Mystery Magazine: May 2024
opens with the historical mystery, “The Mysterious Woman In The Life-Guard
Chair” by Bruce W. Most. In this featured cover story, Weegee, New York City’s
most famous crime photographer, is walking the dark beach in search of good
subjects to photograph in the night. The summer heat is brutal. While the rich
have new-fangled air conditioning and can sleep at home, the not rich sleep on
the beach, or at least try to, and wait for any wind off the water. There was
the woman in the life guard chair. Considering what happened after he took her
picture, maybe he should have never taken her picture, and just moved on in the
night.
It is always annoying for those of us that truly
need to use disabled parking to find somebody parked in the space that does not
need it. Especially when it is some fool with a new car that ends up parking
across it and another spot, in the angle, in order to protect their new car.
That is the issue that Coralee Pettigrew faces when she arrives at the local
post office in “My Son, My Son” by Kathleen Gerad. Already annoyed when she
picks up the letter requiring a signature, once she reads the contents, she is
going to be very annoyed and with very good reason.
The three entered the cave in search of science. Now
things have gone very wrong in “Bad Eagle Road” by John M. Floyd. For a few, now
is the time to implement the coverup to make sure nobody else finds out and
upsets the plan. After all, there is money to be made.
He’s been cleaning pools and doing other stuff for
Uncle Richie since he was a little kid. Every summer he worked in the Florida
heat and humidity. Been a long time since he worked in the rich areas of town,
but thanks to Uncle Richie’s heart attack, he has to do it today starting at
dawn. Makes for a long and very weird day in “The Pool Boy” by Julie Hastrup.
Planning had not taken into account that there might
be a puppy on the premises. He only discovered that issue after he was inside.
In “Villains, Vipers, And Dogs” by A. D. Price, he is now having to ad lib on
the fly as he still needs to find what he was hired to get. The puppy is an
increasing problem.
The kids are plotting revenge in “The Asphalt
Bungle” by John Wesick. Principle Hornyak loves his authority. He and loves to
confiscate student possessions. While he says you will get it back at the end
of the year in the fine tradition of school administrators everywhere, you
never get your stuff back. He just confiscated Tony Grisbi’s Mad Magazine
as Grisbi served his detention. A classmate, Mark Riedenschneider, is
assembling a team and has plan to get stuff back in a tale worthy of any heist
novel.
John H. Dromey’s short story, “A Failure To
Communicate” is the “You-Solve-It” offering this month. Detective Murphy has
quite the story to tell Detective Anderson. Good thing that is quiet this
afternoon at the 3rd Precinct.
The issue closes with the solution to last month’s
offering, “In-Laws And Outlaws” by John M. Floyd.
Mystery Magazine: May 2024
is another fun and interesting issue. Diversity of time periods, writing
styles, and yet, every tale is an interesting and solidly good read. Unlike the
niche offerings by other publications, anything mystery related goes here, and
it all works well. The read is well worth your time.
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Kevin R. Tipple ©2024
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