Short Story Collection

In our cover story, "The Sugar Witch" by R.S. Morgan, a failed history professor falls in love with a bad witch and discovers that sometimes fortune does favor the bold. At least for a while. In "Day After Thanksgiving Soup," by Debra H. Goldstein, we discover that sometimes what's in 'Day After Thanksgiving Soup' is a real gamble ... What happens when two famous authors discuss the existence of ghosts during dinner in a London flat, and are joined by a noted third author? Tom Tolnay's "A Passionate Belief In Ghosts" results. In "The Last Evil" by David Vardeman, a woman with a nefarious sense of fun meets her match on a train. "Her Father's Killer" by Joseph D'Agnese takes us to the 1940s, following a young woman as she returns to her Appalachian town to avenge her father's murder. Edward Palumbo gives a tale of lust, money and a recipe for murder in "Search For Bread." In "Only We Know" by Stef Donati, there's a new kid at school. And she's not laughing. Rounding out this issue is a puzzling You-Solve-It By Peter Dichellis, "The Mysterious Meatball Autopsy". 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.

Jovian life forms, the cruel death of a superhero, memory loops. These are but some of the strange tales to be found in this book. Mad Scientist Journal: Winter 2016 collects thirteen tales from the fictional worlds of mad science. For the discerning mad scientist reader, there are also pieces of fiction from Judith Field, K. Kitts, and Deborah Walker. Readers will also find other resources for the budding mad scientist, including an advice column, horoscopes, and other brief messages from mad scientists. Authors featured in this volume also include Sean Kavanagh, Michael Goldstein, Farah Ghuznavi, Leenna Naidoo, Maureen Bowden, Dusty Wallace, Tom Howard, E. B. Fischadler, Matt Largo, Thomas Canfield, Edward Palumbo, Michael Monaco, Kate Elizabeth, Sean Frost, A. C. Martin, Scott Chaddon, Jennifer Moore, Maya Obregon, Perry McDaid, and Shane Patrick. Cover art by Amanda Jones.