Spellbound Mystery Magazine
Lynda McDaniel, Peter BartramDiscover whodunits worth solving. Our curated reviews of riveting reads maximize your precious reading time + original short stories, mystery puzzles, hot trends, writing contests & tips
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 239 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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A nice guy in a bad situation makes for a good read
June 11, 2026
Pull up a chair ... this is a really good one
Hiya,
Award-winning author James Dain, our guest mystery author this month, keeps us spellbound with his neo-noir The Body in the Alley thriller. (Read on to get your own free copy!) Peter presents a new series starter by William Shaw,...
Short story: "Awash in Money" Part 1
A cranky launderess I knew in the mountains of N.C. is now a favorite character in my Appalachian Mountain Mysteries series – and she has quite a tale to tell.
June Almanac of Mystery Trends & Tips
Ever wonder why we call Private Investigators PIs? It’s not what you think. Plus a new Clue-a-gram, an impressive list of bookstores dedicated to crime fiction & fun punishments for ending spoilers.
Guest Author Spotlight: James Dain
James Dain is an accomplished author with two series and standalone thrillers to his credit. I’ve read both The Body in the Alley and Blood on the Mountain from his Hard Knock series, and I couldn’t put them down. Lots of people use that ph...
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I love writing page-turners—fiction and nonfiction. And I love helping others live into their dream of writing books. That’s why I founded Spellbound Mystery Magazine to share under-the-radar indie mysteries and other great reads with our subscribers
I am the author of the Headline Hero series of humorous crime mysteries sent in 1960s Brighton, England.
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