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<b>The best in Short Mystery Fiction</b><br> <br> 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.<br> <br> <b>In this issue...</b><br> <br> "Blue Positive," by Corey Mesler: Charlie Main discovers some secrets on Beale Street he wishes he'd not.<br> <br> "A Very Entertaining Death," by Martin Hill Ortiz: A reporter investigates the murder of an escape artist who was shot to death while inside a sealed coffin.<br> <br> "Dot Rat," by K. McGee: Elderly widow Helen McKinnon leads a quiet life now that she's retired, but discovering a child in her backyard with sinister connections may change that.<br> <br> "Veronica's Wills," by Bonnie Stanard: A PI's exwife dies leaving two and possibly three wills, and he's suckered into figuring out which is the authentic one.<br> <br> "A Clue With a Double Meaning," by John R. Lindermuth: A priest serving a parish in a Korean village offers himself as bait to nab a killer<br> <br>