Author Description

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... "Creme de la Merde," by Robb White: An Ohio private investigator seeks a runaway girl in Florida, but when he discovers the sordid circumstances of her death, he decides to get justice for her grieving parents. "Our Man In Gravel City," by Tim Kane: The Chicago Blade's homeless freelance newspaper reporter finds himself covering front-page news in suburban Gravel City. "The Minnesota Plan," by Benjamin Cooper: Struggling to come to terms with a recent breakup, a college student planned the perfect murder, or so he thought. "Hot Tea and a Drone," by Maddi Davidson: Mad at the Hatter, who will kill him first: Tweedledum, the Queen of Hearts, or a March Hare? "The Youngstown Tuneup," by Tom Barlow: Blackmailing a hitman for the mob is rarely a smart proposition.