Robert Lopresti with “Kill And Cure.”
Martin Hill Ortiz with “The Corpse That Couldn’t Lie.”
This piece is “A You-Solve-It” and the answer will run in the September issue.
Nina Wachsman with “The Assassin's Portrait.”
Vicki Weisfeld with “The Ring Of Truth.”
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, “Rat Killer” by Mark Mellon, the Ortega brothers got far
more than they bargained for when a Seminole cowboy came to the tiny Mexican
hamlet of Matalo, claiming he wanted to buy cattle.
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“Miller And Bell” by Victor Kreuiter: Dutch Miller's, tired of his life as a
for-hire felon and retired in a small town on the Missouri/Iowa border, makes a
simple mistake that sets in motion his undoing.
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In “The Assassin's Portrait” by Nina Wachsman, a Victorian woman artist is
commissioned to paint the portrait of an up-and-coming Member of Parliament by
his colleagues. Unknown to her subjects, the artist is not only a talented
portraitist but a uniquely successful assassin.
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In “Kill And Cure” by Robert Lopresti, a hitman has only one chance to get into
a medical study that might save his life: solve the murder of the son of the
doctor in charge.
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In “The Ring Of Truth” by Vicki Weisfeld, West Texas reporter Brianna Yamato
investigates the death of a high school thespian. The dead girl seemed
ordinary, but the drama in her real life was greater than anything on stage.
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“Crackdown” by DJ Tyrer: The richest man in the city is dead in mysterious
circumstances and dead crooks are buying up real estate—and somebody doesn't
want anyone digging into why.
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In “Beauty Kills The Beast” by Marie Anderson, a beautiful young trophy wife
uses poison to choose between wealth and love.
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In “The Corpse That Couldn’t Lie,” A You-Solve-It By Martin Hill Ortiz, Dr.
Jacobs is found stabbed to death in his library. Inspector Dunsworthy must
determine which of three suspects did the deed.
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Custom cover art by Robin Grenville Evans
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