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News February 10, 2021

Startling Stories No. 1

Startling Stories Vol. 34 No. 1, 2021 issue

Startling Stories [v34 #1, 2021 issue] ex. ed. John Betancourt, ed. Douglas Draa (Wildside Press, $19.99, 252pp, pulp)
1 • A Voice from the Ether • Douglas Draa • ed
• Contents Pages
2 • Cradle of the Deep • Mike Chinn • ss
20 • Invasion of the Deadly Brain from Alpha-IX • Scott Emerson • ss • illustration by Allen K.
27 • Evidence of the Mirror • Harb Kauderer • ss
36 • Mothership • Stephen Pershing • ss
50 • Timeline Murders • Janet Fox • pm
51 • Hazthrog’s Contempt • Maxwell I. Gold • ss
59 • New Life • Mark Slade • ss
65 • Red Dragon • Shadrick Beechem • ss
73 • Snack Time • Franklyn Searight • ss
88 • Amiri • Nicole Givens Kurtz • ss
93 • Sticks and Stones • John B. Rosenman • ss
98 • T. Gips and the Time Flies • Ahmed A. Khan • ss
100 • The Angry Planet • D.J. Turer • ss
107 • The Heart of a Hitman • Rie Sheridan Rose • ss
113 • The Kidnapped Prince • Cynthia Ward • ss
125 • The Outpost, Outside • Larry Hinkle • ss
130 • The Vaults of Ban-Erach. • Steve Dilks • ss
142 • Totality • Andre E. Harewood • ss
149 • Triplet Cross • Patrick S. Baker • ss
164 • Sea Bound-1 • Eddie D. Moore • ss
176 • The Blood Red Sky of Mars • Adrian Cole • ss
192 • Horizon • John Gregory Betancourt • nv
243 • Sunrise on Mercury • Robert Silverberg • ss Science Fiction Stories May 1957 as by Calvin M. Knox

Wildside Press Website
Print $19.99

News February 6, 2021

Guns + Tacos Season Two

Guns + Tacos Season Two [Vol. 3 (Subscriber Edition) Dec. 31, 2020] eds. Michael Bracken & Trey R. Barker (Down & Out Books, $15.95, 158pp, digest, cover design by Zach McCain)
3 • Episode 7 • Burritos & Bullets • Eric Beetner • nv
43 • Episode 8 • Jalapeño Poppers and a Flare Gun • Michael Bracken & Trey R. Barker • nv
101 • Episode 9 • Four Shrimp Tacos and a Walther P38 • Alec Cizak • nv
Print $15.95 Kindle $5.99

Guns + Tacos Season Two [Vol. 4 (Subscriber Edition) Jan. 1, 2021] eds. Michael Bracken & Trey R. Barker (Down & Out Books, $15.95, 176pp, digest, cover design by Zach McCain)
13 • Episode 10 • A Taco, a T-Bird, a Beretta and One Furious Night • Ann Aptaker • nv
59 • Episode 11 • Sopa and a Streetsweeper • Ryan Sayles • nv
109 • Episode 12 • Dos Tacos Guatemal Tecos Y Una Pistola Casera • Mark Troy • nv
161 • Subscriber Bonus • Of a Gun and Tacos Envenados • Trey R. Barker • ss
Print (w/o bonus) $15.95 Kindle (w/o bonus) $5.99

News January 30, 2021

After That! No. 61

From Editor/Publisher Micah Liesenfeld: Exactly 2 years after the 60’th issue of Copy This/That!, it’s back with issue 61 with a new title – After That!. This issue features an interview with Chad Woody. There’s a good amount of his artwork sprinkled throughout as well. Following that is All Art!, featuring work from Bruce Chrislip, Dave Robertson, Jeff Zenick, Steve Willis, Tom Cherry, Charles Brubaker, and Tom Motley.

Email me if you’d like to be included on the distribution list. A year’s worth of issues will be a donation of a book of stamps or equivalent.

If you’re someone who wants to order single issues at your whim, I have it available as a back issue on my shop (for a bit) here.

News January 16, 2021

Oddities and Other Grotesques

Marc Myers has collected the work of newave cartoonist and painter Roman Scott in a new volume. Oddities and Other Grotesques includes the full run of Scott’s Oddities and Head artzines as well as his one-off publications: Oddity Comix and Insane Harlequin. The 168-page deluxe hardcover volume includes tributes by Jonathan Falk, Todd Mecklem, Marcus Reed (Pastime Publications), and editor Marc Myers.

Print copies are now available exclusively thru Lulu.com

News January 15, 2021

Black Cat Mystery Magazine No. 8

Black Cat Mystery Magazine [v2 #4, whole #8, January 2021] ex. ed. John Gregory Betancourt, ed. Michael Bracken (Wildside Press, $13.00, 126pp, tp)
1 • Contents Page
2 • From the Cat’s Perch • Michael Bracken • ed
3 • Trip Up on High Street • John Hegenberger • ss
11 • St. Killian’s Choice • M.A. Monnin • ss
18 • You Lose, We Find • Jon Matthew Farber • ss
26 • The Big Picture • John M. Floyd • ss
45 • An Artist in the Harem • Elizabeth Zelvin • ss
62 • Planted in Midair • D.V. Bennett • ss
84 • An Inconvenient Sleuth • Barb Goffman • ss
109 • Just Another Bum • Donald Barr Chidsey • ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jan. 6, 1934

Wildside Press > BCMM

Black Cat Mystery Magazine No. 8 back cover

News January 12, 2021

Analog Jan/Feb 2021

Following 2020’s retro masterhead cover design, this issue debuts Analog’s new masthead design.

Analog Science Fiction & Fact [v141 #1 & 2, January/February 2021] ed. Trevor Quachi, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest, cover by Dave Seeley/Shannon Associates)
2 • Contents pages
4 • Guest Editorial: Monumental Thinking • Rosemary Claire Smith • ed
8 • Mixed Marriage • Dan Helms • nv; illustrated by Soo Lee
22 • Science Fact: Constructing a Habitable Planet • Julie Novakova • cl
29 • Biolog: Julie Nováková • Richard A. Lovett • bg
30 • My Hypothetical Friend • Harry Turtledove • ss; illustrated by Soo Lee
41 • In Times to Come • Anon • ms
42 • A Shot in the Dark • Deborah L. Davitt •nv
53 • Photometric Evidence of the Gravitational Lensing of SA023820 by a Nonluminous Low-Mass Stellar Object • Jay Werkheiser • ss
58 • Conference of the Birds • Benjamin C. Kinney • ss
65 • Interstellar Pantomine * Martin Dimkovski • ss
68 • Matter and Time Conspire • Sandy Parsons • ss
70 • The Tale of Anise and Basil • Daniel James Peterson • ss
74 • The Practitioners • Em Liu • ss
80 * What Were You Thinking? • Jerry Oltion • ss
89 • Hidden Things • Jennifer Crow • pm
90 • The Liberator • Nick Wolven • nv
104 • The Nocturnal Preoccupation of Moths • J. Northcut, Jr. • nv
120 • Changing Eyes • Douglas P. Marx • ss
129 • The Last Science Fiction Story • Adam-Troy Castro • ff (Flash Fiction)
130 • A Working Dog • anne m. gibson • ss; illustrated by Kurt Huggins
137 • The Alternate View: Wave Function Collapse Revealed • John G. Cramer • cl
140 • So You Want to Be a Guardian Angel • Michael Meyerhofer • ss
144 • Choose One • Marie DesJardin • ss
146 • We Remembered Better • Evan Dicken • ss
149 • Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation • Peter Kanter • ms
150 • The Last Compact • Brian Rappatta • ss
156 • Riddlepigs and the Cryla • Raymund Eich • ss
164 • Belle Lettres Ad Astra • Norman Spinrad • nv
177 • If • Bruce MacAllister • pm
178 • By the Will of the Gods • Charles Q. Choi • nv
196 • The Reference Library • Don Sakers • rc
_197 • Living Forever & Other Terrible Ideas, Emily C. Skaftun; Fairwood Press, 310pp, $17.99, tp, ISBN: 978-1-9338-4698-9 • Don Sakers • br
_197 • The Best of James Van Pelt, James Van Pelt, Fairwood Press, 698pp, $40.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-9338-4695-8 • Don Sakers • br
_198 • The Sentient, Nadia Afifi; Flame Tree Press, 293pp, $14.95, tp, ISBN: 978-1-7875-8432-7 • Don Sakers • br
_198 • Psi-Wars, ed. Joshua Viola, Hex Publishers, 301pp, ISBN: 978-1-7339-1777-3 • Don Sakers • br
_199 • Gemesys X, B.J. Graf; Fairwood Press, 310pp, $17.99, tp, ISBN: 978-1-9338-4697-2 • Don Sakers • br
_199 • Fearless, Allen Stroud; Flame Tree Press, 361pp, tp, ISBN: 978-1-7875-8540-9 Don Sakers • br
_200 • Trader’s Leap, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller; Baen, 416pp, hc, ISBN: 978-1-9821-2501-1 • Don Sakers • br
_200 • City of Dream and Dust, Ru Pringle; Fractal Symmetry Books, 456pp, $16.99, tp • Don Sakers • br
_200 • A Haven in the Stars, Ru Pringle; Fractal Symmetry Books, 441pp, $16.99, tp • Don Sakers • br
–201 • Neptune’s Treasure, Richard A. Lovett; Strange Wolf Press, 355pp, $16.95, tp, ISBN: 979-8-6430-3897-9 • Don Sakers • br
_201 • It Came From the Multiplex: 80s Midnight Callers, ed. Joshua Viola; Hex Publisher, 305pp, $19.99, tp, ISBN: 978-1-7339-1775-9 • Don Sakers • br
202 • Brass Tacks • [The Readers] • lc
_202 • [letter] • Paul W. Allen • lt
_202 • [letter] • Rick Norwood • lt
_202 • [letter] • Frank Coulter • lt
_203 • [letter] • Cy Chauvin • lt
204 • 2020 Index • Anon • ix
207 • It’s AnLab Time Again • ms
208 • Upcoming Events • Anthony Lewis • cl

Analog Science Fiction & Fact website

News January 11, 2021

Down & Out: The Magazine Vol. 2 No. 2

Down & Out: The Magazine [v2 #2, December 2020] ed. Rick Ollerman (Down & Out Books, $12.99, 172pp, tp, cover Lance Wright)
Contents Page
1 • A Few Clues from the Editor • Rick Ollerman • ed
3 • Bon Noir [Ellen Flay] • Don Stoll • ss
13 • Killer Advice • Michael Cahlin • ss
32 • sparkbirth • Arthur Klepchukov & Kyle Stout • ss
38 • The Daisy Nelson Case [Ray Douglas & Jenny Parker] • John M. Floyd • ss
52 • The Stonewall Jackson Death Site • Josh Pachter • ss
57 • The Lie Detector [Tim Hallett] • James O. Born • ss
68 • Whiskey and Rain • Ken Luer • ss
79 • Christmas Confidential • Steven Nester • ss
89 • Lug Nut • Jeff Vorzimmer • ss
97 • Complimentary Stay • John Shepphird • ss
102 • On Stephen Marlowe • Jeff Vorzimmer • bg
104 • The Blonde at the Wheel • Stephen Marlowe • nv Manhunt October 1955
120 • An Epistolary Romance: The Correspondence of Walter Satterthwait and Bill Crider • Walter Satterthwait • lt
151 • So What’s in the Hummus? • Rick Ollerman • ss

Down & Out: The Magazine website

Down & Out: The Magazine Vol. 2 No. 2 back cover

News January 9, 2021

Rock and a Hard Place No. 4

Rock and a Hard Place [v1 #4, Fall/Winter 2020] ed. Roger Nokes. mng ed. Jay Butkowski (Rock and a Hard Place Press, $12.95, 184pp, digest, cover by Peter Rozovsky)
Contents Pages
1 • Forward: Moving Four-Ward with Empathy and Hope • Jay Butkowski
4 • Room with a View • Peter Rozocsky • pt
5 • 7-11, True and Just • Jane Young • ss
17 • Black-Hearted Woman • Russell W. Johnson • ss
28 • Tough Commute • Richard Risemberg • pt
29 • 88 Lines About .44 Magnums • Thomas Pluck • ss
34 • Orbit • Jay Butkowski • pt
35 • Pink Aviary • Barbara DeMarco-Barrett • ss
47 • Hereafter • Stephen J. Golds • ss
53 • We Are Not Publishing Cop Stories • Roger Nokes • es
57 • Red of Tooth and Claw • Paul J. Garth • ss
67 • Drilling • Bruce Harris • ss
70 • Apex Theater • Andrew Novak • pt
71 • Fingerprints on the Razor • N.B. Turner • ss
79 • Day of the Dead in D.C. • Diane Krauthamer • pi
85 • Gator Baiter • Susan Kuchinskas • ss
94 • Ready When You Are • Richard Risemberg • pt
95 • The Limo • Stefen Styrsky • ss
109 • Water • Jeff Maschi • ss
112 • Water • Jeff Maschi • pt
113 • Off the Furrow • Jay Bechtol • ss
124 • Message in the Maze • Anon • pz
125 • The Andrew Devon Logbook • Dan Georgakas • ss
131 • Dream Catcher • Jess Messier • ss
141 • Trap City • Wilson Koewing • ss
149 • Wedlock • Michael Chin • ss
159 • Even the Monstrous • Jason Mykl Snyman • ss
172 • Untitled • Laura Dizon • pt
173 • Contributors’ Biographies • bg

Rock and a Hard Place website

News January 8, 2021

Asimov’s SF Jan/Feb 2021

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v45 #1 & 2, #540 & 541] ed. Sheila Williams, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest) Cover by Donato Giancola
2 • Contents Pages
4 • Editorial: A Magical Eire • Shelia Williams • ed
6 • Reflections: One Hundred Years of Robots • Robert Silverberg • cl
9 • Mars Rover, Curiosity • Jan Yolen • pm
10 • On the Net: Get it? • James Patrick Kelly • cl
14 • A Rocket for Dimitrios • Ray Nayler • na
43 • The Fear of Missing Out • Robert H. Cloake • ss
49 • In Memoriam: Mike Resnick (1942–2020) • Sheila Williams • ob
50 • No Stone Unturned • Nick Wolven • nv
66 • The Three-Day Hunt • Robert R. Chase • ss
73 • The Papier-Mȃché Girl • Jane Yolen • pm
74 • Table Etiquette for Diplomatic Personnel, in Seventeen Scenes • Suzanne Palmer • nv
99 • The Pig, Wilber, to His Grandsons • Leslie J. Anderson • pm
100 • Hunches * Kristine Kathryn Rusch • nv
113 • Humans and Other People • Sean William Swanick • ss
122 • Shy Sarah and the Draft Pick Lottery • Ted Kosmatka • nv
139 • Within You and Without You • Robert Frazier • pm
140 • Mayor for Today • Fran Wilde • nv
156 • I Didn’t Buy It • Naomi Kanakia • ss
161 • When I’m Thirty I Receive a Box Full of Your Steel Bones • Avra Margariti • pm
162 • The Realms of Water • Robert Reed • na
195 • Next Issue • Anon • pv
196 • On Books • Norman Spinrod • rc
Relic, by Alan Dean Foster; Random House, $7.99
Transformation, by James Gunn; ReAnimusPress.com, $3.99
The Death of the Universe, by Brandon Q. Morris; $14.99
201 • Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation • Peter Kanter • ms
203 • Thirty-Fifth Annual Readers’ Award Ballot • Anon • ms
205 • 2020 Index • Anon • ix
208 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • cl

Asimov’s Website

News January 7, 2021

bare•bones No. 4

bare•bones [#4, Fall 2020] eds. Peter Enfantino & John Scoleri (Cimarron Street Books, $9.95, 138pp, digest)
1 • Contents Page
2 • Dueling Editorials • Peter Enfantino & John Scoleri • ed
3 • The Overlooked Library • Don D’Ammassa • ar
11 • Running to Death: The Horror Films of Val Lewton • Derek Hill • ar
33 • Digging into Crime Digests: Verdict June–September 1953 • Richard Krauss • ar
47 • Gorgo: Godzilla’s British Cousin • William Schoell • ar
51 • Konga: I was a Teenage Gorilla • Matthew R. Bradley • ar
55 • Reptilicus: The Monster (Movie) with No Legs • William Schoell • ar
60 • Gorgo: The Crown Prince of the Monsters! • pi
73 • Gorgo, Reptilicus and Konga: The Monarch Movie Tie-Ins • Peter Enfantino • ar
79 • When Giants Walked the Comic World • Peter Enfantino • ar
117 • Harry Stephen Keeler • S. Craig Zahler • br
120 • Sleazy Alley • Peter Enfantino • ar
127 • R&D: Take Back the Zone! • David J. Schow • ar
132 • About the Contributors • bg
138 • Caroline Munro • pt