Switchblade issue two

Stories from Switchblade issue two, edited by Scotch Rutherford:

“Profski Gets It” by Charles Roland opens with a short, gross prelude, meant to set the mood. Fortunately, this PI procedural takes off directly after, along with Profski, for New Orleans. When a Milwaukee runaway stops texting her younger sister, an infernal alarm finally triggers her parents to hire Profski, after the NOPD comes up clueless. Profski follows each new lead further into more dubious locales. Roland paints a beautifully gray picture of where second-thoughts should never let us go. An issue highlight.

Amazing Stories Vol. 76 No. 2 Winter 2018 Contents Ira Nyman’s From the Editor’s Desk: The Future is Diverse, art by Matt Taggart Gary Dalkins’ European Author Profile: An Interview with Nina Allan Jack Clemons’ Citizens…

Opening line from “The Masochist’s Assistant” by Auston Habershaw Fantasy & Science Fiction Jul/Aug 2017: “Each morning at precisely seven, Georges, famulus to Magus Hugarth Madsworm, stabbed his master in the heart.”

If you’re looking for fab gift ideas, try Hiss. Buzz. Hum. Artist/Designer C.C. has created a wonderful collection of calendars, prints, sculptures, cards, jewelry, etc. I’ve been enjoying her desktop calendars for years. The 2019 edition…

Writer Josh Pachter recalls the start-up of Espionage Magazine in “I Spy” from The Digest Enthusiast No. 7. Below is an excerpt from his article: “Editor/Publisher Jackie Lewis and Associate Publisher Jeri Winston were already involved…

Excerpt from Joe Wehrle, Jr.’s article on “The Telzey Amberdon Stories of James H. Schmitz” in The Digest Enthusiast No. 7: James H. Schmitz wrote a number of stories about a future world where many things…

Excerpt from the review of Down & Out: The Magazine No. 1 in The Digest Enthusiast No. 7. Editor Rick Ollerman introduces his new magazine with the assertion, “Digest magazines aren’t what they used to be.”…