Mystery Magazine: October 2023 (Mystery Weekly Magazine Issues)

At the cutting edge of crime fiction, Mystery 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 ★

In our cover story, “The Giant Rat Of Sumatra” by Eric Cline, Sherlock Holmes faces his strangest case yet. A gang of foreigners whose agenda is unclear leads Holmes and Watson on a desperate search of the infamous London docks!

“The Adventure Of The Vanished Women” by Edward Lodi: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, at the request of Inspector Gregson of Scotland Yard, investigate the murder of one woman and the apparent abduction (or has she, too, been murdered?) of another.

“The Adventure Of The Four Napoleons” by Jon Matthew Farber: Sherlock, Mycroft and John square off as they share a meal.

“The Diogenes Club Mystery” by Michael Mallory: Sherlock Holmes is drawn out of retirement by his most notable client yet—his brother Mycroft—to find a missing jeweled crown that disappeared from the Diogenes Club, an artifact that is not only valuable but holds the key to world peace!

“Who Wrote ‘The Adventure Of The Mazarin Stone?’ " by Bruce Harris: A Sherlock Holmes essay examining Point Of View.

“The Adventure Of My Very First Case” by Martin Hill Ortiz: Jules Pfennig, former champion weasel warden and next door neighbor of Sherlock Holmes, recounts his first case.

“Sherlock Holmes And The Grim Reaper” by Edward Lodi: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson investigate the mysterious disappearance of a number of elderly men from boarding houses and homes for paupers. Holmes’s confrontation with

“The Grim Reaper” nearly costs him his life.

“Dead But Dry,” A You-Solve-It by Eric B. Ruark: Sheriff Tracy Hyers is on the hunt for a murderer. Can you help her decipher the clues?

Custom Cover Art By Robin Grenville Evans