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News March 26, 2021

Asimov’s Mar/Apr 2021

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v45 #3 & 4, #542 & 543] ed. Sheila Williams, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest) Cover by NASA
2 • Contents Pages
4 • Editorial: Pandemic Editing • Shelia Williams • ed
6 • Reflections: Betelgeuse, We Hardly Knew Ye • Robert Silverberg • cl
10 • On the Net: The Game’s Afoot! • James Patrick Kelly • cl
14 • Glitch • Alex Irvine • na
50 • Time Traveler at the Grocery Store circa 1992 • Kristian Macaron • pm
52 • Somebody’s Child • Felicity Shoulders • nv
71 • The Destroyer Is in Doubt About Net Neutrality • Martin Ott • pm
72 • The Same Old Story • Anya Ow • ss
78 • Mrs. Piper Between the Sea and the Sky • Kali Wallace • ss
88 • Grandma +5° C • James Patrick Kelly • ss
99 • Sometimes a Poem • Jane Yolen • pm
100 • RE: Bubble 476 • A.T. Greenblatt • ss
112 • Mary Mary • Rudy Rucker • nv
138 • Flowers Like Needles • Derek Künsken • ss
149 • I Get a Call from My Estranged Father and Let It Go to Voicemail • Aaron Sandberg • pm
150 • Sentient Being Blues • Christopher Mark Rose • ss
163 • Next Issue • Anon • pv
164 • Dream Atlas • Michael Swanwick • ss
168 • Light Up the Clouds • Greg Egan • na
199 • We Chose Titan Together • Lauren McBride • pm
200 • On Books • Norman Spinrod • rc
_200 • Coucil of Fire, Eric Flint & Walter H. Hunt, Baen, $25.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-9821-2415-1• Norman Spinrod • br
_200 • The Last Human, Zack Jordan, Del Rey, $27.00, hc, ISBN: 987-0-451-49981-3• Norman Spinrod • br
_201 • Penric’s Travels, Lois McMaster Bujold, Baen, $25.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-9821-2457-1• Norman Spinrod • br
_201 • The Unspoken Name, A.K. Larkwood, Tor, $25.99, hc, ISBN: 978-1-250-23890-0• Norman Spinrod • br
_202 • The Eleventh Gate, Nancy Kress, Baen, $16.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-9821-2458-8• Norman Spinrod • br
_203 • Shorefall, Robert Jackson Bennett, Del Rey, $28.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-5247-6038-0• Norman Spinrod • br
_204 • Unbecoming, Lesley Wheeler, Aqueduct Press, $18.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-61976-167-4• Norman Spinrod • br
_204 • Cyber Shogun Revolution, Peter Tieryas, Ace, $16.00, tp, ISBN: 978-0-451-49101-5• Norman Spinrod • br
_205 • The Ghosts of Sherwood, Carrie Vaughn, Tor.com, $3.99, ebook, ISBN: 978-1-250-75210-9• Norman Spinrod • br
_205 • New Light Through Old Windows: Exploring Contemporary Science THrough 12 Classic Science FIction Tales, Stephen Webb, Springer, $19.95, ebook, ISBN: 978-3-030-03195-4• Norman Spinrod • br
_206 • If This Goes On, edited by Cat Rambo, Parvus, $19.99, tp, ISBN: 978-0-997842-1-1• Norman Spinrod • br
207 • The Appeal of Time Travel • Kimberly Jones • pm
208 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • cl

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News March 21, 2021

Analog Mar/Apr 2021

Analog Science Fiction & Fact [v141 #3 & 4, March/April 2021] ed. Trevor Quachi, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)
2 • Contents pages
4 • Guest Editorial: Better Than Being Fossilized! • Ian Watson • ed
9 • Flash Mob • Meg Pontecorvo • nv
23 • Mostly Hydrogen • Jack Martin • pm
24 • Science Fact: From Atmospheric Rivers to Super Typhoons • Christina De La Rocha • cl
32 • The Trashpusher of Planet 4 • Brenda Kalt • ss; illustration by Soo Lee
42 • It’s Cold on Europa • Filip Wiltgren • ss
49 • Tail Call Optimization • Tony Ballantyne • nv
60 • The Acheulean Gift • Matthew Claxton • ss
69 • If a Tree Doesn’t Fall • Jerry Oltion • ss
75 • The Alternate View: Rejuvenation and the DNA Methylation Clock • John G. Cramer • cl
78 • Thhshthh • Aimee Ogden • ss
80 • John Henry Was a Steel Driving Man • Shane Halbach • ss
88 • Damocles • Sean McMullen • nv
100 • Recollection • Elise Stephens • ss; illustration by Tomislav Tikulin
110 • The Burning Lands • Tom Jolly • ss
120 • Hillman, Charles Dallas, Age : 35, No Partner, Parents: Deceased • Ron Collins • ss
129 • I Have Loved the Stars too Fondly • James Van Pelt • ss
132 • The Pond Who Sang • Charles Hand • ss
136 • The Alternate View: Planet or Not? • John J. Vester • cl
138 • First Scientist (?-?) • Jessy Randall • pm
139 • Second Hand Destinies • Marie Vibbert • ss
145 • In Times to Come • Anon • ms
146 • The Shadow of His Wings • Ray Nayler • ss; illustration by Kurt Huggins
156 • Problem Landing • Sean Monaghan • nv
170 • Invasive Species • Catherine Wells • na
199 • The Reference Library • Don Sakers • rc
_200 • Domesticating Dragons, Dan Koboldt, Baen, 352pp, $16.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-9821-2511-0 • Don Sakers • br
_200 • Screens, Christopher Laine, Garden Path, 336pp, $14.95, ebook • Don Sakers • br
_201 • Tyger Bright, T.C. McCarthy, Baen, 272pp, $16.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-9821-2517-2 • Don Sakers • br
–202 • Candidate Spectrum, Brian Cato, BC Studio, 342pp, $14.39, tp, ISBN: 979-8-6436-4955-7 • Don Sakers • br
_202 • The Founder Effect, edited by Robert E. Hampton & Sandra L. Medlock, Baen, 400pp, $16.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-9821-2509-7 • Don Sakers • br
_203 • Agent of the Imperium, Marc Miller, Baen, 368pp, $16.00, tp, ISBN: 9-78-1-9821-2507-3 • Don Sakers • br
–204 • Busted Synapses, Erica L. Satifka, Brocken Eye Books, 104 pp, $14.99, tp, ISBN: 978-1-9403-7258-7 • Don Sakers • br
_204 • The Golden Age of Science Fiction: A Journey into Space with 1950s Radio, TV Films, Comics and Books, John Wade, Pen and Sword, 240pp, $42.95, hc, ISBN: 978-1-5267-2925-5 • Don Sakers • br
205 • Brass Tacks • [The Readers] • lc
_205 • [letter] • Raymond Carlson Jr. • lt
_205 • [letter] • Thad Ware • lt
_205 • [letter] • Mark Davis • lt
_206 • [letter] •Tom Schneider • lt
_206 • [letter] • Anonymous • lt
_206 • [letter] • Mark Warner • lt
_206 • [letter] • Steve Briggs • lt
_206 • [letter] • Scott T. Meissner • lt
_207 • [letter] • DJ Aland • lt
_208 • [letter] • Leonard Pallats • lt
_208 • [letter] • Joe W. Haldeman • lt
209 • Upcoming Events • Anthony Lewis • cl

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News March 19, 2021

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine M/A 2021

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v66 #3/4. March/April 2021] ed. Linda Landrigan, mng. ed. Jackie Sherbow (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by Tim Foley)
2 • Contents Page
5 • Gateway Crime/The Lineup • Linda Landrigan • ed
6 • The Soul of Peg O’Dwyer • Michael Nethercott • ss; illustration by Ron Chironna
42 • Shank’s Locked Room [Leopold Longshanks] • Robert Lopresti • ss
50 • The Beast of Easedale Tarn • James Tipton • ss
67 • Mysterious Photograph: Bon Voyage • Anon • cn; $25 given to best short-short to explain the photograph.
68 • Friends and Neighbors • John M. Flyod • ss
75 • The Girl with the Gibson Girl Look • O’Neil De Noux • ss
89 • Scrambled Alleyn II • Mark Lagasse • pz
90 • A Night of Lies, Thieves, and Thunder, Long Ago • William Burton McCormick • ss; illustration by Daniel Zalkus
101 • Booked & Printed • Laurel Flores Fantauzzo • rc
_101 • We Hear Voices, Evie Green, Berkley
_102 • Sabrina, Nick Drnaso, Drawn and Quarterly
104 • Thank You For Your Service • Matthew Wilson • ss
124 • Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle • Arlene Fisher • pz
126 • Dead Man’s Hand • Melissa Yi • ss
136 • Saint Paddy’s Day • R.T. Lawton • ss; illustration by Kelly Denato
148 • Business as Usual • Wayne J. Gardiner • ss
156 • The Thrifty Way • Brendan DuBois • ss
169 • What the Doctor Ordered • John H. Dirckx • ss
175 • La Dueña [Captain Guillén] • Tom Larsen • ss
183 • Case Files: Moving in Bad Company (Part II) • Lee Lofland • cl
189 • The Story That Won: Black Friday • Rudy S. Uribe, Jr. • ff; winner of the November/December 2020 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.

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News March 14, 2021

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine M/A 2021

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v157 #3/4, #954/955 March/April 2021] ed. Janet Hutchings, mng. ed. Jackie Sherbow (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by Ryan Garcia)
1 • Contents Page
2 • Killer’s Alley [Mike Hammer] • Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins • ss; EQMM’s “Black Mask”
8 • The Jury Box • Steve Steinbock • rc
_8 • A Private Cathedral, James Lee Burke, Simon & Shuster, $28.00
_8 • Murder in Old Bombay, Nev March, Minotaur, $26.99
_53 • Moonflower Murders, Anthony Horowitz, Harper Books, $28.99
_91 • Watch Her, Edwin Hill, Kensington, $26.00
_91 • The Lost Village, Camilla Sten, Minotaur, $26.99
_110 • Apartment Five Is Alive, Russell Atwood, $19.99
9 • Cold Hard Facts • Chad Baker • ss
19 • Stranger Than Fiction: A Death in Provence [Olive Branson] • Dean Jobb • tc
20 • Stone Coat • David Dead • ss; illustrated by Eli Bischof
30 • Blog Bytes • Kristopher Zgorski • cl
31 • A Bit of Bling • Wendy Hornsby • ss
43 • A Winter Night’s Dream [Sam Kelson] • Michael Wiley • ss
55 • An Eye for Detail • Nancy Novick • ss
65 • The Phone Message • Robert Cummins • ss; EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”
81 • Black Swallowtail • Hollis Seamon • ss
92 • Mother • Ray Bazowski • ss; EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”
99 • A Bucharest Arrest • Bogdan Hrib; translated by Josh Pachter • ss; EQMM’s “Passport to Crime” translated from the Romanian
111 • Pressure • Cath Staincliffe • ss
113 • The Eyes of the Alcalde • William Dylan Powell • ss
126 • Escape Velocity • Kevin Egan • ss
135 • Yeah, I Meant to Do That • Mat Coward • ss
150 • The City of Light • Josh Pachter • ss
159 • The Best is Yet to Come • Chris Knopf • ss
163 • The Dark Underbelly of Commerce [Hennessey and Yellich] • Peter Turnbull • ss
172 • Spring Fever • Charlaine Harris • ss; illustration by Jason C. Eckhardt
184 • Who Stole the Afikomen? • Elizabeth • ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine website

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News March 8, 2021

Weird Tales No. 364

Weird Tales [Vol. 68 No. 2 aka No. 364 March 2021] ed. Jonathan Maberry (Weird Tales, Inc. $12.99, 84pp, full color magazine) Cover by Lynne Hansen
1 • Contents Page
2 • The Eyrie • Jonathan Maberry • ed
4 • Too Lare Now • Seanan McGuire • ss
15 • Ellende • Gregory Frost • ss
22 • The Legend of Lighting Lizzie • Marie Whittaker • ff
24 • The Beguiled Grave • Marguerite Reed • ss
34 • To the Marrow • Rena Mason • ss
47 • Feathers • Tim Waggoner • ff
49 • The Last War • Linda Addison • pm
50 • Last Days • Dacre Stoker and Leverett Butts • ss
65 • No One Survives the Beach • Weston Ochse
71 • Hats • Joe R. Lansdale • ff
75 • Trailer Park Nightmare • Gabrielle Faust • ff
77 • The Good Wife • Lee Murray • ss
84 • The Canal • Alessandro Manzetti • pm

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Weird Tales website

News March 5, 2021

Bare•Bones No. 5

bare•bones [#5 Winter 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
9 • Segmentation: Robert Bloch’s Twilight Zone: The Movie • Matthew R. Bradley • ar
16 • The Whistler Walks By Night • Holger Haase • ar
36 • Digging Into Crime Digests: Trapped and Guilty • Peter • ar
44 • What’s On the Tube? TV Guide Flashback: May 3–9, 1980 • John Scoleri • ar
58 • William Campbell Gault and Joe Puma: The Changing Face of a Private Eye • J. Charles Burwell • ar
75 • The Crazed Carrot that Consumer Peoria: Vegetables on the Attack in the Movies and on TV • William Schoell • ar
87 • Weird Tales and Other Horrors! • S. Craig Zahler • ar
93 • Sleaze Alley * Peter Enfantino • rc
Satan’s Mate, by George H. Smith
Daughter of Joy, by James Harvey
Jambalaya Loverman, by J.L. Potter
One Day in Hell, by Hugh Zachary
99 • R&D: Screamy Skulls! • David J. Schow • cl
104 • A Good Cast is Worth Repeating • bi

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News March 1, 2021

Tales From the Magician’s Skull No. 5

Magician's Skull No. 5 back and front covers

Tales From the Magician’s Skull [#5] ed. Howard Andrew Jones (Goodman Games, $14.99, 80pp, mag) Cover by Sanjulian.
1 • Contents Page
3 • Editor’s Introduction • Howard Andrew Jones • ed
4 • Pool of Memory [Morlock Ambrosius] • James Enge • ss; illustration by Russ Nicholson
10 • The Skull Speaks: Life Lessons • annonymous • ed
12 • The Guardian of Nalsir-Fel • Adrian Simmons • ss; illustrated by Samuel Dillon
28 • The Corridors of the Crow {King’s Blade] • John C. Hocking • ss; illustrated by Doug Kovacs
40 • Road of Bones [Dhulyn and Parno] • Violette Malan • ss; illustrated by Randy Broecker
50 • Dreams of a Sunken Realm [Elak] • Adrian Cole • ss; illustrated by Chris Arneson
60 • The Skull Speaks: The Skull on Film • annonymous • rv
62 • Demons of the Depths [Shintaro Oba] • C.L. Werner • ss; illustrated by Jennell Jaquays
72 • Harold Lamb • Howard Andrew Jones • bg
76 • The Monster Pit • Terry Olson • cl
78 • Skull Scrolls • lc

Goodman Games website

News February 27, 2021

The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine Jan. 2021

The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine [v6 #2] ed. Steve Oliver, con. ed Barbara Curtis, Darin Krogh (Dark City Books, $6.99, 126pp, digest)
Contents
1 • Peace, Love, & Haight—On the Bridge • Max DeVoeTalley • ss
35 • Thumb and a Pinkie • Earl Javorsky • ss
51 • Rat Head • Lawrence Buentello • ss
81 • The Therapeutic Reinvention of Matthew Stoddard • Roger • ss
107 • The Scimitar • Darin Z. Krogh • ss

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News February 25, 2021

Weird Doom Vol. 21 No. 23 January 2021

Weird Doom Jan. 2021 back and front covers

Weird Doom [Vol. 21 #23 January 2021] ed.J.D. Scoleri, asc. ed. D.J. Schow (Cimarron Street Books, $9.99, 128pp, 6” x 9”) Cover by Berni Wrightson
1 • Contents Page • illustration by Harry S. Robins
2 • Doom Crying Dueling Editorials • J.D. Scoleri and D.J. Schow • ed
6 • Excuses & Palaver from Our Checkered Past to Now • J.D. Scoleri and D.J. Schow • iv; illustration by Harry S. Robins
9 • Refrigerator Heaven • Barbara Nightenhelse • ss Dark Love (Roc, 1995)
25 • In Search of the Chile Suppository • G. Hof • ar bare• bones Vol. 1 #3/4 Spring 1999
33 • Doom graphic • Stephen Grave • nv Midnight Graffiti Magazine #1 June 1988
59 • Endsticks • David J. Schow • ar; illustration by Hal Robins Silver Scream (Dark Harvest, 1988)
67 • Gills • A.D.P. Lowenbruck • ss Crypt Orchids (Subterranean Press, April 1998)
79 • Dont Walk • Chan McConnell • ss; illustrated by Berni Wrightson and Harry S. Robins Still Dead (Ziesing, 1992)
93 • Lonesome Coyote Blues • Oliver Lowenbruck • ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine Jan/Feb 1985
109 • Caving • David J. • ss

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News February 12, 2021

Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 6

Pulp Modern [v2 #6, Winter 2020] ed. Alec Cizak (Uncle B. Publications & Larque Press, $6.99, 132pp, digest, cover by Ran Scott)
1 • From the Editor • Alec Cizak • ed
4 • Twenty Minutes in Riverdale • John M. Floyd • ss; illustrated by Ran Scott
16 • With Hindsight • Stephen D. Rogers • ss; illustrated by Ran Scott
28 • Just Another Necky • Dustin Walker • ss; illustrated by Ran Scott
44 • Tall Tales • Lousie Taylor • ss; illustrated by Ran Scott
60 • Armed and Dangerous • Anthony Perconti • ar
70 • A Lesson in Footwork • Matthew X. Gomez • ss; illustrated by Ran Scott
86 • Art Model Noir • Patrick Whitehurst • ss; illustrated by Ran Scott
98 • Hara-Kiri • Stephen J. Golds • ss; illustrated by Ran Scott
110 • Rotten Meat • Nils Gilbertson • ss; illustrated by Ran Scott
126 • Contacts • lk
127 • Independent Fiction Alliance • ms

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