Marcelle Dubé with “Road Trip.”
Edward Lodi with “The Sweet Couple Next Door.”
Jackie Sherbow with Bystander Intervention.”
Mark Thielman with “My Dead-End Job.”
Synopsis:
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.
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.
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In this issue ★
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In our cover story, “Gone To Weave By Steam” by Kelsey Hutton, Lady Winthrope
is hosting the latest society dinner, and her beleaguered cook, Alice, has to
feed surprise guests and still find time to sneak away to see her son—until the
Home Secretary keels over dead before the marzipan tower is even served.
✓“Bystander
Intervention” by Jackie Sherbow is a somewhat-satirical story critiquing
contemporary organizing/activism spaces, about a young woman seeking strange
revenge and perhaps self worth after being harassed.
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In “Concrete” by George Guthridge a cuckold concrete contractor dumps concrete
onto his neighbor's model railroad—a criminal act that uncovers two serial
killers.
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“Tough Nuts” by Melodie Desmond: When two out-of-town Toronto cops stop for
dinner in an Italian bistro, they don't count on being witness to murder!
Hijinks ensue when it turns out reluctant mob Goddaughter Gina Gallo and her
kooky cousin Nico are at the next table.
✓“Road
Trip” by Marcelle Dubé: Driving a cold northern highway in an effort to reach
her daughter who is in labor, Cass comes across a young woman running from her
abusive boyfriend.
✓In
“My Dead-End Job” by Mark Thielman the proof-reader
at a headstone company investigates the death of a client.
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In “Murder For Sale” by Hunter Liguore a couple attempt to buy a house amid a
crime scene.
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“The Sweet Couple Next Door” by Edward Lodi: Peg
and Joe Donavon—such a sweet couple—moved in next door to Sarah Fernandes and
proceeded to wreck her life by performing unsolicited favors. And as all the
world knows, no good deed goes unpunished.
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“The Green Burglar,” a You-Solve-It By John H. Dromey: Hopping on the bandwagon
while it’s moving can be tricky. What will happen if a ne’er-do-well crook is
inspired by the zeitgeist to change his modus operandi?
Custom Cover Art By Robin Grenville Evans
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