Opening line from “The Telzey Toy” by James H. Schmitz Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact January 1971:
“An auburn-haired, petal-cheeked young woman who belonged in another reality came walking with feline grace along a restaurant terrace in Orado City where Telzey had stopped for lunch during a shopping excursion.”
Contents Don McLellan “Runners” Joe Giordano “Blood Poisoning” Michael Guillebeau “The Smooth Joy of One Good Step” Josh Pachter “Last Call at the Bar of Invariable Length” Joseph D’Agnese “The Vulnerable Rind” Dr. Bella Ellwood-Clayton “Playdate”…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
