Mystery Weekly Magazine [September 2021] ed. Kerry Carter (AM Marketing Strategies, Print $7.99, Kindle $3.99, 94pp, digest, cover by Robin Grenville Evans) Note: contents taken from Kindle edition The Delta Princess • John M. Floyd • ss The Earl • Adam Leeder • ss The Edge of the World • Albert Tucher • ss Mulch Ado About Plenty • Sharon Love Cook • ss A Real Detective • Joseph Kuttler • ss A Murder of Crones • C.L. Cobb • ss The Story Game • R.T. Lawton • ss The Passenger • Rosemary McCraken • ss Try Again • Vinnie Hansen • ss Final Blow • Mark Levenson • ss The Case of the Ripped Off Ruby • James Blakey • vi; a “You-Solve-It Mystery”
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v66 #9/10 September/October2021] ed. Linda Landrigan, mng. ed. Jackie Sherbow (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by Ron Chironna) 2 • Contents Page 3 • LoyaltyThe Lineup • Linda Landrigan • ed 4 • The Beano • Floyd Sullivan • ss; illustration by Daniel Zalkus 16 • Scrambled Mason I • Mark Lagasse • pz 17 • The Map Dot Murder • Mark • ss 28 • Gnawing at the Cat’s Tail • R.T. Lawton • ss 37 • Raining • Peter Colt • ss 46 • Glass • James R. Benn • ss 72 • Ice Ice Baby • Barb Goffman • ss 84 • Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle • Arlene Fisher • pz 86 • The Shoemaker’s Children • Tom Savage • ss 98 • Blindsided • Michael Bracken and James A. Hearn • ss 110 • Taxonomy Lesson • Robert Lopresti • ss; illustration by Hank Blaustein 117 • Booked & Printed • Laurel Flores Fantauzzo • rc _117 • After the Inquiry, Jolene Tan, Ethos Books • br _118 • The Prisoner, Hwang Sok-yong, translated by Anton Hur & Sora Kim-Russell, Verso Books • br 120 • Ju Ju • L.A. Wilson, Jr. • ss 139 • A Hell of a Thing . . . • Wayne J. Gardiner • ss 148 • No God West of Hays • Eric B. Ruark • ss; illustrated by Noah Bailey 176 • Paris Green • John C. Boland • ss 183 • Mysterious Photograph: Deus Ex Machina • Anon • cn; $25 given to best short-short to explain the photograph • cn 184 • Case Files: The Complex World of Grand Juries • Lee Lofland • cl 189 • The Story That Won: Make a List • Jeff Dycus • ff; winner of the May/June 2021 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.
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Perhaps you could call this a digest paperback. It’s a pair of private eye stories about 60 or 80 pages each. It’s published by P.I. Tales from Denver, CO.
Frank Zafiro’s “Hallmarks of the Job” stars Stanley Melvin in a case with all the signature traits you’d expect from a classic PI adventure.
Michael Bracken’s “Aloha Boys” stars Morris Ronald “Moe Ron” Boyette in a missing persons case that takes him places he’d rather seen left in the past.
And in further news, the latest episode of Gun+Tacos as been released from Down & Out Books. Season Three Episode 15 is “Chimichangas and a Couple of Glocks” by David H. Hendrickson. Now it’s digital only, but when the season ends the print version will be published.
Asimov’s Science Fiction [v45 #9 & 10, #548 & 549 September/October 2021] ed. Sheila Williams, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest) Cover by Eldar Zakirow 2 • Contents Pages 4 • Editorial: Monstrous • Shelia Williams • ed 6 • Reflections: Roc of Ages • Robert Silverberg • cl 10 • On the Net: Dismal • James Patrick Kelly • cl 14 • Sleep and the Soul • Greg Egan • na 46 • The Dust of Giant Radioactive Lizards • Jason Sanford • ss 59 • June Lockhart’s Recurring Nightmare • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • pm 60 • Singular Days • James Gunn (his final story) • ss 68 • Breakfast with Jim • Kij Johnson • mm 70 • Shooting at Warner’s Bay • Michèle Laframboise • ss 81 • In the Library Annex • Bruce Boston • pm 82 • Filaments • Mercurio D. Rivera • ss 93 • Billie the Kid • Rick Wilber • nv 121 • Ikaria • Joel Richards • pm 122 • An Arc of Electric Skin • Wole Talabi • ss 127 • The Apocalypse and the Lake Mattamuskeet Gnat • Peter Wood • ss 138 • Your Luminous Heart, Bound in Red • S. Qiouyi Lu • ss 150 • The Bahnof Drive-In • James Van Pelt • ss 157 • Matriphagy • Naomi Kanakia • ss 159 • Helen Taussig (1898–1986) • Jessy Randall • pm 160 • A Blessing of Unicorns • Elizabeth Bear • na 200 • On Books • Norman Spinrad • rc _200 • The Minstry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit, $28.00 • br _204 • Space Station Down, Ren Bova & Doug Beason, Macmillian, $26.99 • br _205 • The Hole, Brandon Q. Morris, Hard Science Fiction, $16.99 • br 207 • Next Issue • Anon • pv 208 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • cl
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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v158 #3/4, #960/961 September/October 2021] ed. Janet Hutchings, mng. ed. Jackie Sherbow (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by Brian Stauffer) 2 • White Chocolate • Jerrome Charyn • ss; illustration by Mark Evan Walker 9 • DNF • Kristine Kathryn Rusch • ss 28 • The Jury Box • Steve Steinbock • rc _28 • The Bombay Prince, Sujata Massey, Soho Crime, $27.95 • br –28 • Clark and Division, Naomi Hirahara, Soho Crime, $27.95 • br _28 • A Comedy of Terrors, Lindsey Davis, Minotaur, $27.99 • br _83 • Dead Dead Girls, Nekesa Afia, Berkley Prime Crime, $16.00 • br _83 • Her Last Breath, Hillary Davidson, Thomas and Mercer, $24.95 • br _141 • The Madness of Crowds, Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99 • br _141 • Water Memory, Daniel Pyne, Thomas and Mercer, $15.95 • br _141 • Unthinkable, Brad Parks, Thomas and Mercer, $24.95 • br _141 • A Peculiar Combination, Ashley Weaver, Minotaur, $26.99 • br _141 • Road of Bones, James R. Benn, Soho Crime, $27.95 • br _150 • Live Fast, Spy Hard, Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens, Wolf Pack, $14.00 • br _150 • Murder, She Drew Vol. 2, Tim Kashiba, Moriwaki Akira, & Morisaki Cuckoo, The Talkative Middles, ¥4000 • br 29 • Non Absolvo [Julian Hall] • David Dean • ss 39 • Stranger Than Fiction: The Pnzi of Paris: The Jazz-Age Seams of Marthe Hanau • Dean Jobb • tc 40 • Dig Down Deep • Frances Beck • ss; EQMM’s “Black Mask,” Black Mask July 1945 47 • The Stain of Memory [Magistrate Ovid] • Thomas K. Carpenter • ss 59 • Trick or Treat • Jane Jakeman • ss 65 • Nugget • John F. Dobbyn • pm 69 • The Very Last Time • Juliet Grames • ss 79 • Rage and Run • M. Zizzari • ss; EQMM’s “Department of First Stories” 85 • Sixteen Lies [Nils Shapiro] • Matt Goldman • ss 99 • The Celestial Thief [Owen Burns] • Paul Halter; translated by John Pugmire • ss; EQMM’s “Passport to Crime” translated from the French 110 • Why Did You Do It? • Bill Pronzini • ss 112 • A Letter from the Editor • Janet Hutchings • ed 113 • Meals on Wheels • Sandy Smith • ss 118 • Blog Bytes • Kristopher Zgorski • cl 119 • To Slay a Stranger [Antonia Darcy & Major Payne] • R.T. Raichev • ss 139 • The Problem with Fish Markets • Trey Dowell • ss 142 • Weed Man • Hilary Davidson • ss 151 • Snail Mail • Denis Johnston • ss; EQMM’s “Department of First Stories” 158 • Demon in the Depths [Santa Ezeriņa] • William Burton McCormick • na; illustration by Jason C. Eckhardt 192 • Testing, Testing . . . • Marilyn Todd • pm
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Fate [#737, August 2021] e-i-c. Phyllis Galde, sr. ed. Susann Swan (Fate Magazine, Inc., $5.95, 120pp, digest) Cover uncredited 2 • Contents 4 • I See by the Papers • Fate Staff • cl 6 • From Your Editor • Phyllis Galde • ed 8 • Ancient Aliens • Morris Bennett • ar 12 • Self-Healing Hawaiian Style • Susann Swan • ar 16 • Was the Poet Tennyson Psychic? • Blanche Biegenwald • ar 19 • The Leprechaun’s Shoe of Beara Peninsula • anon • ar; Country Life 1973 20 • Synchronicity and the Magic of Roswell • William B. Stoecker • ar 27 • Paraprosdokians • anon • ar 28 • Seeing Spirits • Hunter Liguore • ar 34 • Who Killed Meriwether Lewis? • Kelly Bell • ar 39 • The Bees at the Grave • anon • ar; Fate September 1961 40 • Déjà Vu • Cat Baldwin • ar 42 • Kraken! • James Boyd • ar 46 • Kraken Legends • Stevie Tombstone • ar 50 • Giant Squids on the Attack • Michael Goss • ar; Fate August 1985 56 • The Cursed Ring of Rudolph Valentino • Richard Senate • ar 58 • A Star Studded Guide to the Top Ten UFO Contactes of All Time • Timothy Green Beckley • ar 80 • I Witnessed Terte’s Psychic Surgery • J. Bernard Ricks • ar; Fate August 1964 86 • True Mystic Experiences • Readers • cl 90 • My Proof of Survival • Readers • cl 92 • What Do Aliens Want? • Bruce Majors • ar 98 • Wreck of the SS Contest • Dan Sutherland • ar 102 • Richmond Ghost Dog • Justin McHenry • ar 108 • Sleep Paralysis • Tobias Wayland • ar 114 • Report from the Readers • Readers • lc 120 • The Amazing Godwin from Spirit • as told to Phyllis Galde by Janice Carlson • cl
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Mystery Weekly Magazine [August 2021] ed. Kerry Carter (AM Marketing Strategies, Print $7.99, Kindle $3.99, 84pp, digest, cover by Robin Grenville Evans) Note: contents taken from Kindle edition Hundred-Year Flood • C. Matthew Smith • ss Yelena Tried to Kill Me • Trey Dowell • ss In Plain Sight • J.R. Lindermuch • ss Actual Stop • C.E. Albanese • ss Vulgax9 on Earth • Jared Schwartz • ss Disciplining Temptress Fugit • Paul A. Barra • ss Dear Miss Proudlove • Matthew Fries • ss Skimming Joey Lemons • Robin Yocum • ss Three Cheers for Molly Sullivan • John H. Dromey • ss Last Words • C.I. Kemp • vi; a “You-Solve-It Mystery”
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Black Cat Mystery Magazine [v3 #1, whole #9, July 2021] ex. ed. John Gregory Betancourt, ed. Michael Bracken (Wildside Press, $13.00, 129pp, tp) 1 • Contents Page 2 • From the Cat’s Perch • Michael Bracken • ed 3 • Last Rites • Stacy Woodson • ss 11 • The Jericho Train • John M. Floyd • ss 22 • Coral Cove • B.A. Paul • ss 31 • The Alley • Ann Aptaker • ss 35 • Sonny’s Encore • Michael Bracken • ss 48 Switch and Bait • Cynthia Ward • ss 51 • Becoming Zero • James A. Hearn • ss 64 • The Murder of Jonathan Greystone • Barry Fulton • ss 77 • You Gotta Be In It! • Elliott Capon • ss 84 • The You-Don’t-Know-the-Half-of-It-Dearie-Blues • Michael Kurland • ss 110 • A Fighter By His Trade • Graham Powell • ss 123 • Smelling Like a Rose * Gil Brewer • ss Mr. Magazine July 1957
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The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine [Vol. 6 No. 4 July 2021] ed. Steve Oliver (Dark City Books, $6.99 POD, $2.99 Kindle, 132p, digest) 1 • Out on Bail • Darin Krogh • ss 27 • Daddy Ryder • Natalie Harris-Spencer • ss 57 • Car Trouble • Paul Vivari • ss 81 • What Goes Around • Brandon Barrows • ss 97 • In the Details • Felix Imonti • ss
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Asimov’s Science Fiction [v45 #7 & 8, #546 & 547 Jul/Aug 2021] ed. Sheila Williams, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest) Cover by Shutterstock.com 2 • Contents Pages 4 • Editorial: The 2021 Dell Magazine Awards • Shelia Williams • ed 6 • Reflections: Memories of the Space Age • Robert Silverberg • cl 10 • On the Net: The Tech that SF Made • James Patrick Kelly • cl 14 • The Prisoner’s Cinema • Gregory Norman Bossert • nv 37 • Alien Ball • Kristine Kathryn Rusch • ss 47 • Recipe for Time Travel in Case We Lose Each Other • Kristian Macaron • pm 48 Philly Killed His Car • Will McIntosh • nv 63 • Failed Space Colonists • Herb Kauderer • pm 64 • Seed Star • Fran Wilde • ss 74 • The Hazmat Sisters • L.X. Beckett • nv 91 • Giving Up the Ghost • Megan Lindholm • nv 103 • Holding Destiny • Jane Yolen • pm 104 • The Children of the Wind • Gregory Feeley • nv 120 • Huginn and Muninn—And What Came After • Michael Swanwick • ss 130 • Fibonacci’s Humors • Rudy Rucker & Brace Sterling • nv 151 • Ansibles • Ursula Whitcher • pm 152 • Tweak • Taimur Ahmad • ss 160 • Out of the Box • Jay O’Connell • na 199 • Next Issue • Anon • pv 200 • On Books • Peter Heck • rc _200 • Dead Lies Dreaming, Charles Stross, Tordotcom, $29.99, hc • br _201 • A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik, Del Rey, 28.00, hc • br _201 • City Under the Stars, Gardner Dozois & Michael Swanwick, Todotcom, $14.99, tpb • br _202 • Persephone Station, Stina Leicht, Saga, $27.00, hc • br _202 • Damned Pretty Things, Holly Matter, Aqueduct Press, $19.00, tpb • br _203 • The Hierarchies, Ros Anderson, Dutton, $26.00, hc • br _204 • The Collapsium, Wil McCarthy, Baen, $16.00, tpb • br _205 • The Shaman of Karres, Eric Flint & Dave Freer, Baen, $25.00, hc • br _206 • Raven Nothing, Som Paris, Aqueduct Press, $20.00, tpb • br _206 • Genesys X, B.J. Graf, Fairwood, $17.99, tpb • br _207 • Nice Bar Blues, Sheree Renée Thomas, Third Man Books, $16.95, tpb • br 208 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • cl
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