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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. "Kenny Orslow Shows Up On Time" by Susan Oleksiw: Petty criminal Kenny Orslow is pushed off a bus to the County House of Corrections and finds himself homeless and friendless. "Mr. Deshaw's Sculpture" by Jeff H.: An obscene sculpture is erected in a small town and no one knows why. "Left Out" by Michael Wells: A delay in dropping off a library book sets Marcus on the path to commit murder. "The Sizzle" by Jill Hand: Danielle faces a bleak future until her smooth-talking Uncle Everett offers her an opportunity to join him in his casket-sales business. "We Suffered Such A Man As This" by Anthony Lowe: Arriving in the small mining town of Copperopolis in fall of 1899, Georges Armadale, self-proclaimed detective extraordinaire, has taken it upon himself to solve a murder recently committed in a local church. At the standard rate, of course. "The Russian Triple Agent" by Arthur Davis: A mystery writer meets his characters that save his life. "Where There's Smoke" by Eric B. Ruark: You can help Sheriff Tracy Hyers as she drops in at a fire scene and soon discovers that accidents don't always happen in this month's You-Solve-It mystery.