Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v67 #3/4 March/April 2022] ed. Linda Landrigan, mng. ed. Jackie Sherbow (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by 123RF) 2 • Contents Page 3 • Knowledge is Power & The Lineup • Linda Landrigan • ed 4 • Not My First Rodeo • Bret Jones • ss 16 • Red Flag • Gregory Fallis • ss; illustration by 123RF 38 • The Hungry Ones • Emily Devenport • ss 53 • Mysterious Photograph: Chute of Shoot? • Anon • cn; $25 given to best short-short to explain the photograph 54 • Waiting for Godot • Michael A. Black • ss 73 • DIY • Mark Thielman • ss 82 • A.K.A. Ross Landy • Paul D. Marks • ss 92 • Booked & Printed • Laurel Flores Fantauzzo • rc _92 • Secret Identity, Alex Segura, Flatiron Books • br _93 • Ru$e, Robert Kerbeck, Steerforth • br 95 • Death Floor • Martin Limón • ss 116 • The Trailhead • Eric Rutter • ss 136 • Tired of Bath • Merrilee Robson • ss 145 • Scrambled Queen II • Mark Lagasse • pz 146 • Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle • Arlene Fisher • pz 148 • Please Pass the Loot • Robert Lopresti • ss 183 • Case Files: DNA: The Icing on the Crime-Solving Cake • Lee Lofland • cl 189 • The Story That Won: Let’s Party • Rudy S. Uribe, Jr. • ff; winner of the Nov/Dec 2021 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. 190 • Credits/Coming in May/June 2022 191 • Directory
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v67 #1/2 January/February 2022] ed. Linda Landrigan, mng. ed. Jackie Sherbow (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by Shutterstock) 3 • Contents Page 4 • Holiday Greetings • AHMM Staff • ms 5 • Twists and Turns & The Lineup • Linda Landrigan • ed 6 • Hazmat Holiday [Tony and Charles] • Catherine Dilts • ss 28 • Buck and Wiley Tangle with Rustlers • Parker Littlewood • ss; illustration by Hank Blaustein 35 • Scrambled Queen I • Mark Lagasse • pz 36 • Bama Carter Gets Rode • J.R. Parsons • ss 57 • Backstory • Charles John Harper • ss 71 • Stagger, Stagger • Joan Druett • ss 84 • Mayhem at the Mini-Mart • John M. Floyd • ss 89 • Mysterious Photograph: Free as a Bird • Anon • cn; $25 given to best short-short to explain the photograph 90 • A Murder in Oyster Bay • Cassandra Chan • ss 108 • Uncle Woody’s Thingamajig • Dave Zeltserman • ss 116 • Booked & Printed • Laurel Flores Fantauzzo • rc _116 • The Collective, Alison Gaylin, William Morrow • br _117 • Welcome to Your Fantasy, Natalia Petrzela Gimlet, podcast • rv _118 • In God We Lust, Aricia Skidmore-Williams & Brooke Siffrin Wondery, podcast • rv 119 • Locked-In • William Burton McCormick • ss 132 • All Our Crimes • Michael Nethercott • ss 138 • Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle • Arlene Fisher • pz 140 • Sugar and Spice • Elliot F. Sweeney • ss 152 • Birdbrains • Roger Johns • ss 158 • Pobre Maria [Capitán Guillèn] • Tom Larsen • ss 172 • Do Not Open Till Christmas • Steve Hockensmith • ss 183 • Case Files: Addicted to Prison: Institutionalized • Lee Lofland • cl 188 • The Story That Won: Gift from the Grave • Bruce Harris • ff; winner of the Sep/Oct 2021 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. 189 • Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation • Peter Kanter • ms
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v66 #11/12 November/December 2021] ed. Linda Landrigan, mng. ed. Jackie Sherbow (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by Douglas Bell) 2 • Contents Page 3 • The Long Game & The Lineup • Linda Landrigan • ed 4 • The Influencer • Ellen Tremiti • ss; illustration by Shutterstock 28 • Chicago Lightning • Loren D. Estleman • ss 41 • Mysterious Photograph: Thataway! • Anon • cn; $25 given to best short-short to explain the photograph 42 • The Mission • Christopher E. Long • ss 53 • Scrambled Mason II • Mark Lagasse • pz 54 • An Excellent Team • Edith Maxwell • ss; illustration by Shutterstock 67 • Loogy • Jim Fusilli • ss 76 • The Curse of Edwin Grange • James G. Tipton • ss 86 • Dry Bones • Mark Thielman • ss 94 • The Trouble with Rebecca • Larry Light • ss; illustration by Shutterstock 106 • Booked & Printed • Laurel Flores Fantauzzo • rc _106 • The School for Good Mothers, Jessamine Chan, Simon & Schuster • br 109 • Green Eyes • R.T. Lawton • ss 116 • Oro De Tontos (Fool’s Gold) • Tom Larsen • ss 137 • Killers: A Story of Love in Four Acts • Brendan DeBois • ss 146 • By His Own Hand • John H. Dirckx • ss; illustration by Shutterstock 150 • Digging Through Fog • Sharon Hunt • ss 160 • Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle • Arlene Fisher • pz 162 • Christmas Spirit • W.H. Cameron • ss 180 • Juliet and Her Romeo • Sydney Redcar • ss 187 • The Story That Won: Death Knell • Maureen Gaydos • vi; winner of the July/August 2021 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. 188 • Index: Volume 66 • ix 190 • Credits/Coming in January/February 2022 191 • Directory of Services
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I read on social media that Dell was sending their magazines inside a plastic sleeve to protect the magazine and keep the ugly mailing label off the cover, so I subscribed to AHMM to give it a try. Yes, it came as expected along with flyers for Penny Dell’s Puzzle books and their 4 fiction digests. Overall, I’m quite pleased. The magazine did not arrive in pristine condition. The trip through the mail left the book with a few bumps and bruises, but I’ve seen similar wear and creases on newsstand copies, so I think subscribing in 2021 offers a good alternative to newsstands. Off the rack, Dell digests cost $7.99 each. Via a 6-issue subscription they’re only $6.00 each.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v66 #9/10 September/October2021] ed. Linda Landrigan, mng. ed. Jackie Sherbow (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by Ron Chironna) 2 • Contents Page 3 • LoyaltyThe Lineup • Linda Landrigan • ed 4 • The Beano • Floyd Sullivan • ss; illustration by Daniel Zalkus 16 • Scrambled Mason I • Mark Lagasse • pz 17 • The Map Dot Murder • Mark • ss 28 • Gnawing at the Cat’s Tail • R.T. Lawton • ss 37 • Raining • Peter Colt • ss 46 • Glass • James R. Benn • ss 72 • Ice Ice Baby • Barb Goffman • ss 84 • Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle • Arlene Fisher • pz 86 • The Shoemaker’s Children • Tom Savage • ss 98 • Blindsided • Michael Bracken and James A. Hearn • ss 110 • Taxonomy Lesson • Robert Lopresti • ss; illustration by Hank Blaustein 117 • Booked & Printed • Laurel Flores Fantauzzo • rc _117 • After the Inquiry, Jolene Tan, Ethos Books • br _118 • The Prisoner, Hwang Sok-yong, translated by Anton Hur & Sora Kim-Russell, Verso Books • br 120 • Ju Ju • L.A. Wilson, Jr. • ss 139 • A Hell of a Thing . . . • Wayne J. Gardiner • ss 148 • No God West of Hays • Eric B. Ruark • ss; illustrated by Noah Bailey 176 • Paris Green • John C. Boland • ss 183 • Mysterious Photograph: Deus Ex Machina • Anon • cn; $25 given to best short-short to explain the photograph • cn 184 • Case Files: The Complex World of Grand Juries • Lee Lofland • cl 189 • The Story That Won: Make a List • Jeff Dycus • ff; winner of the May/June 2021 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v66 #7/8 July/August 2021] ed. Linda Landrigan, mng. ed. Jackie Sherbow (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by Shutterstock.com) 2 • Contents Page 3 • Triggers/The Lineup • Linda Landrigan • ed 4 • The Rabbi • Albert Tucher • ss 14 • The Waiting Game • Dana Haynes • ss; illustration by Tim Foley 29 • Mysterious Photograph: Sold Out! • Anon • cn; $25 given to best short-short to explain the photograph • cn 30 • The Regular Nobody Knew • Bob Tippee • ss 35 • Scrambled Francis II • Mark Lagasse • pz 36 • The Paris Manuscript • Joseph Goodrich • ss 50 • How I Solved a Blind Pig Murder • Mike Culpepper • ss 66 • Death Makes a Dinner Date • Joslyn Chase • ss; illustration by Kelly Denato 73 • The Sweet Life • Eve Fisher • ss 84 • Choas Theory • Mary Taugher • ss 92 • The Candidate • Tom Ziegler • ss 108 • Until You’ve Seen Their Shadows • Emily Devenport • ss; illustration by Kimberly Cho 120 • Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle • Arlene Fisher • pz 122 • The Jericho Incantation • Brian Cox • ss 138 • Stingers • LaToya Jovena • ss 144 • Nicky and the Darkness • Jason Half • ss 152 • El Cuerpo en el Barril [Black Orchid Novella Award] • Tom Larsen • na 189 • The Story That Won: Briefcasde Closed • John Wallace Teahan • ff; winner of the March/April 2021 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. 190 • Comming in Sep/Oct 2021
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v66 #5/6. May/June 2021] ed. Linda Landrigan, mng. ed. Jackie Sherbow (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by Shutterstock.com) 2 • Contents Page 3 • Good Company/The Lineup • Linda Landrigan • ed 4 • The Witches of Endor • Janice Law • ss; illustration by Tim Foley 13 • Lydia’s Law • Kevin Egan • ss 26 • The Road to Hana • R.T. Lawton • ss 34 • Tag, You’re Dead • John Lutz • ss 40 • Wednesdays at Ten • Joseph S. Walker • ss 55 • Mysterious Photograph: Make a List • Anon • cn; $25 given to best short-short to explain the photograph • cn 56 • The Fourth Circle • Robert Lopresti • ss; illustration by Ron Chironna 62 • Minerva James and the Judgment of the Furies • Mark Bruce • ss 83 • Scrambled Francis I • Mark Lagasse • pz 84 • The Devil in Preemption • Max Gersh • ss 88 • The Case of the Brain Tuber • Mark Thielman • ss 103 • Booked & Printed • Laurel Flores Fantauzzo • rc _103 • The Opium Prince, Jasmine Almaq, Soho Press • br _104 • The Stepdaughter, Debbie Howells, Kensington • br _105 • Memorial Drive, Natasha Tretheway, Ecco • br 106 • A Death in the Parish • Nick Spencer • ss 118 • School Spirits •James Lincoln Warren • ss 130 • The Last Waltz Across Texas • Michael Bracken • ss; illustration by Kimberly Cho 136 • Scratch • Robert Mangeot • ss 147 • Mr. Tesla Likes to Watch • Joseph D’Agnese • ss 158 • Gatorpalooza • Alan Orloff • ss 166 • Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle • Arlene Fisher • pz 168 • Brothers Out of Time • David Bart • ss 182 • Case Files: First Responders and the Covid-19 Pandemic • Lee and Denene Lofland • cl 189 • The Story That Won: It’s All Downhill from Here • S.D. Burke • ff; winner of the Jan/Feb 2021 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v66 #3/4. March/April 2021] ed. Linda Landrigan, mng. ed. Jackie Sherbow (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by Tim Foley) 2 • Contents Page 5 • Gateway Crime/The Lineup • Linda Landrigan • ed 6 • The Soul of Peg O’Dwyer • Michael Nethercott • ss; illustration by Ron Chironna 42 • Shank’s Locked Room [Leopold Longshanks] • Robert Lopresti • ss 50 • The Beast of Easedale Tarn • James Tipton • ss 67 • Mysterious Photograph: Bon Voyage • Anon • cn; $25 given to best short-short to explain the photograph. 68 • Friends and Neighbors • John M. Flyod • ss 75 • The Girl with the Gibson Girl Look • O’Neil De Noux • ss 89 • Scrambled Alleyn II • Mark Lagasse • pz 90 • A Night of Lies, Thieves, and Thunder, Long Ago • William Burton McCormick • ss; illustration by Daniel Zalkus 101 • Booked & Printed • Laurel Flores Fantauzzo • rc _101 • We Hear Voices, Evie Green, Berkley _102 • Sabrina, Nick Drnaso, Drawn and Quarterly 104 • Thank You For Your Service • Matthew Wilson • ss 124 • Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle • Arlene Fisher • pz 126 • Dead Man’s Hand • Melissa Yi • ss 136 • Saint Paddy’s Day • R.T. Lawton • ss; illustration by Kelly Denato 148 • Business as Usual • Wayne J. Gardiner • ss 156 • The Thrifty Way • Brendan DuBois • ss 169 • What the Doctor Ordered • John H. Dirckx • ss 175 • La Dueña [Captain Guillén] • Tom Larsen • ss 183 • Case Files: Moving in Bad Company (Part II) • Lee Lofland • cl 189 • The Story That Won: Black Friday • Rudy S. Uribe, Jr. • ff; winner of the November/December 2020 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v66 #1/2. January/February 2021] ed. Linda Landrigan, mng. ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by Shutterstock.com) 3 • Contents Page 5 • Fatal Resolutions/The Lineup • Linda Landrigan • ed 6 • Hard Money • Kevin Egan • ss; illustration by Daniel Zalkus 17 • Scrambled Alleyn I • Mark Lagasse • pz 18 • A Helping Hand • R.T. Lawton • ss 28 • Fake News • Larry Light • ss 47 • I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus • Rebecca Cantrell • ss 52 • Backwords • John H. Dirckx • ss 71 • Mysterious Photograph: It’s All Down From Here • Anon • cn; $25 given to best short-short to explain the photograph. 72 • There’s Nothing Funny About Murder • Michael Mallory • ss 91 • Reader, I Killed Him • Meredith Anthony • ss 96 • Ticking of the Big Clock • O’Neil De Noux • ss; illustration by Ron Chionna 122 • Booked & Printed • Laurel Flores Fantauzzo • rc 126 • The Underneath • Stephen Ross • ss 132 • Piper at the Back Door of Dawn • Dan Crawford • ss 138 • Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle • Arlene Fisher • pz 140 • Coming Clean • Leslie Budewitz • ss 152 • Mr. Jolly Gets His Jollies • Time Burke • ss; illustration by Kelly Denato 160 • Accusing Agnes • Marianne Wilski Strong • ss 170 • A Family Matter • Barb Goffman • ss 179 • The Masque of the Red Death • Edgar Allan Poe • AHMM’s “Mystery Classic.” 184 • Case Files: Moving in Bad Company (Part I) • Lee Lofland • cl 188 • The Story That Won: Don’t Call Me Peanut • Elaine Taylor • ss; winner of the September/October 2020 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. 189 • Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation • Peter Kanter • ms
New Releases Nostalgia Digest Autumn 2020 Contents Steve Darnall “Hello, Out There in Radioland!” Steve Darnall “Reflections of a Golden Age” (cover story) Dan McGuire “At This Theatre Next Week” Chapter Four Jordan Elliott “Man and Superman” (Clayton Collyer) Clair Schulz “Smilin’ Through” (Pegy Lynch) Walter Scannell “This Ladd for Hire” (Alan Ladd) Wayne Klatt “Pleasant Screams” (radio’s scary shows) Alex Udvary “Hollywood Madmen” (Clark & McCullogh) Stone Wallace “Prince of Players” (Raymond Massey) Mail Call Plus, the Radio Program Guide for Those Were the Days and WGN Radio Theatre
Nostalgia Digest Book 46 Chapter 4 Autumn 2020 Editor: Steve Darnall Cover: Mark Braun 5.5” x 8.5” 64 pages, b&w interior $4.50 on newsstands Four-issue subscription $17 Eight-issue subscription $30 Nostalgia Digest website
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2020 Contents Page Linda Landrigan: A Word of Thanks The Lineup Elliot F. Sweeney “Mrs. White Hart” art by Kimberly Cho Dan Crawford “Storage” Jane Pendjiky “Fruiting Bodies” Mysterious Photograph $25 fiction contest “The Handoff” Christopher Latragna “Call it Sad, Call it Funny” Sharon Jarvis “Who Killed What’s Her Name?” Laurel Flores Fantauzzo: Booked and Printed James Sallis “The Beauty of Sunsets” Wouter Boonstra “Archored” translated from the Dutch by Josh Pachter Steven Gore “Inflection” art by Daniel Zalkus Mark Lagasse: Scrambled Hitch (puzzle, solution on page 192) Arlene Fisher: Dying Words (acrostic puzzle, solution on page 192) Richard Freeborn “Family Harmony” John Paul Davies “Limited Edition” Dave Zeltserman “Past Due” art by Kevin Speidell Michael Nethercott “Old Echoes” Tom Larsen “Buscando Tupac” Bob Tippee “You Said This Was Business” Josh Pachter selects/introduces a Mystery Classic: “Thubway Tham’s Hoodoo Roll” by Johnston McCulley (Detective Story Magazine Nov. 12, 1921) Lee Lofland’s Case File: Excited Delirium The Story That Won (May/Jun) “Never a Dull Moment in the Kitchen” by Rosemary Herbert Coming in AHMM Nov/Dec 2020 Directory of Services/Indicia
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Vol. 65 No. 9 & 10 Sep/Oct 2020 Publisher: Peter Kanter Editor: Linda Landrigan Managing Editor: Jackie Sherbow Senior Director of Art & Production: Porter C. McKinnon Senior ADs: Victoria Green, Thomas Slosser Cover: Erika Steiskal 192 pages $7.99 on newsstands until Oct. 20, 2020 Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine website
Amazing Selects No. 3: Adrift in the Sea of Souls by David Gerrold Contents Page Adam-Troy Castro’s Introduction: The Sprung Chicken Steve Davidson’s Publisher’s Note: David Gerrold David Gerrold “Adrift in the Sea of Souls” David Gerrold “The White Piano” David Gerrold “Jacob in Manhattan” Author’s Afterword About the Author Art the Artist: M.D. Jackson
Amazing Selects No. 3 Publisher: Steve Davidson Cover and interior artwork M.D. Jackson 5.5” x 8.5” 170 pages Print $8.99 Kindle $8.99 Amazing Stories website
Also out is Mystery Weekly Magazine Sep. 2020, with stories by Nick LeGrand, Edward Lodi, Joseph S. Walker, Benjamin Mark, William Burton McCormick, Shea E. Butler, Stan Dryer, and Eric B. Rurark. Available in print $7.99 and Kindle $3.99
Digest Magazine Reviews John O’Neill gives an overview of the “Big 5” digests for Sep/Oct 2020 at Black Gate.
Robert Lopresti reviews Joseph S. Walker’s “Golden Lives” from Mystery Weekly Magazine Sep. 2020 at Little Big Crimes.
David Levinson reviews Worlds of If Oct. 1965 at Galactic Journey.
Kevin Tipple reviews Mystery Weekly Magazine April 2020 at Kevin’s Corner.
Digest Magazine Writers’ Updates Alan Dean Foster, whose “The Treasure of the Lugar Morto” appears in Analog Sep/Oct 2020, talks about writing at The Astounding Analog Companion.
Iris Hockaday, whose story “The Thunderstorm” appears in EQMM Jul/Aug 2020, reflects on “mystery” at Something is Going to Happen.
Jason Sandford on “The Eight-Thousanders” from Asimov’s Sep/Ocy 2020 at From Earth to the Stars.
Storytime Charlie Cancel’s “R/amitheasshole Posted by Tammy Whammy 2 Hours Ago” at Pulp Modern Flash.
Josh Pachter reads his “The Secret Lagoon” from EQMM Sep/Oct 2019 at Podomatic.
Zine Scene Jim Main’sBrain Freeze No. 5 was released this week. Its contributor list is too long to re-create here, but includes TDE illustrator Rick McCollum. The 52-page zine is available for $6.25 post paid from: Main Enterprises PO Box 93 New Milford, CT 06776
TDE Contributors’ Corner Jack Seabrook and Peter Enfantino review The Brave and the Bold No. 167, Batman No. 328, and Detective No. 495 at bare•bones e-zine.
Richard Kellogg sent a press release for his new book: Barry Baskerville’s Christmas Mystery (Airship 27, 2020) by Richard Kellogg and lavishly illustrated by Gary Kato, is now available from Amazon.com. In the seventh entry of this series of mysteries for children, Barry uses all his skills of observation and deduction to identify a thief who has been stealing Christmas trees from the lawns of the residents of Watsonville. Young readers will learn about the methods used by Sherlock Holmes while improving their own problem-solving skills. Sherlockians will find the book a great holiday gift for their children and grandchildren.
Jack Seabrook’s The Hitchcock Project—Harold Swanton Part Seven: Bang! You’re Dead at bare•bones e-zine.
Readin’ and Writin’ Alec Cizak offers creative writing tips on plotting at ACTV.
Did a fair about of reading this week, but didn’t finish any one of the books or digests currently in play. More next week.
Finished retouching the pages of Head No. 1 for Marc Myer’s upcoming Roman Scott collection.
This week’s progress on TDE13: Steve Carper sent nearly a dozen cover scans for his upcoming article on digest SF novels. Jack Seabrook tapped Walker Martin for help securing the final images from Mystery Book Magazine No. 16, for Jack’s article on Leo Marr. And the color work on Bob Vojtko’s six gag cartoons was completed. Four will appear on one page I’ve dubbed “Zowie” in tribute to the Lopez digest magazine from the 1970s.
Our current issue: The Digest Enthusiast No. 12 is available in print at Lulu.com and Amazon, and in digital formats at Kindle Books and Magzter.
Vintage Science Fiction Digest Galaxy Aug. 1977 Inside front cover by James R. Odbert Contents Page Calendar James Patrick Bean’s Editorial: Galaxy and the Galaxy Harbert Charles Petley “…and Earth So Far Away” art by Stephen Fabian Frederik Pohl: Postscript to Gateway Charles Sheffield “Perfectly Safe, Nothing to Worry About” Jerry Pournelle, PhD: A Step Farther Out (science fact) Frank Herbert “The Dosadi Experiment” Richard E. Geis: The Alien Viewpoint art by Tim Kirk Arsen Darnay “Pheromonal Fountain” Spider Robinson: Galaxy Bookshelf Jay Brandon “The All-Soul is Calling Quinlan” art by Stephen Fabian Directions (letter pages) Galaxy/If SF Mart (classified ads)
Galaxy Science Fiction Vol 38 No. 6 August 1977 Publisher: Arnold E. Abramson Editor: James Patrick Baen Art Director: Stephen Fabian Assistant Editor: Elaine Will Science Editor: J.E. Pournelle, PhD Contributing Editor: Spider Robinson Consulting Editor: Theodore Sturgeon Cover: Kelly Freas 5.25” x 7.75” 160 pages $1.25
New Releases Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 5 Summer 2020 Contents Page Alec Cizak: From the Editor Andrew Bourelle “Companion” Peter W.J. Hayes “The Bowie Knife” Mandi Jourdan “These Violent Delights” “Doc” Clancy “Ghost Town” Timothy Friend “Burnin’ Love” Serena Jayne “Necessary Evils” Adam S. Furman “Intercession” Victoria Weisfeld “The Unbroken Circle” Nils Gilbertson “How to Make a Boulevardier”
Publishers: Uncle B Publications & Larque Press LLC Editor: Alec Cizak Design: Richard Krauss Cover: Rick McCollum Interior Artwork: Ran Scott Cartoons: Bob Vojtko 5.5” x 8.5” 132 pages Print $6.99 Kindle $2.99
Editor Alec Cizak reads his introduction to the issue on ACTV.
The Jul/Aug 2020 issues of Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen are now available. For contents click on their titles.
Amazing Stories has launched a Kickstarter Campaign to help fund another four issues of the magazine.
Storytime The second issue of Close to the Bone is out with crime fiction and other genres. Free download.
Digest Magazine Blogs Robert Reed on “Who Carries the World” from F&SF May/Jun 2020 at Fantasy & Science Fiction.
Uncle Jack (Seabrook) and Cousin Peter (Enfantino) review Vampirella No. 17, Eerie No. 40, and Creepy No. 46 at bare•bones e-zine.
Readin’ and Writin’ There’s no other magazine I can think of like Nostalgia Digest. It’s kind of like TV Guide, only for radio; radio from its golden era celebrated anew every Saturday on WDCB and WGN, on air and online. The quarterly Digest shares the schedules and synopsis of all the shows and rounds out every issue with nearly a dozen articles on celebrities, popular culture, and history. The Summer 2020 edition, which I read this week, is the all-vintage swimsuit issue, featuring celebrities Ava Gardner, Doris Day, Anne Baxter, Kirk Douglas, Loretta Young, Alexis Smith, Jackie Cooper, Leila Ernest, Kay Stewart, Eddie Bracken, Richard Conte, Gene Tierney, Beryl Vaughn, Jimmy Durante, Maureen O’Hara, Marie Windsor, and Ginger Rogers. The articles on Keir Dullea, Andy Griffith, Jack Pearl, wartime baseball, the Chautauqua movement, and Jimmy Stewart were all enlightening and entertaining. My thanks to Editor, Publisher, and Host Steve Darnall for another great issue, and for all you do to keep old time radio and those thrilling days of yesteryear alive!
Also read the second issue of Verdict, for a work-in-progress article. Haven’t decided yet if it’s for The Digest Enthusiast No. 13, or elsewhere. Verdict No. 2 a terrific issue of a terrific magazine. Sad it only lasted four issues. Some strong entries here by Samuel Blas, Bruno Fischer, Dorothy B. Hughes, Henry Kane, Cornell Woolrich and of course Rex Stout, whose Neo Wolfe novel Fer De Lance is serialized.
Many thanks to Kevin Tipple for highlighting Michael Bracken’s story “El Despoblado” in The Digest Enthusiast No. 12 at The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog.
Thanks also to David Haden of Tentaclii, an H.P. Lovecraft blog, for including The Digest Enthusiast No. 12 in a post this week.
Received comp copies of the new issue of The Digest Enthusiast No. 12 from the printer and began mailing them out to contributors. This time the printed book was produced by Lulu.com and I’m very pleased with the results. Their all-new website and new standard color option enabled this edition to include a full color interior at a reasonable, if not inexpensive, price. The book is available in print at lulu.com and for Kindle and Magzter. Among many other features is Lester del Rey’s The Five Ages of Science Fiction by Ward Smith.
