SMFS Members Published in Mystery Magazine: April 2023

SMFS list members are published in the Mystery Magazine: April 2023 issue. The read is available in print and digital formats from Amazon. The members in the issue are:

 

Marcelle Dubé with "Reversion."

 

John M. Floyd with “A Bad Hare Day: A You-Solve-It Mystery” by John M. Floyd. (The solution will run in the May issue.)

 

J.R. Lindermuth with “The Case Of The Beguiled Courier.”

 

Richard Prosch with “Tam Hinkle's Last Sundown.”

 

Description:

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.

 

★In this issue★ 

“Caution: Men At Work” by April Kelly: They say clothes make the man. What they don't say is that some clothes can make the man invisible, giving him the kind of power no tuxedo or ermine-trimmed cloak could ever achieve.

“The Obsolete” by Richard Hallows presents a mystery about a double cross over diamonds between a fence, a corrupt police detective and a house breaker.

“Exodus” by Jillian Grant Shoichet: For Josh Zuckerman, coming home for Passover is always a challenge, mostly because of his mother. This year was no different from other years—except this year, his mother has orchestrated an Exodus of her own.

“Reversion” by Marcelle Dubé: Fifteen years ago, Luke walked away from working as an enforcer for Freddie Bouca. But now Bouca is back and threatening to kill Luke’s wife if he doesn’t do Bouca one little favour.

“Tam Hinkle's Last Sundown” by Richard Prosch: Washed-up pulp fictioneer Archie Echols harbors a decades-long grudge against silent film vamp Tam Hinkle. With nothing to lose, Archie packs up his Colt Walker .44 revolver and decides to pay Tam a visit.

“Sold At Auction” by Nicolas Calcagno is a satirical noir tying together a missing pastor, a saloon sold in tax delinquency, and the second uranium rush in Utah.

In “The Case Of The Beguiled Courier” by J.R. Lindermuth a courier loses a case of cut diamonds and has no memory of the theft

“I Smell A Mystery” by Adrienne Stevenson: Two sisters stumble over a dead body and uncover an old family secret which puts them in peril of their lives.

In “A Bad Hare Day,” A You-Solve-It by John M. Floyd, Sheriff Lucy Valentine is on the case and needs your help solving a theft involving a man in a bunny suit. 

Custom Cover Art By Robin Grenville Evans