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News June 10, 2021

F&SF May/Jun 2021

This second issue with editor Sheree Renée Thomas. The issue must’ve been delayed somewhere in production, an adhesive label was carefully applied to the cover over the original bar code. The update moves the display instructions from what looks like June 20 to June 29.

Fantasy & Science Fiction [v140 #5 & 6, whole #755] 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: All That You Touch • Sheree Renée Thomas • ed
9 • A Father’s Hand • Stephanie Kraner • ss
27 • Dontay’s Bones • Danian Darrell Jerry • ss
39 • Goodwill Objects • Nina Kiriki Hoffman • ss
47 • Death’s Coachman • Alan Dean Foster • pm
50 • The World, A Carcass • Rich Larson • nv
85 • Books to Look For • Charles De Lint • rc
_86 • Tooth and Nail, Domino Finn, Blood & Treasure, $9.99, tp * br
_88 • Graves’ Anatomy, Jace Anderson & Adam Gierasch, Nobody Loves an Albatross, $12.99, tp • br
_89 • Fugitive Telemetry, Martha Wells, Tordotcom, $19.99 hc, $11.99 eb • br
_90 • The Prince and the Troll, Rainbow Rowell, Amazon Original Stories, $1.99, eb • br
_92 • The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien, John Garth, Princeton University Press, $29.95, hc • br
94 • Plumage from Pegasus: Mornings are for Commas • Paul Di Filippo • cl
101 • Severed Fruit • Pan Morigan • ss
113 • Red Giant * White Drawf • Derrick Weston Brown • pm
114 • The Un-Awakened • Linda D. Addison • pm
116 • Molly Whuppy • Corey Flintoff • ss
129 • F&SF Competitin #101: Synonymous Winners • Zack Lux, Nigel Parsons • cn
130 • F&SF Competitin #102: Jeopardy! • cn
132 • Babylon System [Lij] • Maurice Broaddus • nv
157 • Drunkard’s Walk • James Enge • ss
173 • Television: The Monsters Within Us • Karin Lowachee • cl
177 • By the Numbers: A Glance at the AFF (and H) Publishing Industry • Arley Sorg • cl
181 • Science: Let There Be Light • Jerry Oltion • cl
187 • The Plus One • Marie Vibbert • ss
199 • Coming Attractions • cl
200 • Refugees • Robert Grossbach • na
253 • When the Water Stops • Eugen Bacon • ss
257 • F&SF Market Place • classifieds
258 • Curiosities: Survivor by Octavia E. Butler (1978) • Michael A. Gonzales • cl

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TDE Update June 9, 2021

20 Million Miles to Earth, the Novel

“As Shuster and Bailey rush to investigate, they find a strange reptilitan creature, eight feet tall with a prehensile tail. Dead—apparently electrocuted by the relatively low voltage of their power lines.”

Henry Slesar (1927–2002) was a prolific author, scriptwriter, and copywriter, famous for his twist endings. He is created for coining the phrase “coffee break” during his early years as an advertising copywriter. His first fiction sale was “The Brat” (Imaginative Tales Sept. 1953).

Two years later he wrote the novelization of the Columbia Pictures’ classic 20 Million Miles to Earth for Ziff-Davis in the the one-shot digest, Amazing Stories Science Fiction Novel.

Read the complete synopsis of Slesar’s novel, with highlights of the differences between film and novel in The Digest Enthusiast No. 14. Available now:
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News June 7, 2021

Nostalgia Digest Summer 2021

Nostalgia Digest [Book 47, Chap. 3, Summer 2021, July-August-September 2021] ed. Steve Darnall (Funny Valentine Press, $4.50, 64pp, digest) Cover: Ernie Kovacs
1 • Hello, Out There in Radioland! • Steve Darnall • ed
2 • A Few Moments With . . . Hank Garrett • Anon • ar
4 • The Year of Joltin’ Joe [Joe DiMaggio] • Walter Scannell • ar
8 • Welcome to Kovacsland [Ernie Kovacs] • Jordan Elliott • ar
16 • CeleBio: Dorothy Lamour • Paramount Pictures 1948 • ar
20 • The Time of Your Life [Ralph Edwards] • Martin Grams Jr. • ar
26 • Beware… of It! Them! and The Thing • Wayne Klatt • ar
32 • Those Were the Days [program guide July-August-September] • Anon • schedule
40 • An Actor of Substance [Charles Laughton] • Stone Wallace • ar
48 • Young Man with a Duck [Joe Penner] • Garry Berman • ar
52 • The Little Studio That Could [Republic Pictures] • Bob Kolososki • ar
60 • Mail Call • lc

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News June 6, 2021

Bare•Bones No. 6

bare•bones [#6 Spring 2021] ed. Peter Enfantino, John Scoleri (Cimarron Street Books, $9.95, 110pp, digest)
1 • Contents Page
2 • Dueling Editorials • Peter Enfantino, John Scoleri • ed
3 • The Overlooked Library • Don D’Ammassa • ar
10 • Lunar Trajectory: Moon of the Wolf on Page and Screen • Matthew R. Bradley • ar
14 • Mistress of the Putrifying Lash! A Complete Look at the Sleazy World of Web Terror Stories! • Peter Enfantino • ar
34 • The Pipes of Pan and its Dark Voices: Horror Anthology Series in Britain • David A. Sutton • ar
44 • Join the Lamb’s Navy! Caroline Munro and the Lamb’s Navy Rum Campaign • John Scoleri • ar
58 • Digging into Crime Digests: Private Eye (July–December 1953) • Richard Krauss • ar
68 • Ten Quick Tales • S. Craig Zahler • ar
74 • I Am Controlling Transmission: Collecting The Outer Limits on Home Video • Craig Beam • ar
89 • Sleaze Alley * Peter Enfantino • rc
_92 • Lust for Love, Harry Whittington
_93 • Sin Cult, Bruno Decesare
_94 • Syndicate City, William F. Frank
_96 • Sin Driver, David Andrews
99 • R&D: In Praise of Twilight Zone No, Not the TV Show • David J. Schow • cl
104 • A Good Cast is Worth Repeating • bi

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The issue above includes my third contribution to Bare•Bones, an overview and issue synopses of the short-lived crime digest Private Eye, published by John Raymond in 1953. It was a fine crime fiction magazine that included stories by Harold Q. Masur, Will Oursler, Dorothy Dunn, Day Keene, Hunt Collins, Alan E. Nourse, and many others. This edition of B•B also includes co-editor Peter Enfantino’s coverage of the “shudder-pulp” digest Web Terror Stories, so there’s plenty here for digest enthusiasts.

I’ve read all five previous issues of this reboot of Bare•Bones cover-to-cover and have started on this issue. It’s an excellent pop culture treasure trove that I highly recommend. You can order copies from Bud’s Art Books, Amazon.com, and all of the usual outlets for this type of independent gem.

TDE Update June 5, 2021

The Digest Enthusiast No. 14

The latest issue of The Digest Enthusiast is now available. This time there are two print editions, one in color and one is black-and-white.

14C is $20.00 from Lulu.com and Amazon.com
14BW is $12 from Amazon.com
14 Kindle is $4.99 from Amazon.com
14 digital is $4.99 from Magzter.com
Coming soon select booksellers including Bud’s Art Books, DreamHaven Books, Mike Chomko Books, Modern Age Books, Barnes & Noble (online), and eBay.

The Digest Enthusiast [#14 June 2021] ed. Richard Krauss (Larque Press, $20 (color), $12 (b&w), $4.99 (digital) 160pp, digest)
3 • Contents Page
4 • News Digest • various • gp
20 • Ed McBain’s Mystery Book No. 3 • Jack Seabrook • ar
30 • Assisted Dying • Jack Seabrook • ss
47 • Zip! • Bob Vojtko • ct
48 • Startling Mystery Stories No. 1 • Richard Krauss • rv
54 • Manhunt 1955 part two • Peter Enfantino • sz
66 • At the Vanguard…But, Not for Long • Vince Nowell, Sr. • ar
74 • The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine Vol. 6 No. 1 • Richard Krauss • rv
78 • Ocean De Ville • Robert Snashall • ss
88 • Amazing Stories Science Fiction Novel: 20 Million Miles to Earth • Richard Krauss • sz
110 • Dedication: Paul D. Marks • ms
112 • The End of Wonder • Ward Smith & Vince Nowell, Sr. • rv
116 • The Haunt of Horror • Richard Krauss • ar
130 • Gnoll Attack [Buckthorn Burrough] • John Kuharik • ss; illustrated by Michael Neno
142 • Terror Detective Story Magazine • Peter Enfantino. ar
159 • Opening Lines • ms

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News May 31, 2021

Weirdbook No.44

Weirdbook [Vol. 2 #14, #44, May 2021] ed. Doug Draa (Wildside Press, $13.00, 179p, 6” x 9”0 Cover by Fotolia, interior illustrations by Allen Koszowski
1 • Contents
2 • From the Editor’s Tower • Doug Draa • ed
3 • Let Me Be Your Swamp Snake [Nick Nightmare] • Adrian Cole • ss
16 • Warning • Darrell Schweitzer • pm
17 • A Whisper in the Death Pit • Kyla Lee Ward • ss
25 • Absent a Passion Play • Allan Rozinski • pm
26 • Deadest Man in Town • Franklyn Searight • ss
63 • Penumbra Over Millwall • Jan Edwards • ss
75 • Fragile • Lucy A. Snyder • pm
76 • Birth • M. Stern • ss
88 • Spectres Untold • Maxwell I. Gold • pm
91 • Belladonna’s Kiss • Ashley Dioses • pm
91 • Among the Fallen • Ann K. Schwader • pm
92 • Okiko’s Doll • Stefano Frigieri; translated by Amanda Blee • ss
102 • Heatseeker • Tim Curran • ss
121 • Witch’s Barrow • Chad Hensley • pm
122 • The Librarian • Sharon L. Cullars • ss
128 • The Third Obscenity • Frederick J. Mayer • pm
129 • Dream Warriors (1) Team Spirit • D.C. Lozar • ss
148 • Bang! • Chris Kuriata • ss
160 • Death and the Vampire • James Dorr • ss
162 • Mind Rot • Cindy O’Quinn • pm
163 • The Dust of Sages and Fools • John R. Fultz • ss
176 • Push Dagger • John C. Hocking • ss
179 • Song of the Goat • K.A. Opperman • pm

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News May 29, 2021

The Dark City April 2021

The Dark City Crim & Mystery Magazine [Vol. 6 No. 3 April 2021] ed. Steve Oliver (Dark City Books, $6.99 POD, $2.99 Kindle, 128p, digest)
1 • Blue Martini • Barbara DeMarco-Barrett • ss
45 • Elliott Harbinger • Anthony Regolino • ss
67 • Dead Weight • Sharon Hart Addy • ss
79 • The White Marlin • Evan Clarry • ss
91 • The Neighbors • A.M. Porter • ss

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News May 29, 2021

Paperback Parade No. 110

Paperback Parade [#110 Feb. 2021](Gryphon Books, $15.00, 100pp, digest)
1 • Contents
2 • Paperback Talk • Gary Lovisi • cl
18 • Beadle’s Frontier Series Examined • Gary Lovisi • ar
38 • The Ballantine Bal-Hi Program • Jim Fitzpatrick • ar
48 • Rural Noir • Jay A. Gertzman • ar
54 Of Masked Men and Silver Bullets • Roy G. James • ar
62 • Matchless Paperbacks • Richard Greene • cl
66 • Earl Kemp: A Remembrance • Jon D. Swartz • bg
68 • An Appreciation of Richard (Dick) Lupoff • Jon D. Swartz • bg
70 • Rembering Dick Lupoff • Phil Harbottle • bg
82 • Change My Mind: Bama’s Best? • Gary Lovisi • ar
86 • The Canadian Collins’s White Circle Artists • Jim Fitzpatrick • ar
94 • Boy’s Wonder Library • Gary Lovisi • ar

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News May 28, 2021

Asimov’s May/Jun 2021

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v45 #5 & 6, #544 & 545 May/June 2021] ed. Sheila Williams, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest) Cover by Shutterstock.com
2 • Contents Pages
4 • Editorial: Transitions • Shelia Williams • ed
6 • Reflections: The First Encyclopedia • Robert Silverberg • cl
10 • On the Net: Digital Heroes • James Patrick Kelly • cl
14 • Thought Experiment: Religion and Science Fiction • James Gunn • cl
20 • The Metric • David Moles • na
48 • Among the Marithei • Mary Anne Mohanraj • ss
54 • Reclaiming the Stars • James Gunn • na
70 • Ready Gas and Pills • Dominica Phetteplace • ss
77 • Año Nuevo • Ray Nayler • na
94 • Super Sprouts • Ian Creasey • na
120 • A Million Years • Tom Jolly • pm
122 • The Chartreuse Sky • K.A. Teryna & Alexander Bachilo; translated by Alex Shvartsman • ss
131 • My Heart Is at Capacity • TJ Berry • ss
141 • Inside Voice • Jackie Sherbow • pm
142 • Tin Man • Rick Wilber & Brad Aiken • na
161 • Speaking to Mom • Jane Yolen • pm
162 • Phosphor’s Circle • Annika Barranti Klein • ss
167 • Flattering the Flame • Robert Reed * na
197 • Next Issue • Anon • pv
198 • On Books • Sheree Renée Thomas • rc
_198 • Master of Poisons, Andrea Hairston, Tor.com, $27.99, 512pp, hc • Sheree Renée Thomas • br
_199 • Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse, Saga Press, $27.95, 454pp, hc • Sheree Renée Thomas • br
_200 • Ring Shout or Hunting Ku Kluxes in the End Times, P. Djèlí Clark, Tor.com, $19.99, 181pp, hc • Sheree Renée Thomas • br
_202 • The Deep, Rivers Solomon with musicians Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes, Saga Press, $14.99, 166pp, paper • Sheree Renée Thomas • br
_203 • Trouble the Saints, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Tor.com, $26.99, 352pp, hc • Sheree Renée Thomas • br
_204 • Reconstruction: Stories, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Small Bear Press, $17.00, 208pp, pb • Sheree Renée Thomas • br
_206 • The Freedom Artist, Ben Okri, Akashic Books, $30.95, 336pp, hc • Sheree Renée Thomas • br
_206 • Dominion, edited by Zelda Knight and Elpeki Oghenechovwe, Aurelia Leo, $19.99, 250pp, pb • Sheree Renée Thomas • br
208 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • cl

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News May 21, 2021

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May/Jun 2021

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v157 #5/6, #956/957 May/June 2021] ed. Janet Hutchings, mng. ed. Jackie Sherbow (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by Jeff Lee Johnson)
1 • Contents Page
2 • Kiss of Life • Doug Allyn • ss; illustration by Jason C. Eckhardt
28 • The Jury Box • Steve Steinbock • rc
_28 • The Dark Heart of Florence, Tasha Alexander, Minotaur, $27.99 • Steve Steinbock • br
_28 • The Venice Sketchbook, Rhys Bowen, Lake Union Publishing, $14.95 • Steve Steinbock • br
_118 • Dance with Death, Will Thomas, Minotaur, $27.99 • Steve Steinbock • br
_118 • Murder at Wedgefield Manor, Erica Ruth Neubauer, Kensington, $26.00 • Steve Steinbock • br
_118 • The Unkindness of Ravens, M.E. Hilliard, Crooked Lane, $27.99 • Steve Steinbock • br
_128 * Sleep Well, My Lady, Kwei Quartley, Soho Crime, $27.95 • Steve Steinbock • br
_128 • Skim Deep, Max Allan Collins, Hard Case Crime, $12.95 • Steve Steinbock • br
_131 • Bone Canyon, Lee Goldberg, Thomas & Mercer, $24.95 • Steve Steinbock • br
–131 • The Manhunt Companion, Peter Enfantino & Jeff Vorzimmer, Stark House, $19.95 • Steve Steinbock • br
29 • Temptation Street • Martin Edwards • ss
42 • Stranger Than Fiction: Murder on Twenty-Third Street [Benjamin Nathan] • Dean Jobb • tc
43 • Strong Stomach • Zoë Z. Dean • ss
49 • A Season of Night • David Dean • ss
61 • The Hidden Places • Linda Stansberry • ss
67 • The Case of the Strangled Man • Steven Torres • ss
77 • Blog Bytes • Kristopher Zgorski • cl
78 • EQMM Goes to College • Arthur Vidro • mm
79 • A Brief History of Local Warfare [Martin Wade] • Libby Cudmore • ss
89 • The Bunker • Harbert De Paepe; translated by Josh Pachter • ss; EQMM’s “Passport to Crime” translated from the Flemish
97 • Leap of Faith • Marilyn Todd • ss
102 • 2020 Readers Award • Barb Goffman, John M. Floyd, Gregory Fallis • cn
103 • Frank Scarso Finds His Life • Doug Crandell • ss
119 • Nothing Good Happens After Midnight • Hal Charles [Charlie Sweet & Hal Blythe] • ss
129 • Birdman • Alex Knight [Gavin Bell] • ss
132 • Waiting for the Night to Fall • Tim Baker • ss; EQMM’s “Black Mask”
142 • The Unlocked Car • Mike MacInnes • ss; EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”
149 • A Heaven or a Hell • Anna Scotti • ss
163 • The Cry of the Condor • John Lantigua • ss
174 • Satan’s Circle • Roger Vaccaro • ss; EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”
180 • Flamingo Flamenco • Melissa Yi • ss; illustration by Eli Bischof

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