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Gamma No. 1 1963

Gamma No. 1 1963

Gamma 1 New Frontiers in Fiction
Contents
Charles Beaumont “Mourning Song”
Fritz Leiber “Crimes Against Passion”
Ray Bradbury “Time in Thy Flight”
Tennessee Williams “The Vengeance of Nitocris”
A.E. van Vogt “Itself!”
Charles E. Fritch “Venus Plus Three”
Ray Russell “A Message From Morj”
William F. Nolan “To Serve the Ship”
The Gamma Interview: Rod Serling
George Clayton Johnson “The Freeway”
Herbert A. Simmons “One Night Stand”
Kris Neville “As Holy and Enchanted”
John Tomerlin “Shade of Day”
Forrest J. Ackerman “The Girl Who Wasn’t There”
Ray Bradbury “Death in Mexico” (verse)
Richard Matheson “Cresendo”

Gamma No. 1 1963
Editor & Publisher: Charles E. Fritch
Executive Editor: Jack Matcha
Managing Editor: William F. Nolan
Cover: Morris Scott Dollens
5.25” x 7.75” 128 pages 50¢

Fawn The Dark-Eyed No. 1
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Fawn in 1964

A flyer for Fawn Press, c. early 1960s.
A flyer for Fawn Press, c. early 1960s.

Excerpt from “The Creative Works of Joe Wehrle, Jr.” from The Digest Enthusiast No. 8, June 2018. (Quotes are from Joe’s correspondence.)

By 1964, already an accomplished illustrator, Joe began work on a comic strip, Fawn the Dark Eyed. In the series’ earliest incantation, Fawn was also dark haired. “Fawn started as a self-published fanzine in ’64. We had a number of pages in color, which was unusual at that time—only one or two other people experimented with color in their fanzines.”

I know of only two issues, but as the ’70s dawned, Ed Aprill, Jr., who published a series of comic strip reprint books of Buck Rogers and The Spirit, showed interest. “At one point Ed was talking about doing a high-quality 9” x 12” book with a new Fawn story, and I had actually started work on it when he was killed in a car crash.” A tragic set-back, but Joe continued drawing and writing, with Fawn always in mind.

Joe’s bibliography appears on the Larque Press website.

Featured image: Fawn The Dark-Eyed No. 1 1964

Manhunt Detective Story Magazine No. 9
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Manhunt No. 9 Sept. 1953

Manhunt No. 9 Sept. 1953

Manhunt Detective Story Magazine Vol. 1 No. 9 Sept. 1953
Contents
Evan Hunter “The Death of Me” (A Matt Cordell Novelette)
Fletcher Flora “Fair Game”
William Vance “What Am I Doing?”
Richard Marsten “Accident Report”
Richard Deming “Bonus Cop”
Dan Sontup’s Portrait of a Killer: Chester Jordan
Erskine Caldwell “The Motive”
Jack M. Bagby “Chase By Night”
Ray Bradbury “The Millionth Murder” art by Don Rico
Vincent H. Gaddis’ Crime Cavalcade
Hunt Collins “The Molested”
Craig Rice “Life Can Be Horrible” (John J. Malone)
Jonathan Craig “The Scrapbook”
Mugged and Printed: Erskine Caldwell, Ray Bradbury, Evan Hunter, Richard Deming, etc.

Flying Eagle Publications, Inc,
Editor: John McCloud
Managing Editor: E.A. Tulman
Assoc. Editor: Hal Walker
Art Director: Chas. W. Adams
Business Manager: R.E. Decker
144 pages, 35¢

Peter Enfantino’s story-by-story synopsis of Manhunt is featured in The Digest Enthusiast No. 6–10.

A Crawford Digest?
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Robert E. Howard: The Garden of Fear

The Garden of Fear by Robert E. Howard

Published in 1945 by William Crawford, and listed in Paperback Prices by Graham Holroyd as a “Crawford Digest,” The Garden of Fear is an anthology titled after Robert E. Howard’s story, but also includes reprints by Lloyd A. Eshbach, H. P. Lovecraft, Miles J. Breuer, and David H. Keller from Crawford’s earlier Marvel Tales pulp magazine.

Steve Carper’s research for One-and-Dones part two (The Digest Enthusiast No. 8), reveals it was neither a singleton, nor a digest, but still a highly collectable volume, readily available in secondary markets.

Now Available from McFarland: Steve Carper’s Robots in American Popular Culture, a comprehensive reference volume that includes a companion website: robotsinamericanpopularculture.com.

Fantastic Feb. 1975
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Fantastic Feb. 1975 Contents

Fantastic Feb. 1975

Contents
Ted White: Editorial
L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter “Shadows in the Skull” (Conan) art by Michael Nally
Robert F. Young “Perchance to Dream” art by Stephen Fabian
C.L. Grant “To Be a Witch, in Three Quarter Time” art by Jeff Jones
Juanita Coulson “The Dragon of Tor-Nali” art by Mike Kaluta
Gardner R. Dubious “Dissenting”
Ian McEwan “Solid Geometry” art by Richard Olsen
Alpajpuri “Asylum in the Concrete”
Bruce B. Arthurs “The Return of Captain Nucleus” art by Joe Staton
Fritz Leiber: Fantasy Books (Reviews)
According to You (Letters)
Classified Advertisements

Fantastic Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories Vol. 24 No. 2 Feb. 1975
Publisher: Sol Cohen
Editor: Ted White
Assoc. Editor: Grant Carrington
Assist. Editor: Moshe Feder, Terry Hughes
Art Director: J. Edwards
Cover: Stephen E. Fabian
5.25” x 7.75” 130 pages 75¢

MWM 8 2019
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Mystery Weekly Magazine August 2019

Mystery Weekly Magazine August 2019

Contents
T.L. Huchu “El Chappie” The World’s Second Greatest Criminal”
James Nolan “Stranger in Paradise”
David Bart “The Mayfly”
Andrew Welsh-Huggins “You Can’t Go Alone”
Emily Devenport “Jumpers for Jesus”
Bruce W. Most “The Dead Man in the Pearl Gray Hat”
Jeff Dosser “Three Hogg’s Tales and One Hairy Ending”
Laird Long “Fanfarewell” (A You-Solve-It)

Mystery Weekly Magazine August 2019
Publisher: Chuck Carter
Editor: Kerry Carter
Cover: Robin Grenville-Evans
7.5” x 10” 85 pages
POD $6.99, Kindle $2.99
Mystery Weekly Magazine website

Switchblade No. 10
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Switchblade No. 10

Switchblade No. 10

Brian Beatty “Vacancies” (verse)
Contents
Scotch Rutherford: Editor’s Corner

Quick & Dirty Flash Fiction
C.W. Blackwell “For Love or Money”
Serena Jayne “The Nature of Nurture”
Eddie McNamara “Greaser Jack”

Sharp & Deadly Short Fiction
Jim Towns “Bad Coffee and the Bomb”
N.W. Barcus “Roadside Diner”
Christian Goss “Perry, the Red Haired Girl, and the Gangster”
Tim V. Decker “Exit Schulz”
Gene Breaznell “Killing Raskolnik”
Beaumont Rand “Throw the Fight”
Jim Wilsky “Can’t Win for Losing”
Timothy Friend “Last Stand at the Rough Riders Roadside Old Town & Gunfight Museum”

Switchblade No. 10 back cover

Person of Interest: C.W. Blackwell
Author Bios & Acknowledgements

Switchblade: An Anthology of Noir No. 10
July 2019
Caledonia Press
Editor: Scotch Rutherford
Cover photos: Scotch Rutherford
Model: Lisa Douglass
5” x 8”, 174 pages
POD $7.99 Kindle $2.99

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Hightlights & Conclusions
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BCMM1: Summary

Black Cat Mystery Magazine No. 1

Excerpt from the review of Black Cat Mystery Magazine No. 1 from The Digest Enthusiast No. 7:

“The ABCs of Murder,” a humorous poem by Josh Pachter, fills out the back cover. Oddly, it’s run landscape; I suppose to maximize the type size.

Black Cat Mystery Magazine is a welcome new arrival for fans of crime fiction magazines. Its content fulfills its promise of something for all mystery readers—hardboiled, cozy, noir, crime, private eye, suspense, and thriller. Each story is a satisfying example of its sub-genre. My favorites were those by Michael Bracken, Kaye George, and Fletcher Flora; but I lean toward the dark side. If you enjoy the full range of crime fiction, you’ll love the variety here. And frankly, variety is what a great anthology is all about.

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Editors: John Gregory Betancourt and Carla Coupe
Cover: Fotolia
6” x 9” 150 pages
POD $12.00, Kindle $3.99