In our feature mystery, a jaded Edwardian Inspector follows a bloody trail through secret passages in “A Gastleigh Curse” by Melanie Atherton Allen.

A claimed suicide leads a young detective on a dangerous investigation against some powerful players in “Smiling Gnome” by J. Michael Major.

Borrowing money can lead to terrible consequences, even between relatives in “Uncle Charlie And The Passport” by Thom Bennett.

Have you ever wanted to be a detective? How hard can it be? Even a blind man can solve a mystery in “Darkness, Darkness” by Peter DiChellis.

A psychic foresees her death and it relates to an abundance of coincidences in “The Date” by Bruce Harris.

Watch out editors! Too many rejections can lead to a desperate writer in “Publish Or Perish” by Kevin Z. Garvey.

She is waiting for her transient brother to return, but death is in someone’s future in “Landscaping” by Tapanga Koe.

A verbal shoot out pits opinionated tavern patrons against each other in “Gun Control” by Tom Tolnay.

Who is deceiving whom in this month’s You-Solve-It: “The Red Herring” by Rhonda Howard.


IN THIS ISSUE:

The Juggler's Brew by Author Davis
Birth injury takes control of a man who transforms into a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde murderer.

The Ring of Truth by David Afsharirad
Truth is stranger than fiction when a young tennis pro woos and wins the wife of the world's most famous author.

The Feast by Natalie Satakovski
A cell of the Melbourne mafia meet to discuss the issue of a recalcitrant member. With the Don's power waning, and each party harbouring his own ulterior motives, the conversation at dinner takes them to places they could never have imagined.

Too Good to be True by C.M. West
Artist, Tru Jameson, gets in deep when he answers the call of a friend who ran away with the circus. Evie's partner in her knife-throwing act has disappeared and she asks Tru for back up in finding the rumored, illicit after-hours show.

Polly by Antony Mann
What do you do when the girl you love doesn't love you back? Murder is always an option.

Karma by Jim Farren
A bank heist getaway goes horribly wrong.

1G NETWORKS
J.A. Becker
Many years of hard work never paid off, until an aged employee begins taking his rewards by means of his own murderous hands. 

LITTLE DAVID
Charles Roland
In the six years spent looking for David Alamont, it never occurred to a wanna-be amateur sleuth retiree that he might actually find him.

THE MONTCLAIR DEAD-STAR COMEDY REVUE
Michael Mallory
Jackie Plumm is the hottest television star of 1950, but when he turns up dead, it's up to his Buddy Barker, his comedy stooge, to find out who wanted his boss dead: the mob, the government, or one of his co-workers.

THE TATTOOED CORPSE
Jude Roy
Two thousand dollars richer and with a dead client, John LeGrand must now find what happened.

IN WALKED A LADY
Anna Castle
In our feature story, an Elizabethan law student under the investigative tutelage of Frances Bacon, solves a tangled riddle of a dead patriarch.

MRS. WALKER AND THE LADY IN THE LAUNDRY
Katie Ginger
Curious old Mrs Walker investigates the death of the local barmaid when the killer dumps the body in her back garden.

IN THIS ISSUE:

"Who's Da Vinci?"
by Delbert R. Gardner
When Jed Pinto unlocks his subconscious, his muse paints a scene of rare interest to a most unusual patron.

Bull's Eye
by Carlos Orsi
Would a professor just elected president of his university kill himself?

Double-Slay
by Joseph D'Agnese
While on vacation, a sweet pair of senior citizens turn the tables on the world's worst serial killer.

Atonement
by Michael Bracken
He can never undo what he did, but maybe he can atone for his sin.

An Old Friend
by David Gibb
A down-and-out millennial scours dark bars searching for an estranged friend who has disappeared into thin air.

Pro Bono
by Carl Adams
Private Investgator Adam Pike's latest case strains him to the breaking point as he pits himself against bullets, mobsters, and a failed case from his time on the job that cost an innocent girl her life.




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:

"Brown Cigarette" by Ross Gresham
Bodies don't stay buried in Florida

"The Beech Boys Run Amok" by David M. Hamlin
Two L.A. losers concoct a car theft scheme perfect for their city and it works like a charm, until it doesn't.

"Today, you inspired me." by Francesgrace Mary-Hedwyck Ferland
What is the point of casting a shadow, if those who stand within it don’t feel its chill?

"Mad Still" by Andrew Davie
Two groups of street performers who are jockeying for prime position in The French Quarter of New Orleans both try to court the unnamed narrator to inflict damage upon the other group.

"Family Tradition" by Troy Soos
With the family business failing, Sal D’Amico is tempted by an unusual offer to bring back the boom times and carry on the tradition.

"The Veteran" by Martin Roy Hill
Crags was determined to face life - and death - on the streets the same way he did in war. Alone.


The January issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine kicks off the new year with another mixed bag of compelling crime, mystery and suspense stories.

"Merrill's Run" introduces us to an unlucky gambler who is trying to outrun his past. John M. Floyd takes us on a breathless road trip where we learn just how far Merrill's bad luck extends beyond the gaming tables.

For readers who prefer a slower pace and cozier settings, we have "Father's Favorite" by Alan Orloff, centered in a small town bakery café. A derelict has been found dead across the street, and when Detective Calhoun arrives to question the waitresses he detects something more sinister in the air than freshly brewed coffee. 

Those who enjoy something different will appreciate "Ambergris" by M. Bennardo, where we are transported back in time to a whaling ship as three widows sneak aboard by cover of darkness to steal from a miserly ship owner. 

Faith Allington's "The Death at Knightshayes Court" is a more traditional offering in the style of Agatha Christie. Set on an English estate in the twenties, this domestic mystery is about a rare book dealer who must clear his own name in the sudden death of a young heiress.

In "The Spy Who Read Too Much" by Raymond Michaels, a mild-mannered man goes missing after his wife ‘kinda sorta’ lets it slip to at least seventeen people that her husband is a CIA operative. 

In his story "Can You Make Lunch?" Bob Tippee gives us an original character in Clinton (not "Clint") Barrymore, an eccentric power company manager preoccupied by trendy office supplies.  It's smooth sailing for his employees, thanks to an unusual no-fire policy. But what will happen when his newest employee, Bob (not "Robert") rocks the boat?

The stories in December’s issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine couldn’t cover more of the time/space continuum if it had a Flux capacitor. 

In “The Body In The Backyard,” retired LAPD detective-turned-PI Jack Stover gets a second crack at solving an old missing persons case, when evidence resurfaces after having being buried for thirty years. This clever mystery by Robert S. Levinson is a snappy LA procedural with realistic characters sketched in a confident, breezy writing style.

Micki Browning, who first appeared in our November 2015 issue with “String Theory”, returns with a merry hardboiled caper entitled “Sleighed”, in which a hitman travels to the North Pole to find a guy named Nick. A nut-cracking Christmas yarn which will have special appeal for those who like their eggnog spiked.

“The Ghost Of Billy The Kid,” by Scott Merrow, is one of the more original stories to grace our pages. A hundred years after his death, the legendary gunslinger returns to the mortal plane as a ghost who like a guardian angel helps people in need. This time, it's to assist an incompetent sheriff solve a murder, which he accomplishes in humorous style by moving overlooked evidence around the room.

Jumping back in time a few millennia, we have “Death, Honor And The Ordovices,” by Mark C. Harwell. In this historical whodunit, a Roman soldier's gruesome murder threatens the legion's honor and a precarious peace with a conquered Celtic tribe. 

In “A Death In The House Of Imhotep,” by A.L. Sirois, a young Egyptian student named Anitepsut helps her cousin unravel the murder of Lord Imhotep’s cook. No one is above suspicion, and the investigation uncovers many secrets.

And what happens when the oldest CIA agent starts to lose his edge? The answer is in our hilarious mystery from Sonny Zae. “Warren Pace, CIA” is a funny, high-octane story that pairs a bumbling elderly CIA field agent, with an eager young recruit.

"Terrible Tilly," our cover story by Jake Teeny, centers around an isolate lighthouse and three quarrelsome keepers at the brink of madness; one of them has been stealing the lamp's kerosene, but is there a motive behind the madness? 

Kassandra Montag's, "Water Wolf," is a haunting, lyrical mystery involving children who disappear while picking berries in the forest. There is certainly a compelling question at the heart of this story, and readers who don't get lost in the beautiful prose will find subtle clues strewn about. 

"Finder's Fee," by JM Taylor, is a fresh and amusing take on an age-old theme: be careful what you wish for!

And following with a similar theme is "Au Lait," by Dan Crawford, a hilarious story about an enchanted swizzle stick falling into the hands of a very undeserving lady at a coffee shop.

Our darker story is "Encumbered," by William R. Eakin. A canoe trip on a swollen river, a baby lost, a new husband with a love for campsites with high vistas—what else could a woman want to become unencumbered?

In his genre-crossing tale, "The End Of The Road," Manny Frishberg gives us the most remote setting of any we have ever run, the surface of the moon. A new moon buggy modelled after a Plymouth Barracuda is about to be unveiled, and soon proves that wherever there are people, there is also greed, crime, and evil.

"The Idiot's Guide To Killing Your Mother-In-Law," by James Mathews, is a thoroughly entertaining and fast-paced story that will keep you guessing and chuckling right to the end.  Besides the sparkling dialogue and vividly realized characters, the plotting is as clever and deliciously ironic as mystery lovers could possibly hope for.

Our October issue has a Sherlock Holmes themed issue, but you’ll find some non-Sherlock mysteries and a few non-fiction pieces too, including a great introduction by Sherlock expert Vincent W. Wright.

The story featured on our cover is "The Adventure Of The Missing Princess," by Michael Mallory. It begins when a colleague of Watson’s visits him at his surgery with a story about a missing princess and the Elephant Man. Holmes makes his appearance in typical dramatic fashion, and quickly connects the dots, leaving the reader wondering how they'd missed the obvious clues.  This story is followed by "The Case of the Masticated Hand," by Jaap Boekestein and Roelof Goudriaan, a supernatural mystery involving the hand of a mummy that's delivered to Holmes in a parcel. Then, in "The Mystery of the Bee’s Egg," by Eric Cline, Sherlock investigates how a man’s death is connected to the construction of a foredoomed mile-long bridge. Not only is this story filled with fascinating details, but it’s masterfully written and has an entertaining plot.

This issue also contains a nice mix of non-Sherlockian mysteries. Martin Hill Ortiz returns with "The Pit Of Hell", another story featuring a retired illusionist who is called upon to solve baffling crimes. This is a locked-room mystery, but the question is how an escape artist vanished from a full body cast in his hospital bed.  "Your Turn" is a gritty crime story about a couple who work their cons out of a cheap motel, and author Dan DeVoto sweeps us into the dustbin right along with them through vivid writing and characterization.  And Karl Lykken gives us a story of actuaries who keep a dead pool, called "Unacceptable Risk."

Finally, there is "Acid Test", from Allen Lang, a heart-pounding story about an amateur scientist who tries to create ghosts in his basement laboratory.


A monthly mystery magazine that presents crime and mystery short stories by some of the world's best established and emerging mystery writers. The original stories selected for each issue include noir, cozy, hardboiled, locked room, comic, and historical mysteries--plus occasional genre-busting stories that lean toward speculative or literary fiction. However you classify them, all of our stories feature strong writing and unsurpassed entertainment value.

Girls rule in this issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine. In our feature story, “The Shooting Gallery” by Clifford Royal Johns, a petty thief who stole from a mobster is threatened by a leggy blonde to pay it back, or die trying. Truth mirrors fiction in Mark Steven Long's clever offering, “The Boy Who Shouldn’t Have Died”, about a man irresistibly compelled to write. In “The Greensgate Ghost” by A.A. Azariah-Kribbs, murder will not lie easy in local psychic Ellen Cobble's knot of lies, secrets, and the supernatural. A recovering coke queen finds her voice in “The Skinny Girl” by Michael Guillebeau. A rookie cop investigates mysterious chicken slayings and trips up a cunning killer in Agnes Hooper’s “Murder Most Fowl”. Sometimes she's the only one standing between you and the bad guys: “A Good Girl With A Hatchet” by Laura Ellen Scott. Plus, can you find the clues pointing to self-defense or murder in this month’s You-Solve-It mystery?
 
Mystery Weekly features the best in short mystery fiction every month!

In our feature story “The Dreadful Surge” by Albert Tucher, a cunning Librarian pushes back against WWI spies. Joseph Cusumano’s “Portrait Of A Victory” displays a young woman’s fortitude during her captivity. It’s a race against the police to find a body in Michael Bracken’s “An Unhealthy Death”. Susan Koefod's "Unpaid Debt"  warns that the collection of an “Unpaid Debt” may be more than bargained for. James Kester delivers a tale of blackmail in “Hate-Mail”.  Tim Zatzariny Jr. cooks up a way out of a seemingly hopeless predicament in  “When The Heat Gets Heavy”.  In J.A. Thorndyke’s “Blood And Deceit” a famous crime writer wants to end the madness. Plus, can you determine the home invasion/murder culprit in this month’s You-Solve-It mystery?

A showdown ensues between an elderly homeowner and her burglar in Deborah Lacy’s “A Christmas Miracle”.  Our feature story “In Innocence And Guilt” by Arthur Davis provides an intense battle of wills in the interrogation room. Jack Bates investigates a small town’s hideous unsolved crime of a “Death Of A Pickerel Princess”. What happens when your mother disappears explores Abigail Shepherd in “Missing Mum”. Sherry D. Ramsey writes a not-your-average ghost story in her private investigation caper, “Addicted To Love”. “A Mob Lawyer, His Wife, A Plumber, And A Hitman” by Michael Turner tells a twisty tale of mistaken identity and betrayal. Plus, would you be able to catch the jewel thief in this month’s You-Solve-It mystery?

Mystery Weekly features the best in short mystery fiction every month!

This month’s ‘summertime stories’ issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine features \"Green Panther\" by John Clinch: a young Irishman gets mixed up with the Black Panthers in Harlem in this unfortunate tale of noir. Why are all the lifeboat survivors disappearing in Meghan Rose Allen’s story of riddles “Drift”? In Jack Bristow’s “Going To The Mattresses” a self-imposed witness protection plan goes horribly awry. Why “Blame The Bear” answers Brian Haycock in his witty yarn. Boulders are crashing into campsites in Jim Courter’s “Hell To Pay”. “A Terror In Judgement” by Cynthia St-Pierre follows an interior decorator as she arranges a trap for an uninvited ghostly visitor. Plus, can you tell how the guilty party was caught in this month’s You-Solve-It mystery?

Mystery Weekly features the best in short mystery fiction every month!

This month’s crime-packed issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine features Jerry Peterson’s “Floater”: A no-nonsense Sheriff proves it's not enough to know who did the crime—you have to catch them.

Eric Cline opens a time capsule confession to patricide in “Mobile Health Clinics In Rural America”.

Peri Dwyer Worrell’s psychological mystery “No Cook” follows a widow searching for a missing friend, yet she may regret her efforts.

In Anne Stephenson’s “Bitter End” a forensic accountant sails into trouble trying to help her best friend assess her husband's ... assets.

When a fancy talking Brit tries to outwit the laws of physics, frontier law responds in “Newton’s Laws” by Warren Bull.

Francesgrace Mary-Hedwyck Ferland brings us a cryptic tale of life and death in “New Beginnings”.

In Bob Williamson’s “A Deal Is A Deal” a soon-to-be-retired detective chases down his target, all the while keeping his word.

This month’s You-Solve-It reveals a coin thief at a holiday weekend gathering.

Mystery Weekly features the best in short mystery fiction every month!

This month’s issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine features an old-fashioned Hollywood investigation in “The Knightsbridge Killings” by Ray Dyson. A woman gets more than a dental cleaning in Kathi Reed’s “The Appointment”.  Paul Lees-Haley warns us about the hazzards of on-line privacy in “The Sting”. What sinister message is behind a horrifying delivery to the deli in “Kosher Delicate Lesson” by Jim Norman? Kathleen Delaney’s “Fire” explores the ramifications of a life of disrespect. The murders and tensions are growing in “The Florist” by Charlie Hughes. This month’s You-Solve-It deals out a mystery in a poker game night theft!

Mystery Weekly features the best in short mystery fiction every month!

This month’s issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine features "Blue Positive" by Corey Mesler: a hardboiled Memphis detective is given a run for his money on his search for a talented piano player. K. McGee presents a fearless retiree who finds the solution to a young waifs dilemma in “Dot Rat.” Hijinks lead to a magical murder in “A Very Entertaining Death” by Martin Hill Ortiz. Bonnie Stanard’s “Veronica’s Wills” answers the question: just how many are there? “A Clue With a Double Meaning” by John R. Lindermuth provides a difficult but solvable murder of a Korean shaman. Plus, someone put something nasty in Terri’s soup in this month’s You-Solve-It mystery!

Mystery Weekly features the best in short mystery fiction every month!

A detective goes rogue to avenge a runaway’s death in February’s feature story, "Crème de la Merde" by Robb White. Tim Kane gives us the skinny on the dead-guy-in-a-dumpster story in “Our Man in Gravel City”. Maddie Davidson serves up a whimsical murder event in “Hot Tea and a Drone”. Will a jilted lover’s plan for revenge prevail in Benjamin Cooper’s “The Minnesota Plan”? Tom Barlow gives us Spy-vs-Spy action in “The Youngstown Tune-Up”. Plus, can you figure out who murdered the actors’ agent in this month’s You-Solve-It mystery?

Mystery Weekly features the best in short mystery fiction from Canada and around the world, every month!

This month’s issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine features "Still Life in South Dakota" by B.K. Stevens, a story that blends mystery with horror. Craig Faustus Buck brings a locked room mystery with “The Corpulent Corpse”. Nick Sweeney delivers a twist with “Just Looking”. Cathy Bryant’s “Virginia Creeper” presents a bullied schoolgirl who outwits everyone. Marta Tanrikulu uses technology to catch her tail in “After the Lights Went Out”. Plus, can you discover the thief in this month’s You-Solve-It mystery?

Mystery Weekly features the best in short mystery fiction every month!

This month’s issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine features "Stand-In" by Carolyn E. Kourofsky, where playing stand-in for a famous Hollywood actress should have been the role of a lifetime. Nupur Tustin’s “The Sutton Project” investigates a connection between a wealthy woman's home development project and the jewelry thefts in her neighborhood. In Calvin Demmer’s “The Peeper” a neighborly lady believes information she has given has led to the end of a serial killer's reign. When a herd of unicorns go missing, it's up to Sheriff Dan Morgan to sift through a cast of colorful suspects to find the real thief in “The Case of the Vanishing Unicorns” by James Blakey. In “The Principal’s Kids” by Robert Petyo a divorced school principal struggles to protect his three willful teens. Plus can you name the culprit in our new You-Solve-It mystery?

 Mystery Weekly features the best in short mystery fiction every month!

This months issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine features "In Extremis" by France's Stephen Baily, a story about a nocturnal serial stabber who a small town on edge.  In Jacqueline Seewald's "Death Hereafter", a famous actress dies during what appears to be a robbery.  John Clark explores the question of what happens when a war wound removes your conscience, in "Lady Be Good To Me".  In "String Theory" by Micki Browning, Molly is considered the prime suspect when her father is murdered. Ken Holdsworth gives us a detective story with a difference in "Marh's Last Case".   Christine Verstraete rounds off this month's issue with her Thanksgiving story, "The Nearly Ruined Thanksgiving".

Mystery Weekly features the best in short mystery fiction every month!

October's issue of Mystery Weekly magazine features a story called Pride from Jan Christensen involving the murder of a priest. In Jean Airey's story, Murder In Lucca, Julius Caesar must solve a client's murder. A retired detective finds himself embroiled in a murder at an auction house in Matthew Masucci's Caveat Emptor. In A Thousand Dollars by Tom Andes, a Madam hires someone to avenge one of her girls. Finally, Laird Long manages to show us that accounting can be hilarious--and deadly--in his rollicking yarn Out Of Balance.

The September 2015 issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine features short stories from a wide range of genres. 

We kick things off with Michael Bracken's story High Cotton, and learn that Jack Daniel's and married blondes are a deadly combination. This is followed by a humorous police procedural called The Man Who Loved Pie, by Karl El-Koura. For fans of literary crime fiction, Nikki Dolson puts you in the mind of a contract killer in Joe Park's Little Girl. Then, a junkyard owner makes a grim discovery in The Volvo by Nancy Sweetland. We close with a tale of the murderous Bochent Street Bridge Club by Mary Stojak.

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