SMFS list members are published in the Mystery
Magazine: October 2023 issue. The read is available in digital format from Amazon.
The SMFS list members that reported their presence in the issue are:
Edward Lodi with the short stores, “The Adventure of the Vanished Women” and
“Sherlock Holmes and The Grim Reaper.”
Martin Hill Ortiz with "The Adventure of My Very
First Case."
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 ★
In our cover story, “The Giant Rat Of Sumatra” by Eric
Cline, Sherlock Holmes faces his strangest case yet. A gang of foreigners whose
agenda is unclear leads Holmes and Watson on a desperate search of the infamous
London docks!
“The Adventure Of The Vanished Women” by Edward Lodi:
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, at the request of Inspector Gregson of
Scotland Yard, investigate the murder of one woman and the apparent abduction
(or has she, too, been murdered?) of another.
“The Adventure Of The Four Napoleons” by Jon Matthew
Farber: Sherlock, Mycroft and John square off as they share a meal.
“The Diogenes Club Mystery” by Michael Mallory:
Sherlock Holmes is drawn out of retirement by his most notable client yet—his
brother Mycroft—to find a missing jeweled crown that disappeared from the
Diogenes Club, an artifact that is not only valuable but holds the key to world
peace!
“Who Wrote ‘The Adventure Of The Mazarin Stone?’
" by Bruce Harris: A Sherlock Holmes essay examining Point Of View.
“The Adventure Of My Very First Case” by Martin Hill
Ortiz: Jules Pfennig, former champion weasel warden and next door neighbor of
Sherlock Holmes, recounts his first case.
“Sherlock Holmes And The Grim Reaper” by Edward Lodi:
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson investigate the mysterious disappearance of a
number of elderly men from boarding houses and homes for paupers. Holmes’s
confrontation with
“The Grim Reaper” nearly costs him his life.
“Dead But Dry,” A You-Solve-It by Eric B. Ruark:
Sheriff Tracy Hyers is on the hunt for a murderer. Can you help her decipher
the clues?
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