Mystery Weekly Magazine February 2017 (Mystery Weekly Magazine Issues Book 18)

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The Best in Short Mystery Fiction

Mystery Weekly is 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.

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.