“I’m not so sure about this job,” he said. “It sounds dangerous. You’ll be surrounded by addicts.”
Opening lines from “Death in Rehab” (Leah Abrams’ fifth adventure) by B.K. Stevens Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2011
From International Science Fiction No. 2 (June 1968): ISF2’s final tale from the U.S.S.R., “The Founding of Civilization” by Romain Yarov begins with the concept of time travel as a sporting event. A nineteen-year-old racer named…
From Weirdbook No. 34: In “Trick” by Rish Outfield, a self-absorbed dad gets a handful on Halloween when he takes his daughter trick or treating. I imagine poetry is even more challenging to write and sell…
The fifth and final episode of Brian Aldiss’ Hothouse saga appeared in Fantasy and Science Fiction (Dec. 1961). Contents Claude Veillot “The First Days of May” Translated from the French by Damon Knight (“Les Premiers Jours…
From International Science Fiction No. 2 (June 1968): From Chile, “Meccano” by Hugo Correa is about a robot, a gargantuan guardian, tall as an eighty-story skyscraper, that protects the precious ore on a mysterious planet from…
Excerpt from Tom Brinkmann’s article, “Sharon Tate’s Fate,” from The Digest Enthusiast book six: Fate’s May 1970 issue ran one of the earlier post-murder “weirdness” articles titled, “Sharon Tate’s Tragic Preview of Murder!” by Dick Kleiner.…
From International Science Fiction No. 2 (June 1968): From Austria, “Flowers in His Eyes” by Claus Felber is a haunting story about a family that becomes obsessed with a species of multi-colored lilies on Altair IV.…
In mid-October Charles Ardai sent out an interesting promotional request to his Hard Case Crime email list: Post a review of one of his books on Amazon.com and he’d send you one of his latest releases.…