Black Cat Mystery Magazine No. 1

Excerpt from the review of Black Cat Mystery Magazine No. 1 from The Digest Enthusiast No. 7:

“Beside a Flowering Wall” by Fletcher Flora is reprinted from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1968. A spinster is visited by the lost love of her life. “The wonder was that he had [once] loved her, for she had been a plain girl, as she was a plain woman, with an odd faded look as if she had been laundered too many times in boiling water.” The crime here was the loss of what might have been, until the opportunity to erase it forever arose.

Excerpt from Josh Pachter’s memoir of working for Espionage Magazine from The Digest Enthusiast No. 7: After eleven issues Espionage sales were not self-sustaining. “So, after a four-month hiatus, Espionage was “reborn” in May 1987 in…

Manhunt Detective Story Monthly Vol. 1 No. 8 August 1953 Contents Fletcher Flora “The Collector Comes After Payday” Evan Hunter “Still Life” Fredric Brown “The Little Lamb” Frank Kane “Slay Belle” (Johnny Liddell) Robert Turner “The…

Excerpt from Joe Wehrle, Jr.’s article on “The Telzey Amberdon Stories of James H. Schmitz” in The Digest Enthusiast No. 7: Child of the Gods (Analog March 1972). A dangerously accomplished psi takes control of Telzey’s…

Excerpt from the review of Down & Out: The Magazine No. 1 in The Digest Enthusiast No. 7. “Deadbeat” by Thomas Pluck is an immersion into the world of high-rise ironworkers, their women, and their baggage.…

Stories from Fantasy & Science Fiction Jul/Aug 2017: In the intro to “Unearthed Death,” Marissa Lingen reveals a little of the inspiration behind her story. “Sometimes I write to try to teach myself compassion. Sometimes I…

Steve Carper takes a comprehensive look at Robots in American Popular Culture in his new book from McFarland. “They are the invincible warriors of steel, silky-skinned enticers, stealers of jobs and lovable sidekicks. Legions of robots…

Excerpt from Tom Brinkmann’s article on The Occult Digest from The Digest Enthusiast book seven: The Occult Digest was taken over by [Marie] Harlowe who merged it with her own publication, The Telepathic Magazine, that she…

Amazing Stories Vol. 76 No. 4 Summer 2019 Content Ira Nyman’s From the Editor’s Desk: Practical Advice for Impractical Situations Amazing Cover Artist: Yoko Matsuoka Gary Dalkin: Rachel Armstrong Interview Jack Clemons’ Citizens of the Solar…