Mystere Suite
by Frederick Highland
(This is part III. Experience Mystere Suite from the beginning.)
“One Minute Mysteries” have been around since the 1930s, illustrated stories that call upon the reader to solve a crime.
The Fourth Coffin
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Author’s Comment:
Perhaps the most elusive murders involve poisoning. In this piece, the reader is presented with four inhabited coffins, three of which suggest the method of the crimes. A fascination with botanicals has likely led the skulking figure on the left, curiously dressed in parson’s garb, to practice his skill in dark, dark ways. Fortunately, an officer of the law is on the scene and seems likely to apprehend the felon. The tome the culprit is carrying may be an ancient herbal or even a grimoire. As for the fourth coffin it seems to be missing a deadly botanical. Why?
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