From International Science Fiction No. 2 (June 1968):
From Italy, Alessandro Mussi brings us “Darkness.” A young girl falls in with a hunchback and a blind man, who often speak in questions over the story’s three pages. She’d best stay with her new friends, there are too many questions about her old ones. A bit too vague to satisfy this reader.
Alessandro Mussi (1945– 2008) wrote half a dozen stories and one novel in the 1960s.
“The skippership Hope glided below the surface of reality.” Opening line from “The Compass” by Edd Vick Asimov’s July 2005 Cover by Jacob de Heusch.
The fourth part of Brian Aldiss’ Hothouse saga appeared in Fantasy and Science Fiction (Sep. 1961). Contents Gerard Klein “The Monster in the Park” translated by Virginia Kidd Herbert Gold “The Day They Got Boston” (Metronome…
From Weirdbook No. 34: Liam Hogan explores the less attractive side effects of a transformative medicine in “Beauty Treatment.” Things end kinda ugly, unless of course you like that sort of thing.
From International Science Fiction No. 2 (June 1968): The U.S.S.R. grabs the spotlight with “The Island of the Crabs” by A. Dneprov, an issue highlight. Isolated on a tropical island, an engineer conducts a Darwinian experiment…
Author B.K. Stevens shared her thoughts on Leah in her interview in The Digest Enthusiast book six, excerpted below: “One of the things I enjoy most about this series is Leah’s relationship with Detective (later Lieutenant)…
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Rusty Barnes is the editor of the blogzine Tough, which features crime stories and occasional reviews. Now he’s published a collection of stories from the zine. Hopefully, the first of many. Contents Michael Bracken “Texas Hot…
