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A brand new feature with our online mystery magazine is our short story page.  So here are some wonderfully creepy stories to get you started....enjoy, and make sure your doors are locked!!

 Karen Treanor's THE EYES HAVE IT, a witty and wry look at murder featuring the spunky Geneva Bradford!

Read about the feisty neighbor, a freezer full of bones, and a very hungry dog!  THE GOOD NEIGHBOR

 Ed Lynskey featuring his delightful PI Sharon Knowles...this time investigating a suicide that looks suspiciously like murder!

Carefully Planned Coincidences by Samantha Butt
There really is no such thing as a coincedence!
(Posted 10/7/03)

 

A Shaggy Dog Story by Karen Treanor
A boorish husband and a good dog...which would you choose?
(Posted 9/23/03)

 

The Bus Ride by Sahar Sabati
Wild Imagination?  Nightmare?  Or a glimpse of the future?
(Posted 9/23/03)

 

A Speedy Exchange by Norris Steel
Drugs and Deals go down under the hot  Nevada sun...
(Posted 19 August 2003)

Precious Clay By Norris Steel
It only takes a minute to save a bit of history.....Ok, and a bit of guts and guns!
(posted 6/25/03)

 

Double Dipper by Ed Lynskey
Digging up graves doesn't quite pay the rent!
(Posted 6/19/03)

 

A Day at the Beach by Karen Treanor
Read the latest clever story from one of our favorite contributors, Karen Treanor!!
(Posted 5/15/03)

The Last Day  by Mark Dunphy
How would you live knowing when you'll die?
Posted 4/7/03

The Landlady by J. Broussard
Too bad everyone else is smarter than he thinks he is!
posted 4/03/03

Love Letters by J. Broussard
A convict falls in love, but is she all he ever hoped for, or the devil in disguise?
(Posted 2/20/02) 

The Phone Bill by Simon Dean
Be careful what you say....someone might be listening!
(Posted 1/24/03)

Polcum's Pulpit by Edward C. Lynskey
A teenager up to no good, or does she know more than they think? 
(Posted 1/07/03)

 


 

 

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