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Uncategorized November 6, 2021

Weirdbook 2021 Annual: Zombies!

Weirdbook Annual: Zombies [October 2021] ed. Doug Draa (Wildside Press, Kindle $3.99, Hardcover $29.99, Paperback $15.00, 295p, 6” x 9”) Cover by Fotolia, three interior illustrations by Allen Koszowski, plus others
1 • Contents
3 • From the Editor’s Tower • Doug Draa • ed
4 • The Meddler • Matthew John • ss
15 • Necrophalic Sin • Ashley Dioses • pm
16 • Tiger Girls Vs. The Zombies • Lucy A. Snyder • ss
26 • When They Come Back • Avra Margariti • pm
27 • Dead Between the Eyes [Nick Nightmare] • Adrian Cole • ss
43 • The Crimson Star • Josh Maybrook • pm
44 • Alive Again • Franklyn Searight • ss
54 • Love in a Time of Zombies • Darrell Schweitzer • pm
55 • The Last Final Girl • Lori R. Lopez • pm
58 • The Night Hans Kroeger Came Back [Bajazid] • Kenneth Bykerk • ss
63 • The Marching Dead • Andrew Darlington • ss
72 • I Wished for Zombies • D.C. Lozar • ss
77 • I Put a Spell On You • Allan Rozinski • pm
78 • O Mary Don’t You Mourn • Mike Chinn • ss
88 • Evil Harvest • K.A. Opperman • pm
89 • To Die, to Sleep, No More • Erica Ruppert • ss
96 • Run, Monster, Run • Teasha Seitz • ss
103 • Another Night in Bayou Savvage • Chad Hensley • ss
106 • Kifaro • Dilman Dila • ss
118 • But I Love Him • Scott Wheelock • ss
120 • Who Wants to Live Forever? • Angela Yuriko Smith • ss
123 • The Dead are Always Hungry • Christopher Alex Ray • ss
133 • Zen Zombies • Ryan Aussie Smith • vi
134 • Cassius Max • KT Morley • ss
146 • A Nanotech Samsara • J.N. Cameron • ss

150 • The Zombie Master’s Store • Gregg Chamberlain • pm
154 • Pine in the Soul • John Linwood Grant • ss
167 • “Welcome Home” • Craig E. Sawyer • ss
171 • Papa Hanco • Ed Reyes • ss
175 • They Shall Eat Dust • Josh Reynolds • ss
185 • In Shadow Valley • Nick Swain • ss
199 • Devil’s Bargain • J.F. Le Roux • ss
204 • Right for You Now • Andrew Jennings • ss
216 • E’Zunguth, the Zombie God • Maxwell I. Gold • vi
217 • Lazy River • Kelly Piner • ss
223 • The New Human • Shayne K. Keen • ss
228 • This Little Piggy • EV Knight • ss
237 • Ofactory Spectra of the Dead • Robert Borski • pm
239 • Life Unworthy of Life • Stephanie Ellis • ss
249 • More Blood • Carson Ray • ss
259 • Something Wakes • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • pm
260 • The Creeping Cold • Kevin Rees • ss
269 • Mummy’s Curse • Colleen Anderson • pm
270 • The Body I Used to Be • Scott Edelman • ss
281 • Stirrings • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • pm
282 • Queen of Hearts • S.E. Lindberg • ss

Weirdbook on Wildside Press website

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Uncategorized November 5, 2021

Cool It Down by Alec Cizak

After fleeing a deadly romance, Blake Ness finds himself on an obscure island off the Gulf Coast. He befriends the island’s owner and mayor, a Cuban counter-revolutionary, and takes a job as a bouncer at a local massage parlor. Just when he thinks he’s found a home in paradise, he meets a Sarasota land baron who knows his real identity. Blake must choose between paying for his crimes of the past, or committing a new crime he may never escape from…

Available in paperback and hardcover editions from ABC Group Documentation an imprint of Down & Out Books.

Uncategorized November 4, 2021

2022 Bugs Desk Calendar

Carolyn Cosgriff’s 2022 Bugs Desk Calendar is out! It’s an annual event for me. Beautifully illustrated in full color and the compact design fits perfectly on my desktop. The mini jewel case folds back to become the stand to keep the current month on display. Makes a great stocking stuffer. Available singularly or in a 5-pack from the Hiss Buzz Hum shop, where you can also purchase art prints, cards, magnets, and sculptures.

Uncategorized October 29, 2021

The Pulpster No. 30

The Pulpster [#30, August 2021, Published for Pulpfest 2021] ed. William Lampkin, pub. Mike Chomko ($12.00, 60pp, magazine, cover by Graves Gladney; The Shadow June 1, 1940))
1 • Contents Page
2 • From the Editor • William Lampkin • ed
2 • Contributors • bg
4 • From the Publisher • Michael Chomko • ed
5 • When Pulp Fandom Leapt into the Future • William Lampkin • ar
9 • Something for ‘Everybody’s’ • Sai Shankar • ar
13 • Tough as a Boot; Kind as Mrs. Claus [Dorothy McIlwraith] • Tony • ar
14 • Everybody Loves a Hero • Dorothy McIlwraith • ar; The Writer 1949
17 • Mostly Personal • Margaret A. Bartlett • ar; The Author & Journalist September 1948
18 • Alpha and Omega for the Dark Avenger [The Shadow] • Craig McDonald • ar
20 • The Shadow’s First Voice—and Face • David Saunders • ar
22 • The Secrets of the Girasol Ring • Will Murray • ar
27 • A Million Words a Year for 10 Straight Years • Walter B. Gibson • ar; a version of this article originally appeared in Writer’s Digest March 1941
31 • In the Shadow of Jerome Rozen • Al Tonik • iv
31 • Graves Gladney Speaks His Mind • Terry Klasek and Kenn Thomas • iv; Whizzard #4 & 5, Summer 1974 & January 1975
41 • Selling Glamour for a Dime • Thomas H. Uzzell • ar; Scribner’s Magazine April 1938
47 • Cave: Beginning, Middle, and End • Darrell Schweitzer • iv; Cemetery Dance #29, Oct. 1998
60 • Final Chapters • Tony Davis • ob

Pulpfest website

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Uncategorized October 17, 2021

F&SF Sep/Oct 2021

Fantasy & Science Fiction [v141 #3 & 4, whole #757, September/October 2021] ed. Sheree Renée Thomas, assistant eds. Robin O’Connor, Lisa Rogers (Spilogale, Inc., $9.99, 258pp, digest) Cover by David A. Hardy)
2 • Content Pages
5 • Letter from the Editor: Transform You • Sheree Renée Thomas • ed
8 • The Bridal Registry of Frankenstein • Ali Solomon • ct
9 • Haunted Hills Community and Country Club • Lincoln Michel • ss
27 • The Scorpion and the Syrinx • Brian Trent • nv
51 • Ice Fishing on Europa • Erin Barbeau • ss
64 • The Forlorn • Matthew Hughes • nv
106 • Books to Look For • Charles De Lint • rc
_106 • What Abigail Did That Summer, Ben Aaronovitch, Subterranean Press, $40, hc • br
_107 • Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses, Kristen O’Neal, Quirk Books, $18.99, hc • br
_108 • Fear and Longing in Los Angeles, Mark Leslie, Stark Publishing, $15.99, tpb • br
_109 • Long Miles Home, Emma Melville, Emma Melville, £7.99, tpb • br
_110 • Crescent City Magick Vol. 2: Waking the Witch, Michael L. Peters, Michael L. Peters, $2513, tpb • br
_112 • The Mysterious Disappearance of Aiden S. (as told to his brother), David Levithan, Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf, $16.99, hc • br
_113 • Defekt, Nino Cipri, Tordotcom, $14.99, tpb • br
116 * Books • Elizabeth Hand • rc
_116 • The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again, M. John Harrison, Gallancz, $19.00, ebook • br
_125 • Nazaré, JJ Amaworo Wilson, PM Press, $16.95 • br
128 • Seedling • Octavia Cade • ss
131 • The Abomination • Nuzo Onoh • na
184 • To the Honorable and Esteemed Monsters Under My Bed • E.A. Bourland • ss
196 • Plumage from Pegasus: Speaker to Scribes • Paul Di Filippo • cl
202 • The Conqueror Worm(hole) • Linda D. Addison • pm
204 • Sonnet–To Meta-Science • Linda D. Addison • pm
205 • Split the Baby • Carl Taylor • ss
219 • Films: Love Death + Robots II Colors Inside the Lines • Karin Lowachee • rc
224 • Science: String Theory–The Musical Kind • Jerry Oltion • cl
230 • The Changing Season • Ali Trotta • pm
231 • And in Rain, Blank Pages • Lora Gray • ss
244 • Her Dragon • Amal Singh • ss
256 • Coming Attractions • cl
257 • F&SF Market Place • classifieds
258 • Curiosities: Woman of the Aeroplanes by Kojo Laing (1988) • Aurelius Raines II • cl

Fantasy & Science Fiction website

Note: Still having trouble finding this digest at the Vancouver B&N, so I turned to secondary markets to find a copy. Hopefully, by Nov/Dec the printer’s delivery issues will be sorted.

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Uncategorized October 10, 2021

Pulp Literature No. 31

Pulp Literature [#31 Summer 2021] mng. ed. Jennifer Landels (Pulp Literature Press, $14.99 Print, $4.99 Kindle, 224pp, digest, cover by Tarjana Mirkov-Popovicki)
7 • From the Pulp Lit Pulpit • Genevieve Wynand • ed
11 • Birdie • Brenda Carre • ss
26 • Feature Interview: Brenda Carre • iv
31 • The Extra: Frankie Ray Makes Murder’s Final Cut • Mel Anastasiou • ss
75 • Prometheus • Akpa Arinzechukwu • pm
79 • A Kinder Home • Hajera Khaja • ss
99 • Armageddon by Tarantino • Graham Robert Scott •
107 • The Search • Colleen Anderson • ss
121 • Behind the Sumacs • Samuel Strathman • pm
125 • It Was a Chupi After All • Elsa M. Carruthers • ss
137 • Maslow Meets the Mayfly Moon • Janet Smith • ss
149 • The Bumblebee Fiction Contest • Alan Sincic • in
157 • Houses • Matthew Nielsen • ss
175 • Allaigna’s Song: Oburakor • J.M. Landels • sl

Pulp Literature website

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Uncategorized October 9, 2021

Mystery Magazine Oct. 2021

The annual Sherlock Holmes issue is also a double issue.

Mystery Magazine [October 2021] ed. Kerry Carter (AM Marketing Strategies, Print $11.99, Kindle $6.99, 164pp, digest, cover by Robin Grenville Evans)
3 • The Case Of The Teller Of Tales • Martin Rosenstock • ss
19 • Dead Man’s Chest • Michael Kelly • ss
26 • The Adventure Of The Man In Two Places • Michael Mallory • ss
43 • Doctor Watson Knows Noses” by Bruce Harris • ar
48 • Scandal At The Savoy: The Monocle Murder • CJ Verburg • ss
66 • Carousel Nightmare • Max Jason Peterson • ss
69 • In The Land Of The Living • Gretchen Altabef • ss
86 • The King’s Island • John M. Floyd • ss
95 • The Savile Row Mystery • Bruce Harris • ss
112 • A Double Fake • BV Lawson • ss
121 • I, Montresor • Edward Lodi • ss
129 • Chamber Of Vengeance • Joslyn Chase • ss
144 • A Study Of Death [Dr. John Watson] • Teel James Glenn • ss
156 • The Missing Train • Kate Fellowes • vi; a “You-Solve-It Mystery”
159 • Lost In Time • Peter DiChellis • vi; a “You-Solve-It Mystery”

Mystery Magazine website

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Uncategorized October 8, 2021

Guilty No. 2

Guilty Crime Story Magazine [#2 Fall 2021] ed. Brandon Barrows (Full Speed Publishing, $7.99 print, $3.99 Kindle 103pp, digest, cover by Jesse Lundberg)
1 • Contents
2 • At Fury Crossing • Brent Spencer • ss
21 • Newfound Gap • Adam Leeder • ss
31 • Matter of Conscience • Marie Anderson • ss
45 • Between Friends • Brandon Barrows • ss
62 • No Recoil • M.E. Proctor • ss
68 • Learning to Dream • Stanton McCaffery • ss
82 • Them Cops • Anthony Neil Smith • ss
99 • American Nightmare • Anthony Perconti • ar

Guilty Crime Story Magazine website

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I don’t often have issues ordering books printed by KDP. I ordered this one the day it launched, but the book never made its way to my mailbox. Once the issue was straightened out, I re-ordered and received it in the usual quick print/ship cycle…

Uncategorized October 3, 2021

The Shadowed Circle No. 1

The Shadowed Circle [#1 July 2021] ed. Steve Donoso (Resonance Arts Press, $35/3-issue subscription, 50pp, tpb, cover by John Jamilkowski)
1 • Table of Contents
2 • About Our Contributors • bg
4 • Welcome to The Shadowed Circle • Steve Donoso • ed
5 • The Final Santum Shadow Intermission • Will Murray • ar
14 • The Shadow of Bruce Elliott • John L. French • ar
17 • Eight Questions for James Patterson • Steve Donoso • iv
21 • The Shadow: A Review • Henry Lopez • br
27 • Under 30: A Twenty Something’s Relationship with the Shadow • Russell M. Moran • ar
29 • (Over-) Analyzing an Archetype • Stephen M. Newton • ar
32 • The Shadow Shorts • Joseph Gibon • ar
34 • Gray Face and The Shadow of The Batman • Steve Donoso • ar
37 • The Shadow’s Four-Timers Club • Craig McDonald • ar
43 • Acquiring the Holy Grail of My Shadow Collection • Dwight Fuhro • ar
45 • Zombies! A Brief Look at the Reanimated Dead and The Shadow • John Olsen • ar
49 • The Shadow Laffs • John Sies • ct

Contact Steve Donoso to order.

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Uncategorized October 2, 2021

Amazing Selects No. 5

Amazing Selects: Edmond Hamilton’s Captain Future in The Horror at Jupiter [#5 September 2021] (Experimenter Publishing, $8.99, 210pp, tpb)
Table of Contents
1 • Interlude: Breaking News • Allen Steele • pr
6 • The Horror at Jupiter • Allen Steele • n
160 • How the Galaxy Was Won • Allen Steele? • ar
195 Afterword • Allen Steele • ar
199 • About the Author • Allen M. Steele • bg
202 • About the Artist (cover) • Jon Eno • bg
203 • About the Artist (interior) • M.D. Jackson • bg

Amazing Stories website

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