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News February 21, 2022

Asimov’s Mar/Apr 2022

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v46 #3 & 4, #554 & 555 Mar/Apr 2022] ed. Sheila Williams, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest) Cover by Shutterstock
2 • Contents Pages
4 • Guest Editorial: From SF to Philosphy in Thirteen Steps • Kelly Lagor • ed
6 • Reflections: Across the Centuries • Robert Silverberg • cl
10 • On the Net: Blinded By Science • James Patrick Kelly • cl
13 • How to Construct the Elements • Mary Soon Lee • pm
14 • Thought Experiment: Magic, Science, and the Moon in Le Voyage Dans La Lune • Kelly Lagor • cl
20 • Mender of Sparrows • Ray Nayler • nv
35 • The Magpie Stacks Probabilities • Arie Coleman • ss
39 • Creation • Bruce McAllister • pm
40 • Venus Exegesis • Christopher Mark Rose • nv
53 • Dollbot Cicily • Will McIntosh • nv
81 • Self Portrait • F.J. Bergmann • pm
82 • Sailing to Merinam • Marta Randall • ss
89 • Quake • Peter Wood • ss
99 • The Robot Aloft • Ken Poyner • pm
100 • Aurora • Michael Cassutt • nv
120 • The Gold Signal • Jack McDevitt & Larry Wasserman • ss
127 • Maryon’s Gift • Paul McAuley • ss
133 • Rewinding History • Herb Kauderer • pm
134 • The Short Path to Light • William Ledbetter • nv
150 • Do You Remember? • Steve Rasnic Tem • ss
157 • Next Issue • Anon • pv
158 • Offloaders • Leah Cypess • ss
161 • Blimpies [S’hudonni Empire] • Rick Wilber • na
202 • On Books • Norman Spinrad • rc
_204 • Bela Lugosi’s Dead, Robert Guffey, Macabre Ink, $17.99 • br
_205 • Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $16.39 • br
_206 • Burn-In, P.W. Singer and August Cole, Mariner Books, $16.99 • br
208 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • cl

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News February 20, 2022

Tales From the Magician’s Skull No. 7

Tales From the Magician’s Skull [#7] ed. Howard Andrew Jones (Goodman Games, $14.99, 72pp, mag) Cover by Sanjulian.
1 • Contents Page
3 • Editor’s Introduction • Howard Andrew Jones • ed
3 • The Skull Reads the Classics • Anon • ar
4 • The Snake in the Fold [Sintaro Oba] • C.L. Werner • ss; illustration by Randy Broecker
14 • The Gift of a Poison Necklace [King’s Blade] • John C. Hocking • ss; illustration by Stefan Poag
26 • Death Stalks the Night • D.J. Tyrer • ss; illustration by Chris Arneson
34 • Dara’s Tale • Mark Rigney • ss; illustration by Peter Mullen
44 • Interred With the Worm • Scott J. Couturier • ss; illustration by William McAusland
50 • Beneath a Scarlet Moon • Nathan Meyer • ss; illustration by Chris Arneson
62 • Beasts of the Bluestone Hills [Morlock Ambrosius] • James Enge • ss; illustration by Samuel Dillon
69 • Proclamations from the Skull • Anon • ar
70 • The Monster Pit • Terry Olson • game statistics

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News February 19, 2022

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine M/A 2022

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v67 #3/4 March/April 2022] ed. Linda Landrigan, mng. ed. Jackie Sherbow (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by 123RF)
2 • Contents Page
3 • Knowledge is Power & The Lineup • Linda Landrigan • ed
4 • Not My First Rodeo • Bret Jones • ss
16 • Red Flag • Gregory Fallis • ss; illustration by 123RF
38 • The Hungry Ones • Emily Devenport • ss
53 • Mysterious Photograph: Chute of Shoot? • Anon • cn; $25 given to best short-short to explain the photograph
54 • Waiting for Godot • Michael A. Black • ss
73 • DIY • Mark Thielman • ss
82 • A.K.A. Ross Landy • Paul D. Marks • ss
92 • Booked & Printed • Laurel Flores Fantauzzo • rc
_92 • Secret Identity, Alex Segura, Flatiron Books • br
_93 • Ru$e, Robert Kerbeck, Steerforth • br
95 • Death Floor • Martin Limón • ss
116 • The Trailhead • Eric Rutter • ss
136 • Tired of Bath • Merrilee Robson • ss
145 • Scrambled Queen II • Mark Lagasse • pz
146 • Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle • Arlene Fisher • pz
148 • Please Pass the Loot • Robert Lopresti • ss
183 • Case Files: DNA: The Icing on the Crime-Solving Cake • Lee Lofland • cl
189 • The Story That Won: Let’s Party • Rudy S. Uribe, Jr. • ff; winner of the Nov/Dec 2021 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.
190 • Credits/Coming in May/June 2022
191 • Directory

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News February 18, 2022

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine No. 29

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine [Vol. 8 #1, #29, January 2022] ed. Carla Kaessinger Coupe (Wildside Press, 149p, 6” x 9” Print $13.00, Kindle $3.99) Cover by Faye Simms, cartoon by Marc Bilgrey
3 • From the Editor • Carla Kaessinger Coupe • ed
5 • Marvin Kaye Remembered • Darrell Schweitzer • ob
7 • Ask Mrs Hudson • Mrs Martha Hudson • lc
12 • Screen of the Crime • Kim Newman • rc
17 • Beauty and the Beyotch • Barb Goffman • ss
30 • The Case of the Colonel’s Suicide • Rafe McGregor • ss
47 • The Holmes Impersonator and the Baker Street Irregulars • Janice Law • ss
54 • The Body in the Backyard • Peter DiChellis • ss
57 • The Adventure of the Geek Interpreter • Hal Charles • ss
71 • Cereal Killing • J.P. Seewald • ss
80 • Last Wish and Testament • V.P. Kava • ss
93 • From Greed to Red • Mike McHone • ss
105 • Failure to Obey • Rebecca K. Jones • ss
116 • Trace Evidence • Keith Brooke • ss
130 • The Adventure of the Second Stain • Sir Arthur Conan Dolye • ss; Classic Sherlock Holmes

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News February 14, 2022

Guns + Tacos Season Three

Guns + Tacos Season Three [Vol. 5 January 1, 2022] eds. Michael Bracken & Trey R. Barker (Down & Out Books, Print $15.95, Kindle $3.99, 188pp, digest, cover design by Zach McCain)
1 • Episode 13: Two More Tacos, A Beretta .32, and a Pink Butterfly • Dave Zeltserman • nv
51 • Episode 14: Two Tamales, One Tokarev, and a Lifetime of Broken Promises • Stacy Woodson • nv
105 • Episode 15: Chimichangas and a Couple of Glocks • David H. Hendrickson • nv
167 • About the Editors • Anon • bi
168 • About the Authors • Anon • bi

Guns + Tacos Season Three [Vol. 6 January 1, 2022] eds. Michael Bracken & Trey R. Barker (Down & Out Books, Print $15.95, Kindle $3.99, 168pp, digest, cover design by Zach McCain)
1 • Episode 16: Refried Beans and a Snub-Nosed .44 • Hugh Lessig • nv
51 • Episode 17: Two Steak Taco Combos and a Pair of Sig Sauers • Neil S. Plakcy • nv
91 • Episode 18: A Smith + Wesson with a Side of Chorizo • Andrew Welsh-Huggins * nv
151 • Subscriber Exclusive*: Christmas Enchiladas and a Gold-Plated Derringer • Michael Bracken • ss
149 • About the Editors • Anon • bi
150 • About the Authors • Anon • bi

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News February 13, 2022

Paperback Parade No. 114

Paperback Parade [#114 January 2022](Gryphon Books, $15.00, 100pp, digest)
1 • Contents
2 • Paperback Talk • Gary Lovisi • cl
16 • Allen Steele: An Interview • Gary Lovisi • iv
35 • The Books of Allen Steele • Gary Lovisi • bi
38 • The History of Science Fiction Why It Matters • Allen M. Steele • ar
46 • The Sexton Blake Library • Gary Lovisi • ar
72 • Matchless Paperbacks [The Shrinking Man] • Richard Greene • ar
74 • Edmond Hamilton & Leigh Brackett • Jon D. Swartz • ar
86 • William Faulkner: Mystery Writer • Richard L. Kellogg • ar
92 • A Tale of Two Derbys • Jim Fitzpatrick • ar

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News February 12, 2022

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2022

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v159 #1/1, #964/965 January/February 2022] ed. Janet Hutchings, mng. ed. Jackie Sherbow (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover from Shutterstock.com)
2 • Bad News [Holmes of the Range] • Steve Hockensmith • ss; illustration by Evan Walker
30 • The Jury Box • Steve Steinbock • rc
_30 • The Return of the Pharaoh, Nicholas Meyer, Minotaur Books, $25.99 • br
_30 • Miss Moriarty, I Presume?, Sherry Thomas, Berkley, $16.00 • br
_30 • The Abduction of Pretty Penny, Leonard Goldberg, Minotaur Books, $26.99 • br
_57 • Castle Shade, Laurie R. King, Bantam, $28.00 • br
_57 • Silent Parade, Keigo Higashino (translated by Giles Murray), Minotaur Books, $27.99 • br
_64 • London Bridge is Fulling Down, Christopher Fowler, Random House, $28.99 • br
_64 • A Vicious Peace, A.E. Holliday, $12.99 • br
_79 • Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?, Harold Schechter and Eric Powell, Albatros Funny Books, $29.99 • br
31 • Paleolithic * K.L. Abrahamson • ss
39 • Blog Bytes • Kristopher Zgorski • cl
40 • Stranger Than Fiction: Arthur Conan Doyle and Murder in England’s “Smiling and Beautiful Countryside” • Dean Jobb • tc
41 • The Death-Camp Angel • Doug Allyn • ss
58 • Stone Still • B.A. Paul • ss
65 • The Scarlet Box [Constable Colin Pringle] • Alex Grecian • ss
73 • Into Thin Air • Karen Jobst • ss; EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”
80 • Double Fly Rocket 87 • Eli Cranor • ss; EQMM’s “Black Mask”
89 • Best Served Cold • Alice Hatcher • ss
106 • The Crime • Olavo Bilac • ss; EQMM’s “Passport to Crime” translated from the Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers
112 • Their Last Bow [Puzzle Club] • Josh Pachter • ss
117 • The Sound of Laughing • Jack Fredrickson • ss
127 • True Companion [Martin Wade] • Libby Cudmore • ss
138 • The Policeman and the Dead • Raghu Roy • ss; EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”
155 • On the Side of the Angels • Merrilee Robson • ss
161 • The Wind • Bill Pronzini • ss
164 • The Musgrave Ritual • Terence Faherty • ss; illustration by Jason C. Eckhardt
174 • Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation • Peter Kanter • ms
175 • The Favor • Michael Z. Lewin • ss
178 • It’s All in the Telling • Ariel Dodson • ss

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News February 11, 2022

Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 8

Pulp Modern [v2 #8, Winter 2022] ed. Alec Cizak (Uncle B. Publications & Larque Press, $9.99, 140pp, digest, cover by Michael Neno)
1 • From the Editor • Alec Cizak • ed
4 • The Irregular • Misha Burnett • ss; illustration by Carmelo J. Guarnera
16 • Pandemic of the Gay Plague—The Musical • Tia Ja’nae • ar
22 • Sin-Eater • Jeff Esterholm • ss; illustration by Carmelo J. Guarnera
34 • Armageddon 2013—Some Thoughts on The Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Past • Anthony Perconti • ar
42 • Sea Change • Brian Asman • ss; illustration by Carmelo J. Guarnera
64 • Escape from New York: Hip-Hop 1981 • Roy Christopher • ar
68 • Hunting Jimmy • Robb White • ss; illustration by Carmelo J. Guarnera
80 • The Best Picture of 1981 • Ronin Heck • ar
84 • Obituary: The High Flying Life of Mike Hunt • Tia Ja’Nae • ss; illustration by Carmelo J. Guarnera
94 • The Death of Switchblade or How I Sharpened the Axe • Scotch Rutherford • ar
102 • Let’s Make a Deal • Scotch Rutherford • ss
116 • The Year of the Slasher • Alec Cizak • ar
122 • Last Stop of the Night • Shannon Hollinger • ss; illustration by Carmelo J. Guarnera

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News January 30, 2022

Analog Jan/Feb 2022

Analog Science Fiction & Fact [v92 #1 & 2, January/February 2022] ed. Trevor Quachi, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest, cover by Eldar Zakirov)
2 • Contents pages
4 • Guest Editorial: The (Sometimes) Reality of ‘I Told You So’ • Richard A. Lovett • ed
8 • Communion • Jay Werkheiser & Frank Wu • na
30 • Science Fact: The Science Behind Kepler’s Laws • Jay Werkheiser • cl
48 • The Lobster Pot • Tony Ballantyne • nv; illustration by Eldar Zakirov
64 • Splitting a Dollar • Meghan Hyland • ss
72 • Charioteer • Ted Rabinowitz • ss
77 • Orientation • Adam-Troy Castro • ss
82 • By the Lake Where We First Loved • Paul Starkey • ss
86 • Soroboruo Harbormaster Log • David Whitaker • flash fiction
89 • Special Feature: Science Fiction Meets Science Fact: The Robots of Ancient India • Brishti Guha • ar
94 • The Bumblebee and the Berry • M. Bennardo • ss
97 • In Times to Come • Anon • ms
98 • The Way Back • Jen Downes • ss
104 • Dix Dayton and the Miner from Mars • Liz A. Vogel • ss
109 • Doe No Harm • Louis Evans • ss
116 • Yellow Boots • Stephen L. Burns • ss; illustration by Tomislav Tikulin
128 • A Living Planet • Benjamin C. Kinney • ss
136 • Patience • David • ss
139 • Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation • Peter Kanter • ms
140 • On the Rocks • Ian Randal Strock • flash fiction
142 • The Alternate View: Fermionic Transversable Wormholes • John G. Cramer • cl
145 • The Middle of Nowhere • Rachel S. Bernstein • ss
150 • A Fistful of Monopoles • Raymund Eich • ss
153 • Wind Gets Her Own Place • Joe M. McDermott • nv
171 • Ham • Holly Day • pm
172 • Cloudchaser • Tom Jolly • nv; illustration by Eldar Zakirov
194 • What Once was Pitch Black • G.O. Clark • pm
195 • The Reference Library • Sean CW Korsgaard • rc
_195 • Dead Silence, S.A. Barnes, Tor Nightfire, $26.99, hc • rv
_196 • Sword & Planet, Christopher Ruocchio ed, Baen, $16.00, kindle • rv
_197 • Assassin’s Orbit, John Appel, Solaris Books, $11.99, tpb • rv
_197 • Far From the Light of Heaven, Tade Thompson, Orbit, $16.99, tpb • rv
198 • Guest Reference Library • Shinjini Dey • rc
_198 • The Ninth Metal, Benjamin Percy, Mariner Books • rv
_199 • Flowers for the Sea, Zin E. Rocklyn, Tor/Forge • rv
_200 • The All-Consuming World, Cassandra Khaw, Erewhon Books • rv
_201 • Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology, David Goodwin, Alex Hernandex, Sara Rafael Garcia ed, Mad Creek Books • rv
202 • Brass Tacks • [The Readers] • lc
_202 • [letter] • Michael Goodline • lt
_202 • [letter] • Joe C. • lt
_202 • [letter] • Howard Mark • lt
_202 • [letter] • David Gambs • lt
_203 • [letter] • Tari Neustaedter • lt
204 • 2021 Index • anon • ix
207 • It’s Anlab Time Again [ballot] • anon • cn
208 • Upcoming Events • Anthony Lewis • cl

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News January 23, 2022

Paperback Fanatic No. 45

A Visual Guide to Belmont and Tower Paperbacks.

Paperback Fanatic [#45, January 2022] ed. Justin Marriott ($8.50, 60pp, 7”x10”)
2 • Fanatical Thoughts • Justin Marriott • in
5 • Belmont Visual Guide • pi
45 • Tower Visual Guide • pi

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