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:

Tony Parker has a quick and dirty crime with “Lady Dick”: Samantha was a spy and assassin in the war. But now it’s 1947, and she’s trying to make an honest living as a private eye, seducing women’s husbands to give them grounds for divorce. But the cold war is starting, and someone has a more dangerous job offer for her.

“Mop Jockey” by Michael Ayoob shows how a confident, creative mind can efficiently accomplish a task. After witnessing a hate crime on the graveyard shift, a janitor takes it upon himself to seek retribution and blurs the line between justice and revenge.

In “A Detour Down Memory Lane” by John H. Dromey, our favourite amateur sleuth, Molly, is back. To what lengths would Molly Sullivan go to assist a blood relative claiming to be in potential jeopardy? Even if she wanted to help, could she adequately adapt her urban sleuthing skills to a rural setting?

“The Motor Court” by Jennifer Collins Moore is a light cozy mystery. If the police can’t solve this murder, the ladies at the motel will take over the investigation. The sweet old granny in room six wasn’t supposed to find the body, but 86-year-old Betty had as good a motive as anyone for killing the man.

Melodie Campbell provides cross-genre crime fiction with “A Ship Called Pandora.” Years ago, Tosh Molloy made the change from intergalactic smuggler to Witness Protection Marshal. She's particularly good at making people disappear. But now a troublesome showgirl client threatens to upend Tosh’s perfect record …

In “Stars” Peter W. J. Hayes brings back Tank in a crime story with grit and corruption. When a deal goes bad you’ve only got once choice. Get in deeper. It’s the only way to protect the ones you love.