the death of his child-bride, Virginia Clemm.
The Exquisite Agony of the Interrogator by Peter Hochstein A dark yet humorous caper involving kidnappings, interrogations, tortures and bumbling goons.
A Fair Trade by Ben Orlando Two career kidnappers approach their last grab, but their loss of nerve may cost them everything.
61 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2017
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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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January 27, 2024
Here’s a better than average collection of mystery tales from an indie publisher. This one skews slightly more noir than cozy, which is actually my preference. One is a literary pastiche of Poe—arguably the progenitor of the genre in America—that doesn’t quite work for me, but it at least adds variety.
The mag opens strong with a tale by Michael McGlade that deals with drug overdoses and the old Vertigo-esque trope of a living woman who resembles a dead one. It’s the only tale that leaves one feeling as uneasy as satisfied after the denouement. True life rarely has resolution, and sometimes it’s good for fiction to reflect that, even formula fiction.
The best tale, for me, was The Farmer and His Wife by Earl Scaggs. First of all, there’s that name: Earl Scaggs. It would work for the corrupt sheriff of a small town police force, but it works equally well for a crime fiction scribe. The story deals with a young homosexual farmhand who goes missing during the harvesting season. I forget where it takes place, but it has a nice desolate East Texas vibe to it. It was good enough that I could probably be induced to pick up a novel-length work by Scaggs, were I to find one.
All in all, worth the investment of time (a couple hours, max) and pesos.
The mag opens strong with a tale by Michael McGlade that deals with drug overdoses and the old Vertigo-esque trope of a living woman who resembles a dead one. It’s the only tale that leaves one feeling as uneasy as satisfied after the denouement. True life rarely has resolution, and sometimes it’s good for fiction to reflect that, even formula fiction.
The best tale, for me, was The Farmer and His Wife by Earl Scaggs. First of all, there’s that name: Earl Scaggs. It would work for the corrupt sheriff of a small town police force, but it works equally well for a crime fiction scribe. The story deals with a young homosexual farmhand who goes missing during the harvesting season. I forget where it takes place, but it has a nice desolate East Texas vibe to it. It was good enough that I could probably be induced to pick up a novel-length work by Scaggs, were I to find one.
All in all, worth the investment of time (a couple hours, max) and pesos.
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