Thom Bennett

Melanie Allen

Bruce Harris

Peter DiChellis

Tom Tolnay

Tapanga Koe

Kevin Garvey

Rhonda Howard

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 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.

Mystery Weekly Magazine: July 2017

Laird Long

William E. Wallace

Todd Morr

Eve Fisher

Simon Maltman

Robert Dawson

Stephen D. Rogers

Craig Faustus Buck

Math Bird

Edd Vick

Manny Frishberg

Suzanne Baginskie

Lawrence Buentello

Every place has its unique sensibility; a flavour that makes it special. Whether one is going somewhere new or discovering the secrets that make the familiar seem foreign, where you are matters as much as when you’re there. The stories in this fifth collection from Plan B Magazine occur at the intersection of the familiar and the strange, the rise of the unexpected and the twist in the road. Let’s take a journey to the unknown. Table of Contents: "Honeymoon Sweet" by Craig Faustus Buck "Broad Daylight" by Eve Fisher "This Land of the Strange" by Math Bird "Please Wait" by Robert Dawson "Fill In The Blanks" by Stephen D. Rogers "The Double Iron Cross" by William E. Wallace "Red Bait" by Edd Vick & Manny Frishberg "Broken Hearts" by Laird Long "Intimate Knowledge" by Suzanne Baginskie "The Asshat Fund" by Todd Morr "Mysterious Private Investigations" by Peter DiChellis "Coffee and Killings" by Simon Maltman "The Good Neighbor" by Lawrence Buentello

a mystery and crime anthology

Plan B: Volume V

Gary Cahill

BV Lawson

Tom Barlow

John H. Dromey

Ian Creasey

Eryk Pruitt

Ed Ahern

Wayne Scheer

Jed Power

Patti Abbott

S.R. Mastrantone

Kevin R. Doyle

Desperation is the same in any language. Madness respects no borders. Greed and revenge transcend cultural differences. In this third collection of stories from Plan B Magazine, we find tales from all the corners of the crime world. From Cold War espionage to small town stick-ups, high-powered diplomacy to the opportunism of poverty, these are stories of the darkness of the human heart. And once in a while, how the light of our common humanity can transcend that darkness. Table of Contents: "Sirens" by Gary Cahill "House Cleaning" by Ian Creasey "Murderous Lies" by Peter DiChellis "Doing God's Work" by Wayne Scheer "Um Peixe Grande" by Patti Abbott "Loveable Alan Atcliffe" by S.R. Mastrantone "Slice" by Tom Barlow "How Green Was My Valet" by John H. Dromey "The Least Of These" by BV Lawson "Miscellany" by Eryk Pruitt "Stars & Stripes" by Jed Power "Alten Kameraden" by Ed Ahern "The Farm" by Kevin R. Doyle

Plan B Volume III

Arthur Conan Doyle

Barb Goffman

Keith Brooke

Janice Law

Rafe McGregor

Hal Charles

Mike McHone

J.P. Seewald

Rebecca K. Jones

V.P. Kava

After a brief hiatus, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine is back with a new issue and a new editor. Here are tales in mystery and detection in the classic manner, with a fine selection of new stories, features, and a classic Holmes reprint. Here are: BEAUTY AND THE BEYOTCH, by Barb Goffman THE CASE OF THE COLONEL’S SUICIDE, by Rafe McGregor THE HOLMES IMPERSONATOR AND THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS, by Janice Law THE BODY IN THE BACKYARD, by Peter DiChellis THE ADVENTURE OF THE GEEK INTERPRETER, by Hal Charles CEREAL KILLING, by J.P. Seewald LAST WISH AND TESTAMENT, by V.P. Kava FROM GREEN TO RED, by Mike McHone FAILURE TO OBEY, by Rebecca K. Jones TRACE EVIDENCE, by Keith Brooke THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Features by Darrell Schweitzer, Kim Newman, and Martha Hudson. Edited by Carla Kaessinger Coupe.

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #29

Peter DiChellis

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