In the world’s most dangerous working environments it can seem like everything is out to kill you. The equipment you use. The materials you work with. The very air you breathe. Stored energy is a coiled viper waiting for the right moment to lash out. Owners, manufacturers, contractors, and beyond have developed safety protocols to combat STCKY, that is, Stuff That Can Kill You. Gravity, Motion, Mechanical, Electrical, Pressure, Sound, Radiation, Biological, Chemical, Temperature. This season is all about the means of murder as authors put our STCKY detective skills to the test. This is Season 9, Stuff That Can Kill You.
Episodes drop every other Friday 1:30pm eastern.
E1: Phidias Quinn and the Butterfly’s Wing by Erica Obey
Dropped January 9
Phidias Quinn has more than the Watchers to worry about with someone suffocating Hank. He needs our help to solve Hank’s murder so he can get back to the butterflies. Here are the people in the Crystal Cave of the Watchers in the order we met them:
- Eunice, the hot, wannabe starlet
- Professor Theobold, who keeps losing his lines
- Lady Cartwright, Hank’s almost ex-wife
- Peg, the workaholic script girl and Mel’s secret weapon
- Mel Moskowitz, B-movie director extraordinaire
- Dr. Mylo E. Christos, supposed entomologist
- Angry father, the guy who found the body
E2: Walking the Grain by H.K. Slade
Dropped January 23
Greg Vester was a high school senior and starting linebacker who worked at Ted Brunner’s farm. Working to empty a silo of soybean, a task he’d done before, he ended up in the silo, crushed under the weight of the beans. Brunner claims it was an accident—they happen on farm. Detective Friday Hampton has heard and seen enough to know that Greg Vester’s death was not a tragic accident but murder. She needs our help to separate the beans from the hull. Here are her suspects in the order that we’ve met them:
- Carolyn Brunner, the daughter, the one dumped by Greg
- Ted Brunner, farm owner, the family patriarch
- Marty Brunner, eldest son, the nice one
- Little Jimmy Brunner, youngest son, the one who found the body
E3: Occupational Hazard by KM Rockwood
Dropped February 6
Clint leads a nightshift team at United Fiberglass Manufacturing. He’s got a solid crew and life would be solid if not for the under qualified, over confident Bryson who was recently promoted to foreman. Now, even the simplest problems are hard to solve – like an illegible quantity on a work order. It’s not just Clint who has a beef with Bryson. Hank was overlooked for the SOB. Margie sexually harassed. And Julio threatened with Immigration. Then Bryson goes missing, only to be found dead by Clint. Clint is paid to make fiberglass, not solve mysteries, but he’s in the middle of this one. He’s relying on us and Detective Conrad to get him back into safe harbor. Here is a list of the people working Clint’s shift in the order we met them:
- Hank, not quite a boss
- Margie, the hot end tech
- Gonzo, the forklift operator
- Julio, the dispatcher
E4: Huey and Madelyn: Dead Heat by Wil A. Emerson
Dropped February 20
Huey and Madelyn don’t have a perfect marriage, they don’t have the perfect jobs, and they definitely don’t have perfect lives. So when they are found dead in their home, long after their expiration date, Detective Farrell has a strange case on his desk. He needs our help if he’s going to move the case of Huey and Madelyn to the closed pile. Here are the people involved in the case in the order we met them:
- Huey McPherson, accountant, dead guy
- Madelyn McPherson, insurance clerk, dead gal
- Alexia Finkbeiner, Huey’s boss and mistress
- Tula Cunningham, Madelyn’s boss
- Walter Duggan, hardware store owner
- Mrs. Doyle, put out neighbor
- Mickey, unhappy lawn boy
Mysteries To Die For 