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In our feature story, "Fader's Crates" by Caroline Misner, the search for a young girl continues in a small rural town; meanwhile, a mysterious stranger hires a mentally challenged man to build him crates. Jim Doherty's precise account of a suspicious vehicle investigation with "Cap Device" provides a dilemma: he was a brother policeman, so Dan Sullivan was inclined to give him a break, to extend some professional courtesy. Head to "Black Bear Country" with Rosemary McCracken's caper about an elderly couple that has rented a cabin in the Canadian wilderness for their vacation, and the ravenous blackflies prove to be the least of their worries. "Rock On The Rocks" is a weaving tale of murder by Lance Dean: the Head of Security and a homicide detective investigate the disappearance of a road crew member from a concert in a Reno casino. "No Quarters" by Leslie Elman is an intriguing mystery set late at night in a Laundromat, where an unusual encounter occurs. Peter DiChellis brings us "Locked Tight", a locked-room mystery: a forgetful sheriff leads an eccentric group of characters trying to solve three puzzling murders. 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.