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The Pulpster No. 30

The Pulpster [#30, August 2021, Published for Pulpfest 2021] ed. William Lampkin, pub. Mike Chomko ($12.00, 60pp, magazine, cover by Graves Gladney; The Shadow June 1, 1940))
1 • Contents Page
2 • From the Editor • William Lampkin • ed
2 • Contributors • bg
4 • From the Publisher • Michael Chomko • ed
5 • When Pulp Fandom Leapt into the Future • William Lampkin • ar
9 • Something for ‘Everybody’s’ • Sai Shankar • ar
13 • Tough as a Boot; Kind as Mrs. Claus [Dorothy McIlwraith] • Tony • ar
14 • Everybody Loves a Hero • Dorothy McIlwraith • ar; The Writer 1949
17 • Mostly Personal • Margaret A. Bartlett • ar; The Author & Journalist September 1948
18 • Alpha and Omega for the Dark Avenger [The Shadow] • Craig McDonald • ar
20 • The Shadow’s First Voice—and Face • David Saunders • ar
22 • The Secrets of the Girasol Ring • Will Murray • ar
27 • A Million Words a Year for 10 Straight Years • Walter B. Gibson • ar; a version of this article originally appeared in Writer’s Digest March 1941
31 • In the Shadow of Jerome Rozen • Al Tonik • iv
31 • Graves Gladney Speaks His Mind • Terry Klasek and Kenn Thomas • iv; Whizzard #4 & 5, Summer 1974 & January 1975
41 • Selling Glamour for a Dime • Thomas H. Uzzell • ar; Scribner’s Magazine April 1938
47 • Cave: Beginning, Middle, and End • Darrell Schweitzer • iv; Cemetery Dance #29, Oct. 1998
60 • Final Chapters • Tony Davis • ob

Pulpfest website

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F&SF Sep/Oct 2021

Fantasy & Science Fiction [v141 #3 & 4, whole #757, September/October 2021] ed. Sheree Renée Thomas, assistant eds. Robin O’Connor, Lisa Rogers (Spilogale, Inc., $9.99, 258pp, digest) Cover by David A. Hardy)
2 • Content Pages
5 • Letter from the Editor: Transform You • Sheree Renée Thomas • ed
8 • The Bridal Registry of Frankenstein • Ali Solomon • ct
9 • Haunted Hills Community and Country Club • Lincoln Michel • ss
27 • The Scorpion and the Syrinx • Brian Trent • nv
51 • Ice Fishing on Europa • Erin Barbeau • ss
64 • The Forlorn • Matthew Hughes • nv
106 • Books to Look For • Charles De Lint • rc
_106 • What Abigail Did That Summer, Ben Aaronovitch, Subterranean Press, $40, hc • br
_107 • Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses, Kristen O’Neal, Quirk Books, $18.99, hc • br
_108 • Fear and Longing in Los Angeles, Mark Leslie, Stark Publishing, $15.99, tpb • br
_109 • Long Miles Home, Emma Melville, Emma Melville, £7.99, tpb • br
_110 • Crescent City Magick Vol. 2: Waking the Witch, Michael L. Peters, Michael L. Peters, $2513, tpb • br
_112 • The Mysterious Disappearance of Aiden S. (as told to his brother), David Levithan, Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf, $16.99, hc • br
_113 • Defekt, Nino Cipri, Tordotcom, $14.99, tpb • br
116 * Books • Elizabeth Hand • rc
_116 • The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again, M. John Harrison, Gallancz, $19.00, ebook • br
_125 • Nazaré, JJ Amaworo Wilson, PM Press, $16.95 • br
128 • Seedling • Octavia Cade • ss
131 • The Abomination • Nuzo Onoh • na
184 • To the Honorable and Esteemed Monsters Under My Bed • E.A. Bourland • ss
196 • Plumage from Pegasus: Speaker to Scribes • Paul Di Filippo • cl
202 • The Conqueror Worm(hole) • Linda D. Addison • pm
204 • Sonnet–To Meta-Science • Linda D. Addison • pm
205 • Split the Baby • Carl Taylor • ss
219 • Films: Love Death + Robots II Colors Inside the Lines • Karin Lowachee • rc
224 • Science: String Theory–The Musical Kind • Jerry Oltion • cl
230 • The Changing Season • Ali Trotta • pm
231 • And in Rain, Blank Pages • Lora Gray • ss
244 • Her Dragon • Amal Singh • ss
256 • Coming Attractions • cl
257 • F&SF Market Place • classifieds
258 • Curiosities: Woman of the Aeroplanes by Kojo Laing (1988) • Aurelius Raines II • cl

Fantasy & Science Fiction website

Note: Still having trouble finding this digest at the Vancouver B&N, so I turned to secondary markets to find a copy. Hopefully, by Nov/Dec the printer’s delivery issues will be sorted.

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Pulp Literature No. 31

Pulp Literature [#31 Summer 2021] mng. ed. Jennifer Landels (Pulp Literature Press, $14.99 Print, $4.99 Kindle, 224pp, digest, cover by Tarjana Mirkov-Popovicki)
7 • From the Pulp Lit Pulpit • Genevieve Wynand • ed
11 • Birdie • Brenda Carre • ss
26 • Feature Interview: Brenda Carre • iv
31 • The Extra: Frankie Ray Makes Murder’s Final Cut • Mel Anastasiou • ss
75 • Prometheus • Akpa Arinzechukwu • pm
79 • A Kinder Home • Hajera Khaja • ss
99 • Armageddon by Tarantino • Graham Robert Scott •
107 • The Search • Colleen Anderson • ss
121 • Behind the Sumacs • Samuel Strathman • pm
125 • It Was a Chupi After All • Elsa M. Carruthers • ss
137 • Maslow Meets the Mayfly Moon • Janet Smith • ss
149 • The Bumblebee Fiction Contest • Alan Sincic • in
157 • Houses • Matthew Nielsen • ss
175 • Allaigna’s Song: Oburakor • J.M. Landels • sl

Pulp Literature website

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Mystery Magazine Oct. 2021

The annual Sherlock Holmes issue is also a double issue.

Mystery Magazine [October 2021] ed. Kerry Carter (AM Marketing Strategies, Print $11.99, Kindle $6.99, 164pp, digest, cover by Robin Grenville Evans)
3 • The Case Of The Teller Of Tales • Martin Rosenstock • ss
19 • Dead Man’s Chest • Michael Kelly • ss
26 • The Adventure Of The Man In Two Places • Michael Mallory • ss
43 • Doctor Watson Knows Noses” by Bruce Harris • ar
48 • Scandal At The Savoy: The Monocle Murder • CJ Verburg • ss
66 • Carousel Nightmare • Max Jason Peterson • ss
69 • In The Land Of The Living • Gretchen Altabef • ss
86 • The King’s Island • John M. Floyd • ss
95 • The Savile Row Mystery • Bruce Harris • ss
112 • A Double Fake • BV Lawson • ss
121 • I, Montresor • Edward Lodi • ss
129 • Chamber Of Vengeance • Joslyn Chase • ss
144 • A Study Of Death [Dr. John Watson] • Teel James Glenn • ss
156 • The Missing Train • Kate Fellowes • vi; a “You-Solve-It Mystery”
159 • Lost In Time • Peter DiChellis • vi; a “You-Solve-It Mystery”

Mystery Magazine website

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Guilty No. 2

Guilty Crime Story Magazine [#2 Fall 2021] ed. Brandon Barrows (Full Speed Publishing, $7.99 print, $3.99 Kindle 103pp, digest, cover by Jesse Lundberg)
1 • Contents
2 • At Fury Crossing • Brent Spencer • ss
21 • Newfound Gap • Adam Leeder • ss
31 • Matter of Conscience • Marie Anderson • ss
45 • Between Friends • Brandon Barrows • ss
62 • No Recoil • M.E. Proctor • ss
68 • Learning to Dream • Stanton McCaffery • ss
82 • Them Cops • Anthony Neil Smith • ss
99 • American Nightmare • Anthony Perconti • ar

Guilty Crime Story Magazine website

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I don’t often have issues ordering books printed by KDP. I ordered this one the day it launched, but the book never made its way to my mailbox. Once the issue was straightened out, I re-ordered and received it in the usual quick print/ship cycle…

The Shadowed Circle No. 1

The Shadowed Circle [#1 July 2021] ed. Steve Donoso (Resonance Arts Press, $35/3-issue subscription, 50pp, tpb, cover by John Jamilkowski)
1 • Table of Contents
2 • About Our Contributors • bg
4 • Welcome to The Shadowed Circle • Steve Donoso • ed
5 • The Final Santum Shadow Intermission • Will Murray • ar
14 • The Shadow of Bruce Elliott • John L. French • ar
17 • Eight Questions for James Patterson • Steve Donoso • iv
21 • The Shadow: A Review • Henry Lopez • br
27 • Under 30: A Twenty Something’s Relationship with the Shadow • Russell M. Moran • ar
29 • (Over-) Analyzing an Archetype • Stephen M. Newton • ar
32 • The Shadow Shorts • Joseph Gibon • ar
34 • Gray Face and The Shadow of The Batman • Steve Donoso • ar
37 • The Shadow’s Four-Timers Club • Craig McDonald • ar
43 • Acquiring the Holy Grail of My Shadow Collection • Dwight Fuhro • ar
45 • Zombies! A Brief Look at the Reanimated Dead and The Shadow • John Olsen • ar
49 • The Shadow Laffs • John Sies • ct

Contact Steve Donoso to order.

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The Shadowed Circle No. 1
Amazing Selects No. 5

Amazing Selects: Edmond Hamilton’s Captain Future in The Horror at Jupiter [#5 September 2021] (Experimenter Publishing, $8.99, 210pp, tpb)
Table of Contents
1 • Interlude: Breaking News • Allen Steele • pr
6 • The Horror at Jupiter • Allen Steele • n
160 • How the Galaxy Was Won • Allen Steele? • ar
195 Afterword • Allen Steele • ar
199 • About the Author • Allen M. Steele • bg
202 • About the Artist (cover) • Jon Eno • bg
203 • About the Artist (interior) • M.D. Jackson • bg

Amazing Stories website

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Amazing Selects No. 5
Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 7

Pulp Modern [v2 #7, Summer2021] ed. Alec Cizak (Uncle B. Publications & Larque Press, $9.99, 143pp, digest, cover and interior artwork by Ran Scott)
1 • From the Editor • Alec Cizak • ed
4 • Fame at the Mini-Mart • Karen Harrington • ss
18 • Trooper • Anthony Neil Smith • ss
35 • Tides Now Lost • C.J. Dotson • ss
46 • The Surfing Green Beret • Andrew Miller • ss
62 • Hardboiled Chivalry: Walter Mosley’s Fearless Jones in the Hero Pulps • Anthony Perconti • ar
70 • Ravaging Jackals • Edward A. Grainger • ss
90 • Work Life Balance • Nathan Pettigrew • ss
102 • Billboard Bound • Tia Ja’nae • ss
112 • Small Rubber Duck • Stephen J. Golds • ss
124 • End of the Line • Sarah Cannavo • ss

Pulp Modern website
Print $9.99 Kindle $3.99

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Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 7