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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Pulp Literature [#32 Autumn 2021] mng. ed. Jennifer Landels (Pulp Literature Press, $14.99 Print, $4.99 Kindle, 217pp, digest, cover by Tais Teng) (Contents gleaned from the contents page.) 7 • From the Pulp Lit Pulpit • ed 11 • Crossroads • Dan MacIsaac • ss 25 • Feature Interview: Dan MacIsaac • iv 31 • Ghost Walking • Mel Anastasiou • ss 55 • Just Another Date Night on the Highway Out of Town • Zandra Renwick • ss 69 • Come Back Around • Sarina Bosco • ss 79 • Solstice • Melissa Nelson • ss 83 • The Canadian Invasion • David Perlmutter • ss 97 • Cold Blessing • Kelsey Hutton • ss 111 • Attempted Murder • Leslie Wibberley • ss 127 • SiWC Storyteller’s Award for My Name is Philomena • Robin Malcolm • ss 145 • The Magpie Award for Poetry • Frances Boyle, David Barrick, Aldona Dziedziejko • pm 157 • House, Part II • Matthew Nielsen • sl 173 • The Shepherdess: Intrigue • JM Landles • sl 201 • The Pianist Who Serenaded the Mermaids with Chopin’s Nocturne in E Minor • Tais Teng • ss
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Hat tip to PL assistant editor Brooklyn Hook who sent this preview of Pulp Literature No. 33: Cover artist Bronwyn Schuster’s Space Cat ricochets us into a pinball-inspired future with our feature author Kate Heartfield. Chickens, candles, fairies, dogs, and doctors leave traces on our hearts in inspired short fiction from Krista Jane May, Anne Baldo, Monica Wang, Lulu Keating, and Kimberley Aslett. The Hummingbird winners flit across the page, and JM Landels and Mel Anastasiou give us a taste of their new novels.
