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Black Cat Mystery Magazine No. 1

An excerpt from my review of Black Cat Mystery Magazine No. 1 from The Digest Enthusiast No. 7:

Neighborhoods age along with their denizens. As they change, not all their residents adapt, like William, in Art Taylor’s “Fairy Tale.” William don’t like the new flock of school kids hanging around all the time—their attitudes and their—his word—entitled behavior. He don’t like the word old neither. But his kids are grown and long gone, his wife’s passed on, and if you saw him, you’d be hard-pressed to avoid the “O” word. Taylor takes you inside the man’s head so you can feel his rising ire first hand. With nothing else to occupy his grey matter, William can’t help but pick at the things that irk him, staring out at the street in front of his house. Almost like he was looking for trouble.

Analog April 1965

Excerpt from Joe Wehrle, Jr.’s article on “The Telzey Amberdon Stories of James H. Schmitz” in The Digest Enthusiast No. 7:

Goblin Night (Analog April 1965). On a camping trip with eleven other college students and her friend’s huge dog, Telzey receives a mental image of a person running, terrified, from a relentless pursuer. Tracking the source, she is led into a trap where she is the one pursued by the frightening creature called “the spook.” At the end of her resources, Telzey mentally summons Chomir for help. This suspenseful story has to be one of the series’ highlights. Reprinted as the first part of The Lion Game (DAW #38 1973, British hardcover from Sidgwick and Jackson, 1976).

Copy That! No. 59

The latest issue of Copy That! is arriving in mailboxes this week. It’s one of their all-art issues with contributions from over two dozen indie cartoonists, including TDE contributors like Tom Brinkmann, Brian Buniak, Clark Dissmeyer, Brad W. Foster, Andrew Goldfarb, and Bob Vojtko, who also drew the cover.

D. Blake Werts opens the issue as usual with “From the ‘Compiler’s Desk,’” but if you skim the intro, you may miss the most important part:

“Anyone out there with any interest in taking the reins of COPY THAT! zine and taking it into the future? I need a break for a while. Just let me know.”

Copy That! No. 59
$3.00 postage paid
D. Blake Werts
12339 Chesley Drive
Charlotte, NC 28277

Black Cat Mystery Magazine No. 4

Contents
John Gregory Betancourt and Carla Coupe: From the Cat’s Perch
Michael Bracken “Something Fishy”
Alan Orloff “Inseparable, Insufferable”
Julie Leo “Use of the Awkward Hand”
Janet Fox “The Timeline Murders” (verse)
Dayle A. Dermatis “Umberto Scolari and the Feast of Paradise”
Ramona DeFelice Long “Moe’s Seafood House”
Su Kopil “Mud Season”
Steve Liskow “Messin’ with the Kid”
Tais Teng “Assassin’s Scroll”
Cynthia Ward “Trouble in Mind”

Black Cat Mystery Magazine No. 4 January 2019
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Editors: John Gregory Betancourt and Carla Coupe
Production Team: Sam Cooper, Steve Coupe, Shawn Garrett, Karl Würf
Cover: Uncredited
6” x 9” 132 pages
POD $12.00 Kindle $3.99
Black Cat Mystery website

Down & Out: The Magazine No. 1

Excerpt from the review of Down & Out: The Magazine No. 1 in The Digest Enthusiast No. 7.

“Hit Me” by Rick Ollerman reminded me a lot of a story one might’ve found in a 1960s newsstand digest. It’s a first person account of a self-aggrandizing refrigerator salesman who whips up the perfect plan to put a hit on his wife and inherit her otherwise untouchable bankroll. The fun is not in reaching the wrong destination, it’s the journey that takes you there.

Fantasy & Science Fiction Jul/Aug 2017

Stories from Fantasy & Science Fiction Jul/Aug 2017:

“The Bride in Sea-Green Velvet” by Robin Furth is an excellent tale of weird fiction, with sorcery, grave robbing, and “. . . that vast power that crashed against stone and beach and cliff face, eating away at the land with its omnivorous hunger.” A wealthy recluse, aided by a few ardent followers, dares challenge fate to resurrect his unholy bride on the eve of Solstice. As Furth explains it, “Archaeology, ancient history, mythology, and ancient religions are also passions of mine, and each of these areas of interest fed into ‘The Bride in Sea-Green Velvet.’”

Journeys Through Space: Experiences of Effa E. Danelson (1922)

Excerpt from Tom Brinkmann’s article on The Occult Digest from The Digest Enthusiast book seven:

Effa Danelson’s earliest published effort was a 3.75 x 5.75 inch, one-hundred-page booklet/pamphlet titled, Journeys Through Space: Experiences of Effa E. Danelson (1922). Ads for it appeared in all the Danelson publications, Psychic Leader, Psychic Power, and The Occult Digest.

Tom Brinkmann writes about unusual, off-the-beaten-path magazines, digests, and tabloids. His Bad Mags website was active from June 2004–July 2017. His books, Bad Mags Volume 1 (2008) and Volume 2 (2009) are available from secondary outlets, including amazon.com

Space Science Fiction Vol. 1 No. 5 March 1953

Space Science Fiction Vol. 1 No. 5 March 1953
Contents
Lester del Ray: An Editorial on Reincarnation
James E. Gunn “Breaking Point” art by Alex Ebel
George O. Smith “Stop, Look and Dig” art by Smith
Damon Knight “The Worshippers” art by Ed Emshwiller
Milton A. Rothman: The Business of Science
William Morrison “Divinity” art by Kelly Freas
Upcoming Events
George O. Smith’s Book Reviews Science: Fact and Fiction
H. Beam Piper “Ullr Uprising” (conclusion) art by Paul Orban
Philcon for ’53

Publisher: John Raymond
Editor: Lester del Rey
Book Editor: George O. Smith
Art Director: Milton Berwin
Assoc. Editors: John Vincent
Cover: Hannes Bok

Read Vince Nowell, Sr.’s article “When Things Go Wrong—The Lester del Rey/John Raymond Fiasco” in The Digest Enthusiast book seven.

Mystery Weekly Magazine Jan. 2019

Contents
J.D. Graves “Four-Hundred Miles of Bad Road”
Gregory L. Norris “Nine Lives”
Buzz Dixon “The Pirates of Point Paradisio”
A. Hayward “The Missing Slippers”
John Bosworth “Tendy”
Bruce Harris “Gunned Down”
Laird Long “Snow Job” (A You-Solve-It)
Solution to Dec. You-Solve-It “New Year’s Thieve” by Laird Long

Mystery Weekly Magazine January 2019
Publisher: Chuck Carter
Editor: Kerry Carter
Cover: Krivosheev Vitaly
7.5” x 10” 80 pages
POD $5.99, Kindle $2.99
Mystery Weekly Magazine website