I just learned this morning of the closing of Mystery Magazine magazine (formerly known as Mystery Weekly). As their website notes:
Due to the subscription challenges we've faced following the closure of Kindle Newsstand, Mystery Magazine will cease publication with September 2024 being our final issue.
Since 2015, Mystery Magazine has published over one hundred issues, featuring nearly 800 original stories by over 700 authors. All issues are available in print and Kindle formats on Amazon and have never appeared online. Issue bundles are available through Amazon that serve as a veritable "who's who" of the mystery writing world, including both established and emerging authors.
It has been a privilege and an honor to share our love of short mystery stories over the years!
Kerry & Chuck
I was fortunate and honored to have three of my own short stories published in the magazine, and I join other authors of the genre both in mourning and in appreciation of all the work Kerry and Chuck have done through the years. Print magazines are a dying breed, it seems, and Amazon's decision to shut down Kindle Newsstand has led to the shuttering of several other publications in the past year or two. This also serves as a reminder: if you love crime fiction, consider subscribing to these magazines! It will help them, and you'll also benefit from the hours of reading pleasure they provide.
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