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The Occult Digest

The Digest Enthusiast No. 7 pages 80–81Excerpt from Tom Brinkmann’s article on The Occult Digest from The Digest Enthusiast book seven:

“The Occult Digest was an amazingly intense publication from 1920s Chicago that had two dynamic women editors who were also the publishers. The first, Effa E. Danelson, edited and published it from 1925–1939. The second, Marie Harlowe, edited and published it from late 1939 until it stopped publication in 1942.”

Tom Brinkmann writes about unusual, off-the-beaten-path magazines, digests, and tabloids. His Bad Mags website was active from June 2004–July 2017. His books, Bad Mags Volume 1 (2008) and Volume 2 (2009) are available from secondary outlets, including amazon.com

News

The American Bystander No. 8

Apparently I didn’t get my change of address in quick enough, but the eighth issue of Michael Gerber’s excellent The American Bystander has arrived at last. Departments Frontispiece: “Mechanical Sex” by Tom Hachtman Publisher’s Letter by…

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Space Science Fiction No. 1

Space Science Fiction Vol. 1 No. 1 May 1952 Contents Lester del Ray: Editorial Lester del Ray “Pursuit” Jerry Sohl “The Ultroom Error” Isaac Asimov “Youth” George O. Smith: Science—Fiction and Fact Henry Kuttner “The Ego…

Reviews

Brenda Carre’s Gret

Stories from Pulp Literature No. 15 Summer 2017: “Gret” by Brenda Carre sets the issue’s opening bar high. It’s the first chapter of a forthcoming novel of the same name, so beautifully written it overshadows any…

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AHMM August 1958

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Vol. 3 No. 8 August 1958 Dear Readers: Alfred Hitchcock Contents Richard Hardwick “Suspicion is not Enough” Helen Fislar Brooks “The Mink Coat” Paul Tabori “An Interlude for Murder” George Bush “Fate…

Interviews

Starting The Magazine

Excerpt from Rick Ollerman’s interview from The Digest Enthusiast No. 7. Here he talks about the origins of Down & Out: The Magazine. “I had been thinking about all of the latest wave of magazines that…

Opening Lines

Opening Lines

“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

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Romain Yarov’s Civilization

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…