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Issue # 31 - KILLER INSTINCT!
Front Cover artwork copyright © Peter J. Welling

Issue # 31
KILLER INSTINCT!
Cover Artist - Peter J. Welling

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Contents

Killer Instinct!
*Mystery Fiction


Artist Steven Davila

The Perfect Murder Weapon, a sleeping cat… Page 1

The Cat's Meow - Lonnie Cruse 01
Griz - Tom Sweeney 06
Sophie - Tim Wohlforth 09
The Guardian - Margaret DiCania 13
Shoes - Jan Christensen 15
Dark Angel - Elizabeth Scott 18
Pursuing Justice - Brooke Smith 19
Second Helping - Stephen Rogers 53

Tiebreaker by Clint Gaige


Illustrated by Marcia Borell

A killer terrorizes a small city. While driving through, a family man picks up a solitary hitchhiker by the side of the road…it might be the last mistake of his life. Page 76

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More Mystery Fiction

Serials…

Wife and Death - Michael Mallory
The Adventures of the Diamond Stickpin 78
Law and Daughter - John M. Floyd
Hartmann's Case 85

Tiebreaker - Clint Gaige 76
The Plot Thickens - J.R. Chabot 111

*Mystery, the Crime of it!

Even More Mystery Fiction

The Blue Notebook - Mary Ellen Hughes 24
Peeping Tom - Todd Outcalt 29
Cybersex - Brian Rubendall 32
Well, She'll Have to Die - Frank McGourty 37
The Madman - Arphaxad T. Rinosi 39
Revenge of the Snake Woman Beverle Graves Myers 41
Allusions of Substance - Rick Magers 45 Nasty - Bret Wright 48
Banker's Holiday - Claudia McCants 54
Spam Scam - D.C. Thomas 57
Just Another Mugging - Nick Andreychuk 62
All Good Men - Stephen D. Rogers 63
A Stranger at your Door - Michael Nettleton 64
Blue Moon, Inc. - J. Fenzel 66
Two Tickets to Paradise - Karen Dionne 84



illustrated by Kevin Duncan

Lucy wants to escape the clutches of her abusive hitman boyfriend. Who or what is big enough, tough enough, to take him out? Pg 6

Horror - Fantasy -
Science Fiction

Angela's Dream - Regina Williams 91
The Vaccination - Don Stockard 105
A Helping Hand - Chrissie Ward 108
The Note - Cathy Buburuz 100

New this issue!
Guy Belleranti's
Crime and Puzzlement!

Featuring, Searching for Sleuths…can you find them?


... Logo by Marcia Borell


Literary,
*Poetry Mainstream

Dreaming My Way - Fredrick Zydek 05
Friends Who Speak - Judy Lewis Hench 18
Cell Phone Anthology - John V Spinale 23
The Best Dog I Ever Had - Casey Steward 23
An Ode To Chemo - Patrick Murata 28
curiouser and curiouser - Stephen Roxborough 40
Last Christmas Eve - Michael Meyerhofer 83
Crescent Thoughts - Dr. Shuvendu Sen 83
Anonymity - J.D. Allen 86
The Concert - Seymour Shubin 95
Picture Day - Mike Todd 98
Once More, the Lake - Sandra Smith Hutchins 110
Winter Ride - David Napolin 110
Mystery Poems - John M. Floyd 110
OCyber! Editor RC Hildebrandt - KK Rogers, Victoria Turner, Christopher Hivner 120
Simplify, Unite Delight - Kristin R. Masterton 113


New This issue! Book Reviews by Book Magazine's number one reader! Harriet Klausner joins our reviewers!


Logo by Marcia Borell

*Columnists
*Book Reviews

Broadside - babs lakey 04
A Tip of The Stetson - Earl Staggs 04
Reviews - G. Miki Hayden 97
UK 4 US - Nightlife - Steve Lakey 102
Murder-Go-Round - Harriet Klausner 103
Moral Judgments - G. Miki Hayden - SWAT 124
Death Delivered - Mary Welk 125
What Were You Thinking?- a hostile look at stupidity - Warning - Peter J. Welling 88
Bridges - Scott Masterton - Dr. Shuvendu Sen, Henk Mulder 121

*Contests!
Games *Puzzles

CRIME and Puzzlement - Guy Belleranti 03
WORDS can be MURDER - Anthony B Harrie 40
IN THE CROSSHAIRS - Claudia McCants 56
Letters, letters, letters! - from readers! 116, 126
Starfire - Dr. Mary O'Gara 127
FMAM ANNUAL FIRE TO FLY SHORT STORY CONTEST for 2003! ENTER! 128
FMAM Poetry Mahem Contest - ENTER! 118
Bob Schochet Award Winning Cartoonist! 118
SLESAR'S TWIST for 2003! ENTER NOW! 119

Publisher's Choice Awards!

Publisher's Choice Award for outstanding fiction from a Starting Line Writer! Frank McGourty for Well, She'll Have to Die - Congratulations to Frank! For Killer Instinct cover art Publisher Choice goes to Pete Welling! Awesome Pete!

illustrated by Kevin Duncan

*Cartoons! Galore

At FMAM we love Cartoons, as you're about to discover! Enjoy!

- Artist/writer/cartoonist - James ToonMan Oddie's caricatoons are great gifts and they are available for you at www.toonman.org

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NEWS FLASH


Dime 2004


Cover artwork copyright © Dustin Evans

FMAM presents our First annual short mystery anthology in BOOK format, publisher Quiet Storm Publishing-release date 5/04.


FMAM Issues 2003


FMAM 2004


NOTICE: FMAM's annual shut downs for new submissions are June 1 to Aug. 1 and Nov. 1 thru Jan. 10

These two periods of time allow our editors to catch up on the large volume of submissions.

REMEMBER that we are always accepting your contest entries, year round, AND, we also have occasional theme issues that stay open to new subs during these hiatus times, as well as our annual DIME mystery anthology.


Dime 2005


Cover artwork copyright © Alfred Klosterman

FMAM'S SECOND ANNUAL
SHORT MYSTERY STORY ANTHOLOGY,
DIME 2005.
Watch for submission guidelines in June 2004


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