Mystery Weekly Magazine: July 2021 (Mystery Weekly Magazine Issues)

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:


Our cover feature is “Night Without End” by Veronica Leigh: In August 1945, when a body is discovered following a pogrom in the Main Market Square in Krakow, Ania Bielecka befriends the daughter of the victim. She vows to help the girl find the identity of the murderer, no matter what.


“Down The Well” by Martin Hill Ortiz: Did Officer Timmy Kim fall down a well? And what's with the muffins? P.I. Phillip Prince investigates.


In “Beer And Roses” by Bob Tippee, a neighbor with secrets and an eye for crime helps a young couple navigate strains imposed by a corrupt boss and personal tragedy. Is he hiding something—or suppressing it?
Sharyn Kolberg’s “Tom Terrific” thought he hit a deer on his drive home from the Breeze By Bar & BBQ. But his old friend Detective Grissolm had a different idea.


In “A Meeting At The Dew Drop Inn” by J.B. Stevens, Danny Thomas thinks he’s made a new friend. When the friend turns out to be a reclusive celebrity, and presents a unique business opportunity, Danny is intrigued. However, is the deal too good to be true?


In “Some Days You Beat The Dead Horse” by M. Bennardo, a private eye tries to leave a wartime incident forgotten in the past … but his conscious and the military police won't let him.


“The Train Up Mount Silence” by Adam Breckenridge: Recent high school graduate Dennis Renford's parents want him to get a job, and he knows just which job he wants. Elias Smithfield has been entertaining tourists for fifty years and Dennis will do anything to ensure he gets to be his replacement.


“A Bedtime Detective Story” is a You-Solve-It by John H. Dromey where the routine investigation of a residential burglary is complicated by the demands of the family’s matriarch.


Custom cover art by Robin Grenville Evans.