Quill & Quire magazine named Mobashar Qureshi as one of the ten rising mystery writers to watch.
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AUCTION IN THE MEN’S WASHROOM – Three men dead in the washroom, one expensive ruby necklace left on the garbage bin. Why?
CORNER STORE – A store clerk and the winning lottery ticket.
EMPIRE OF FLIES – A day in the life of an aspiring writer.
GOODWILL – A story of a Sergeant, a Captain and a little girl.
HEMLAR AND THE TELEPHONE REPAIRMAN – A dead body is found in the basement of a house. Is the home owner guilty or innocent?
MISH-MASH FICTION – A famous author and his magical black machine.
MR. HORROWITZ’S HOUSE – A boy is sent on a dangerous dare.
PROFESSOR STOLTOR’S INFAMOUS ASSIGNMENT – A journalism student is given an assignment that will change him forever.
RED SWEATER – A man makes a decision that could affect not only his marriage but his life.
SEEKING HELP – A battle of wits between a psychiatrist and his new patient.
Includes TWO additional stories:
AA – An ultra secretive meeting between six people in an airport.
YOUNG MAN WITH THE CANE – A story of an old man and a young man.
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What if, eight years ago, you made a mistake that still haunts you? What if later, you realize it was not a mistake, but a deliberate plan? What then would you do?
Tortured by a mistake he made and searching for a man that doesn’t exist, Detective Deak Colte struggles to find answers at a time when everything happens too fast, and nothing makes sense.
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He had seven days to burn the town down.
Seven days to kill every occupant in it.
Seven days do it without getting himself in trouble.
So begins the story of a stranger who shows up in town with a secret and a motive that could be deadly to the town’s folks.
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Deep in the jungles of Brazil a farmer is savagely killed—his body is found half-eaten.
A group of researchers are sent to explain what may have happened. Instead, what they discover may be far more dangerous than anything they had imagined.