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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. In this issue:This issue is packed full of tales of noir: past, present and future. In "The Line Of Doodee" by Jazz Lawless someone has tried to kill a famous mob figure. Someone apparently didn't finish the job. Someone is in deep doodee."Armistice" by Edward Musto asks how many little mutilations does it take till you're only a piece of what you once were or could be?"Jump Cut" by Craig Terlson takes us on a mysterious cross-tale of a househusband keeping the home fire burning, while his hard working wife is out committing armed robbery.In "Siren's Song" by Troy Seate a 1950s detective is haunted by a legend from the deep. Does she save his life in a dire situation?"A Helping Hand" by Jody Wenner is not for the faint of heart. When a middle-aged man wakes to find a piece of himself missing, he is determined to find out why it happened. All the while, the kid sent to collect from him might not be as stupid as he initially seems."The Zombie Dongle" by Cecily Winter provides a futuristic mystery: Smart car technology is growing by leaps and bounds; but what if that technology leaps into terrorism?