Robert A.W. Lowndes’ Startling Mystery Stories No. 2 gets its due in an inclusive review of its stories, with author backgrounds and feature summaries. Read all about it in The Digest Enthusiast No. 15, now is available in four editions:
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Steve Carper returns to the pages of The Digest Enthusiast with a robust report on the rare children’s digest series, Boys’ and Girls’ Fiction, straight out of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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The crime fiction of “lost author” Carl G. Hodges is ripe for revival. Join the ranks of his fans as we recount his career along with a deep dive into 1951’s digest novel: Crime On My Hands in The Digest Enthusiast No. 15, available in four editions:
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Joseph Gollomb, once credited as the premier true crime reporter of his day, proves the conceit in his Crimes of the Year, published by Horace Liveright in 1931. The hardcover was reprinted in large part as the digest, 11 True Crimes by Green Publishing, exact date unknown. Read our in-depth review of the digest and its history in The Digest Enthusiast No. 15, available in four editions:
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Jack Seabrook lauds Avon’s Murder Mystery Monthly No. 31 with William Irish’s “If I Should Die Before I Wake” in a revealing examination of the master’s talent for terror and suspense. One of the many pieces in The Digest Enthusiast No 15, now available in four editions:
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Guilty Crime Story Magazine [#3 Winter 2022] ed. Brandon Barrows (Full Speed Publishing, $7.99 print, $3.99 Kindle 100pp, digest, cover by Wil Hulsey) Contents gleaned from Kindle edition.
1 • Contents
2 • Oksana • Robb T. White • ss
21 • Soft Mouths • Dustin Walker • ss
31 • Red Heels on Linoleum • Ethan Robles • ss
46 • Simple • Brandon Barrows • ss
60 • Tibet has a Book of the Dead, Too • Coy Hall • ss
68 • Mark • Mike McHone • ss
80 • Aleatory • Bruce Harris • ss
91 • Essex County Noir [Bad Boy Boogie by Thonas Pluck] • Anthony Perconti • br
Guilty Crime Story Magazine website
Contents formatted for inclusion in Phil Stephensen-Payne’s Galatic Central reference website.
FictionMags Index Family Item Types & Other Abbreviations key.
Don’t miss Peter Enfantino’s conclusion to his three-part review of Manhunt 1955 with his pick of the top ten tales of that year. It’s all part of The Digest Enthusiast No 15, now available in four editions:
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The Digest Enthusiast welcomes Anthony Perconti to our pages with issue No. 15. Anthony corresponded with author William Preston for his article about Preston’s Old Man sequence for Asimov’s Science Fiction, that includes a peek into the final episode that is yet to come.
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Fantasy & Science Fiction [v142 #1 & 2, whole #759, January/February 2022] ed. Sheree Renée Thomas, assistant eds. Robin O’Connor, Lisa Rogers (Spilogale, Inc., $9.99, 258pp, digest) Cover by Kent Bash)
Contents as listed in the Kindle edition
6 • Letter from the Editor: Watch Night • Sheree Renée Thomas • ed
8 • The Art of Victory When the Game is All the World • Eugie Foster • na
49 • Ennead in Retrospect • Christopher Mark Rose • ss
61 • Animale dei Morti • Nick DiChario • nv
80 • Bone Broth • Karen Heuler • nv
105 • Books to Look For • Charles de Lint • rc
_105 • Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero, E. Lockhart & Manuel Preitano, DC Comics, 2021, $16.99, tpb • br
_107 • Souls of the Road, Devon Monk, Odd House Press, 2020, $10.99, tpb • br
_108 • Constance, Matthew Fitzsimmons, Thomas & Mercer, 2021, $24.95, hc • br
_109 • Tomb of the Queen, Joss Walker, Two Tales Press, $14.95, tpb • br
_110 • The Gambler Grimoire, BR Kingsolver, BR Kingsolver, 2021, $13.99, tpb • br
_111 • Billy Summers, Stephen King, Scribner, 2021, $30.00, hc • br
114 • Musing on Books • Michelle West • rc
_114 • Artifact Space, Miles Cameron, Gollancz, 2021, $15.99, tpb • br
_116 • The Past is Red, Catherynne M. Valente, Tor.com, 2021, $20.99, hc • br
_117 • A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Becky Chambers, Tor.com, 2021, $20.99, hc • br
_119 • Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, 2021, $28.99, hc * br
122 • Prison Colony Optimization Protocols • Auston Habershaw • nv
143 • Full Worm Moon • Paul Lorello • ss
156 • Proximity Games • M L Clark • ss
173 • Advhena magnifica / Symmetry Violations I • Bogi Takács • pm
174 • Land Earthside / Symmetry Violations II • Bogi Takács • pm
175 • Le Coup de Foudre • Gretchen Tessmer • pm
176 • Salt Calls to Salt • Maiga Doocy • ss
185 • doe_haven.vr • Cara Mast • ss
198 • Films: The Mythic Weird of Raised By Wolves • Karin Lowachee • rc
202 • Science: The Ladder of Time • Jerry Oltion • cl
207 Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation • Gordon Van Gelder • ms
208 • Plumage from Pegasus: Take a Letter, Maria, Address It to My Life • Paul Di Filippo • cl
213 • The City and the Thing Beneath It • Innocent Chizaram Ilo • ss
222 • There Won’t Be Questions • Joe Baumann • ss
236 • The Gentle Dragon Tells His Tale of Love • J.A. Pak • nv
256 • Coming Attractions • cl
257 • F&SF Market Place • classifieds
258 • Curiosities: The Hearing Trumpet, by Leonora Carrington (1976) • Pan Morigan • cl
Fantasy & Science Fiction website
Contents formatted for inclusion in Phil Stephensen-Payne’s Galatic Central reference website.
FictionMags Index Family Item Types & Other Abbreviations key.
Before it was a movie, The Seven Year Itch was a play starring Vanessa Brown and Tom Ewell. Tom Brinkmann takes a look inside People Today’s cover story in The Digest Enthusiast No. 15.
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