Asimov’s Science Fiction [v46 #3 & 4, #554 & 555 Mar/Apr 2022] ed. Sheila Williams, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest) Cover by Shutterstock 2 • Contents Pages 4 • Guest Editorial: From SF to Philosphy in Thirteen Steps • Kelly Lagor • ed 6 • Reflections: Across the Centuries • Robert Silverberg • cl 10 • On the Net: Blinded By Science • James Patrick Kelly • cl 13 • How to Construct the Elements • Mary Soon Lee • pm 14 • Thought Experiment: Magic, Science, and the Moon in Le Voyage Dans La Lune • Kelly Lagor • cl 20 • Mender of Sparrows • Ray Nayler • nv 35 • The Magpie Stacks Probabilities • Arie Coleman • ss 39 • Creation • Bruce McAllister • pm 40 • Venus Exegesis • Christopher Mark Rose • nv 53 • Dollbot Cicily • Will McIntosh • nv 81 • Self Portrait • F.J. Bergmann • pm 82 • Sailing to Merinam • Marta Randall • ss 89 • Quake • Peter Wood • ss 99 • The Robot Aloft • Ken Poyner • pm 100 • Aurora • Michael Cassutt • nv 120 • The Gold Signal • Jack McDevitt & Larry Wasserman • ss 127 • Maryon’s Gift • Paul McAuley • ss 133 • Rewinding History • Herb Kauderer • pm 134 • The Short Path to Light • William Ledbetter • nv 150 • Do You Remember? • Steve Rasnic Tem • ss 157 • Next Issue • Anon • pv 158 • Offloaders • Leah Cypess • ss 161 • Blimpies [S’hudonni Empire] • Rick Wilber • na 202 • On Books • Norman Spinrad • rc _204 • Bela Lugosi’s Dead, Robert Guffey, Macabre Ink, $17.99 • br _205 • Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $16.39 • br _206 • Burn-In, P.W. Singer and August Cole, Mariner Books, $16.99 • br 208 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • cl
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Asimov’s Science Fiction [v46 #1 & 2, #552 & 553 Jan/Feb 2022] ed. Sheila Williams, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest) Cover by Dominic Harman 2 • Contents Pages 4 • Editorial: Looking Backward • Shelia Williams • ed 6 • Reflections: Five Million Monkey Selfies • Robert Silverberg • cl 10 • On the Net: Good Bots and Bad • James Patrick Kelly • cl 13 • Robot Valentine • Peter Tacy • pm 14 • Snowflake • Nick Walven • na 52 • Welcome Home • Jendayi Brooks-Flemister • ss 59 • Word Soup • Anatoly Belilovsky • pm 60 • River of Stars, Bridge of Shadows • A.A. Attanasio • nv 79 • Speech Lesson • Robert Frazier • pm 80 • The Roots of Our Memories • Joel Armstrong • ss 88 • Unmasking Black Bart • Joel Richards • ss 99 • October’s Feast • Michèle Laframboise • nv 117 • Messaging the Dead • Betsy Aoki • pm 118 • The Beast of Tara • Michael Swanwick • ss 124 • Fasterpiece • Ian Creasey • nv 139 • Long-Term Emergencies • Tom Purdom • ss 151 • Next Issue • Anon • pv 152 • The Boyfriend Trap • Stephanie Feldman • ss 160 • Goldie • Sean Monaghan • na 195 • On Books • Peter Heck • rc _195 • Rabbits, Terry Miles, Del Rey, $28.00, hc * br _195 • Holdout, Jeffrey Kluger, Dutton, $26.00, hc • br _196 • Version Zero, David Yoon, Putnam, $27.00, hc • br _197 • The Minders, John Marrs, Berkley, $17.00, tpb • br _198 • The Rain Heron, Robert Arnott, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16.00, tpb • br _198 • Hooting Grange, Jeffrey E. Barlough, Gresham & Doyle, $14.95, tpb • br _199 • The Saints of Salvation, Peter F. Hamilton, Del Rey, $39,00, hc • br _200 • The Future is Yours, Dan Frey, Del Rey, $27.00, hc • br _200 • The Unfinished Land, Greg Bear, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26.00, hc • br _201 • Hollow, B. Carling, Vintage, $17.00, tpb • br _202 • Living Forever & Other Terrible Ideas, Emily C. Skaftun, Fairwood Press, $17.99, tpb • br _202 • The Last Robot and Other Science Fiction Poems, Jane Yolen, Shoreline of Infinity, £6.50, tpb • br 203 • Thirty-Sixth Annual Readers’ Award ballot • Anon • cn 205 • Index of Vol. 45, 2021 • Anon • ix 207 • Statement of Ownership • Peter Kanter • ms 208 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • cl
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Asimov’s Science Fiction [v45 #11 & 12, #550 & 551 Nov/Dec 2021] ed. Sheila Williams, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest) Cover by Maurizio Manzieri 2 • Contents Pages 4 • Editorial: Thirty-Fifth Annual Readers’ Awards’ Results • Shelia Williams • ed 6 • Reflections: A Bad Day for the Dinosaurs • Robert Silverberg • cl 9 • I am Apple Orchard • Mark C. Childs • pm 10 • On the Net: Super! • James Patrick Kelly • cl 13 • Tracks • Bruce Boston • pm 14 • Hānai • Gregory Norman Bossert • nv 36 • Muallim • Ray Nayler • ss 45 • And the Raucous Depths Abide • Sam Schreiber • ss 49 • Disrupted Patterns • Jennifer Crow • pm 50 • Dream Interpretation • Jack Skillingstead • nv 67 • The Gem of Newfoundland • Sandra McDonald • nv 79 • Chalk and Carbon • Marissa Lingen • pm 80 • Striding the Blast • Gregory Feeley • ss 90 • Czerby at Midnight [Lena Ke’aloha] • Shelia Finch • nv 104 • Your Memories are Sponsored by a Fossil Fuel Company • Matt Thompson • pm 106 • From the Fire • Leah Cypess • nv 120 • Bread and Circuits • Misha Lenau • ss 128 • Daydream Believer • R. Garcia y Robertson • nv 147 • A Separate Resonance • P M F Johnson • pm 148 • The Ones Who Walk Away from the Ones Who Walk Away • David Gerrold • ss 159 • Tau Ceti Said What? • Jack McDevitt • ss 165 • La Terrienne • John Richard Trtek • na 199 • Next Issue • Anon • pv 200 • On Books: Alternate Realities • Norman Spinrad • rc _200 • Or Even Eagles Flew, Harry Turtledove, Prince of Cats Literary Productions, $6.99 • br _201 • And the Last Trump Shall Sound, Harry Turtledove, Cat Rambo, James Morrow, Caezik SF & Fantasy, $9.99 • br _204 • Speculative Los Angeles, ed. Denise Hamilton, Akashic Books, $13.09 • br _206 • Unfinished Land, Greg Bear, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26.00 • br 207 • The Tsuchinoko Always Lies • Megan Branning • pm 208 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • cl
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Asimov’s Science Fiction [v45 #9 & 10, #548 & 549 September/October 2021] ed. Sheila Williams, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest) Cover by Eldar Zakirow 2 • Contents Pages 4 • Editorial: Monstrous • Shelia Williams • ed 6 • Reflections: Roc of Ages • Robert Silverberg • cl 10 • On the Net: Dismal • James Patrick Kelly • cl 14 • Sleep and the Soul • Greg Egan • na 46 • The Dust of Giant Radioactive Lizards • Jason Sanford • ss 59 • June Lockhart’s Recurring Nightmare • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • pm 60 • Singular Days • James Gunn (his final story) • ss 68 • Breakfast with Jim • Kij Johnson • mm 70 • Shooting at Warner’s Bay • Michèle Laframboise • ss 81 • In the Library Annex • Bruce Boston • pm 82 • Filaments • Mercurio D. Rivera • ss 93 • Billie the Kid • Rick Wilber • nv 121 • Ikaria • Joel Richards • pm 122 • An Arc of Electric Skin • Wole Talabi • ss 127 • The Apocalypse and the Lake Mattamuskeet Gnat • Peter Wood • ss 138 • Your Luminous Heart, Bound in Red • S. Qiouyi Lu • ss 150 • The Bahnof Drive-In • James Van Pelt • ss 157 • Matriphagy • Naomi Kanakia • ss 159 • Helen Taussig (1898–1986) • Jessy Randall • pm 160 • A Blessing of Unicorns • Elizabeth Bear • na 200 • On Books • Norman Spinrad • rc _200 • The Minstry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit, $28.00 • br _204 • Space Station Down, Ren Bova & Doug Beason, Macmillian, $26.99 • br _205 • The Hole, Brandon Q. Morris, Hard Science Fiction, $16.99 • br 207 • Next Issue • Anon • pv 208 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • cl
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Asimov’s Science Fiction [v45 #7 & 8, #546 & 547 Jul/Aug 2021] ed. Sheila Williams, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest) Cover by Shutterstock.com 2 • Contents Pages 4 • Editorial: The 2021 Dell Magazine Awards • Shelia Williams • ed 6 • Reflections: Memories of the Space Age • Robert Silverberg • cl 10 • On the Net: The Tech that SF Made • James Patrick Kelly • cl 14 • The Prisoner’s Cinema • Gregory Norman Bossert • nv 37 • Alien Ball • Kristine Kathryn Rusch • ss 47 • Recipe for Time Travel in Case We Lose Each Other • Kristian Macaron • pm 48 Philly Killed His Car • Will McIntosh • nv 63 • Failed Space Colonists • Herb Kauderer • pm 64 • Seed Star • Fran Wilde • ss 74 • The Hazmat Sisters • L.X. Beckett • nv 91 • Giving Up the Ghost • Megan Lindholm • nv 103 • Holding Destiny • Jane Yolen • pm 104 • The Children of the Wind • Gregory Feeley • nv 120 • Huginn and Muninn—And What Came After • Michael Swanwick • ss 130 • Fibonacci’s Humors • Rudy Rucker & Brace Sterling • nv 151 • Ansibles • Ursula Whitcher • pm 152 • Tweak • Taimur Ahmad • ss 160 • Out of the Box • Jay O’Connell • na 199 • Next Issue • Anon • pv 200 • On Books • Peter Heck • rc _200 • Dead Lies Dreaming, Charles Stross, Tordotcom, $29.99, hc • br _201 • A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik, Del Rey, 28.00, hc • br _201 • City Under the Stars, Gardner Dozois & Michael Swanwick, Todotcom, $14.99, tpb • br _202 • Persephone Station, Stina Leicht, Saga, $27.00, hc • br _202 • Damned Pretty Things, Holly Matter, Aqueduct Press, $19.00, tpb • br _203 • The Hierarchies, Ros Anderson, Dutton, $26.00, hc • br _204 • The Collapsium, Wil McCarthy, Baen, $16.00, tpb • br _205 • The Shaman of Karres, Eric Flint & Dave Freer, Baen, $25.00, hc • br _206 • Raven Nothing, Som Paris, Aqueduct Press, $20.00, tpb • br _206 • Genesys X, B.J. Graf, Fairwood, $17.99, tpb • br _207 • Nice Bar Blues, Sheree Renée Thomas, Third Man Books, $16.95, tpb • br 208 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • cl
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Asimov’s Science Fiction [v45 #5 & 6, #544 & 545 May/June 2021] ed. Sheila Williams, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest) Cover by Shutterstock.com 2 • Contents Pages 4 • Editorial: Transitions • Shelia Williams • ed 6 • Reflections: The First Encyclopedia • Robert Silverberg • cl 10 • On the Net: Digital Heroes • James Patrick Kelly • cl 14 • Thought Experiment: Religion and Science Fiction • James Gunn • cl 20 • The Metric • David Moles • na 48 • Among the Marithei • Mary Anne Mohanraj • ss 54 • Reclaiming the Stars • James Gunn • na 70 • Ready Gas and Pills • Dominica Phetteplace • ss 77 • Año Nuevo • Ray Nayler • na 94 • Super Sprouts • Ian Creasey • na 120 • A Million Years • Tom Jolly • pm 122 • The Chartreuse Sky • K.A. Teryna & Alexander Bachilo; translated by Alex Shvartsman • ss 131 • My Heart Is at Capacity • TJ Berry • ss 141 • Inside Voice • Jackie Sherbow • pm 142 • Tin Man • Rick Wilber & Brad Aiken • na 161 • Speaking to Mom • Jane Yolen • pm 162 • Phosphor’s Circle • Annika Barranti Klein • ss 167 • Flattering the Flame • Robert Reed * na 197 • Next Issue • Anon • pv 198 • On Books • Sheree Renée Thomas • rc _198 • Master of Poisons, Andrea Hairston, Tor.com, $27.99, 512pp, hc • Sheree Renée Thomas • br _199 • Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse, Saga Press, $27.95, 454pp, hc • Sheree Renée Thomas • br _200 • Ring Shout or Hunting Ku Kluxes in the End Times, P. Djèlí Clark, Tor.com, $19.99, 181pp, hc • Sheree Renée Thomas • br _202 • The Deep, Rivers Solomon with musicians Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes, Saga Press, $14.99, 166pp, paper • Sheree Renée Thomas • br _203 • Trouble the Saints, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Tor.com, $26.99, 352pp, hc • Sheree Renée Thomas • br _204 • Reconstruction: Stories, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Small Bear Press, $17.00, 208pp, pb • Sheree Renée Thomas • br _206 • The Freedom Artist, Ben Okri, Akashic Books, $30.95, 336pp, hc • Sheree Renée Thomas • br _206 • Dominion, edited by Zelda Knight and Elpeki Oghenechovwe, Aurelia Leo, $19.99, 250pp, pb • Sheree Renée Thomas • br 208 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • cl
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Asimov’s Science Fiction [v45 #3 & 4, #542 & 543] ed. Sheila Williams, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest) Cover by NASA 2 • Contents Pages 4 • Editorial: Pandemic Editing • Shelia Williams • ed 6 • Reflections: Betelgeuse, We Hardly Knew Ye • Robert Silverberg • cl 10 • On the Net: The Game’s Afoot! • James Patrick Kelly • cl 14 • Glitch • Alex Irvine • na 50 • Time Traveler at the Grocery Store circa 1992 • Kristian Macaron • pm 52 • Somebody’s Child • Felicity Shoulders • nv 71 • The Destroyer Is in Doubt About Net Neutrality • Martin Ott • pm 72 • The Same Old Story • Anya Ow • ss 78 • Mrs. Piper Between the Sea and the Sky • Kali Wallace • ss 88 • Grandma +5° C • James Patrick Kelly • ss 99 • Sometimes a Poem • Jane Yolen • pm 100 • RE: Bubble 476 • A.T. Greenblatt • ss 112 • Mary Mary • Rudy Rucker • nv 138 • Flowers Like Needles • Derek Künsken • ss 149 • I Get a Call from My Estranged Father and Let It Go to Voicemail • Aaron Sandberg • pm 150 • Sentient Being Blues • Christopher Mark Rose • ss 163 • Next Issue • Anon • pv 164 • Dream Atlas • Michael Swanwick • ss 168 • Light Up the Clouds • Greg Egan • na 199 • We Chose Titan Together • Lauren McBride • pm 200 • On Books • Norman Spinrod • rc _200 • Coucil of Fire, Eric Flint & Walter H. Hunt, Baen, $25.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-9821-2415-1• Norman Spinrod • br _200 • The Last Human, Zack Jordan, Del Rey, $27.00, hc, ISBN: 987-0-451-49981-3• Norman Spinrod • br _201 • Penric’s Travels, Lois McMaster Bujold, Baen, $25.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-9821-2457-1• Norman Spinrod • br _201 • The Unspoken Name, A.K. Larkwood, Tor, $25.99, hc, ISBN: 978-1-250-23890-0• Norman Spinrod • br _202 • The Eleventh Gate, Nancy Kress, Baen, $16.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-9821-2458-8• Norman Spinrod • br _203 • Shorefall, Robert Jackson Bennett, Del Rey, $28.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-5247-6038-0• Norman Spinrod • br _204 • Unbecoming, Lesley Wheeler, Aqueduct Press, $18.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-61976-167-4• Norman Spinrod • br _204 • Cyber Shogun Revolution, Peter Tieryas, Ace, $16.00, tp, ISBN: 978-0-451-49101-5• Norman Spinrod • br _205 • The Ghosts of Sherwood, Carrie Vaughn, Tor.com, $3.99, ebook, ISBN: 978-1-250-75210-9• Norman Spinrod • br _205 • New Light Through Old Windows: Exploring Contemporary Science THrough 12 Classic Science FIction Tales, Stephen Webb, Springer, $19.95, ebook, ISBN: 978-3-030-03195-4• Norman Spinrod • br _206 • If This Goes On, edited by Cat Rambo, Parvus, $19.99, tp, ISBN: 978-0-997842-1-1• Norman Spinrod • br 207 • The Appeal of Time Travel • Kimberly Jones • pm 208 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • cl
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Asimov’s Science Fiction [v45 #1 & 2, #540 & 541] ed. Sheila Williams, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest) Cover by Donato Giancola 2 • Contents Pages 4 • Editorial: A Magical Eire • Shelia Williams • ed 6 • Reflections: One Hundred Years of Robots • Robert Silverberg • cl 9 • Mars Rover, Curiosity • Jan Yolen • pm 10 • On the Net: Get it? • James Patrick Kelly • cl 14 • A Rocket for Dimitrios • Ray Nayler • na 43 • The Fear of Missing Out • Robert H. Cloake • ss 49 • In Memoriam: Mike Resnick (1942–2020) • Sheila Williams • ob 50 • No Stone Unturned • Nick Wolven • nv 66 • The Three-Day Hunt • Robert R. Chase • ss 73 • The Papier-Mȃché Girl • Jane Yolen • pm 74 • Table Etiquette for Diplomatic Personnel, in Seventeen Scenes • Suzanne Palmer • nv 99 • The Pig, Wilber, to His Grandsons • Leslie J. Anderson • pm 100 • Hunches * Kristine Kathryn Rusch • nv 113 • Humans and Other People • Sean William Swanick • ss 122 • Shy Sarah and the Draft Pick Lottery • Ted Kosmatka • nv 139 • Within You and Without You • Robert Frazier • pm 140 • Mayor for Today • Fran Wilde • nv 156 • I Didn’t Buy It • Naomi Kanakia • ss 161 • When I’m Thirty I Receive a Box Full of Your Steel Bones • Avra Margariti • pm 162 • The Realms of Water • Robert Reed • na 195 • Next Issue • Anon • pv 196 • On Books • Norman Spinrod • rc Relic, by Alan Dean Foster; Random House, $7.99 Transformation, by James Gunn; ReAnimusPress.com, $3.99 The Death of the Universe, by Brandon Q. Morris; $14.99 201 • Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation • Peter Kanter • ms 203 • Thirty-Fifth Annual Readers’ Award Ballot • Anon • ms 205 • 2020 Index • Anon • ix 208 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • cl
New Releases Black Cat Mystery Magazine No. 6 Contents Page Michael Bracken: From the Cat’s Perch Trey R. Barker “Seven Card Joker High” Robert Guffey “The Loser” Michael Bracken “Blest Be the Tie that Binds” John Hegenberger “The Magnificent Score” Robert Lopresti “Worse than Death” Patricia Dusenbury “The Last Thing He Remembered” Laird Long “Paint the Clown Red” Bryce Walton “The Contagious Killer” (Classic Reprint)
Black Cat Mystery Magazine No. 6 (Vol. 2 No. 2) (June 2019) Publisher: John Gregory Betancourt Editor: Michael Bracken Production Team: Sam Cooper, Steve Coupe, Shawn Garrett, Sam Hogan, Yamini Manikoth Cover: Uncredited 6” x 9” 132 pages Print $14.49 Kindle $3.99 Black Cat Mystery website
Analog, Asimov’s Ju./Aug 2020
The Jul/Aug 2020 issues of Analog and Asimov’s are now available. For contents click on their titles.
Pulp Modern editor Alec Cizak provides an update on the fiction digest at No Moral Center and introduces Pulp Modern Flash, a new online genre fiction website.
Tales from the Magician’s Skull No. 4
Tales from the Magician’s Skull No. 4 Contents Page John C. Hocking “Guardian of the Broken Gem” Adrian Cole “On Death Seed Island” James Enge “Masks of Silence” James Stoddard “Cage of Honor” C.L. Werner “The Witch’s Hand” Ryan Harvey “The Dead Queen’s Triumph” Tom Doyle “Thieves of the Fallen World” Milton Davis “Apedamak’s Army” Terry Olson’s Appendix: Game Statistics
Tales from the Magician’s Skull No. 4 Publisher: Joseph Goodman Editor: Howard Andrew Jones Cover: Doug Kovacs Design: Lester B. Portly Interior Art: Chris Arneson, Randy Broecker, Samuel Dillon, Jannell Jaquays, Doug Kovacs, Brad McDevitt, Russ Nicholson, Stefan Prag 8.5” x 11” 72 pages Print $14.99
Analog July 1965 and World of If Aug. 1965
Digest Magazine Reviews Robert Lopresti reviews Mark Thielman’s “A Beastly Trial” from AHMM Jul/Aug 2020 at Little Big Crimes.
Stephen Mazur is leaving his post as Assistant Editor of F&SF. C.C. Finlay writes a farewell tribute at Fantasy & Science Fiction.
Stephen Mazur interviews Richard Bowes about “In the Eyes of Jack Saul” (F&SF May/Jun 2020) at Fantasy & Science Fiction.
Jacqueline Freimor whose story “That Which is True” debuts in EQMM Jul/Aug 2020 responds to the question: “Where do you get your ideas?” at EQMM’sSomething is Going to Happen.
Batman 323, Brave & Bold 162, Detective 490
TDE Contributor Corner Jack Seabrook and Peter Enfantino review Batman No. 323, The Brave and the Bold No. 162, and Detective Comics No. 490 at bare•bones e-zine.
Jack Seabrook presents The Hitchcock Project—Harold Swanton Part Two: Portrait of Jocelyn at bare•bones e-zine.
The Confession and Eddie’s World
Readin’ and Writin’ (6-28-20) Finished reading The Confession by Domenic Stansberry, Hard Case Crime, 2004 (HCC-006) this week. A criminal psychologist tells his first-hand story of the criminal justice system when he finds himself facing trial for the murder of his lover amid an avalanche of circumstantial evidence.
Second read of the week was Eddie’s World by Charlie Stella, from Stark House Press’ Black Gat imprint. It’s Black Gat Books No. 2. The copyright is 2001, first published by Carroll & Graf. Cover photo by Peter Rozovsky, book design by Mark Shepard.
Eddie is a sometimes gangster, sometimes word processor. He takes on his latest caper mostly to help out a friend who is in deep financial straits. It’s an after-hours heist for $15K in cash, split three ways between Eddie, Tommy, and the inside-gal Sarah. Like the rest of Eddie’s life, things get complicated, get worse, and get hard to see anyway free and clear of the noirish muck he’s mired in. Plot, characters, prose—this one’s terrific from every angle.
Updated several larquepress.com webpages this week, adding The Digest Enthusiast No. 12 and Pulp Modern No. 5 to their respective webpages and a complete redo of the links page.
Barb Goffman shares proofreading tips at SleuthSayers.
DreamHaven Books now has copies of The Digest Enthusiast No. 10–12 and bare*bones No. 1 and No. 2 for sale online and at their landmark store in Minneapolis.
Jack Seabrook wrapped up a terrific article on Mystery Book Magazine author Leo Marr that’s locked in for The Digest Enthusiast No. 13, due in January 2021.
John Shirley on Weirdbook No. 42
While you’re waiting you might want to check out the current issue that includes an interview with John Shirley about his special issue of Weirdbook No.42. The Digest Enthusiast No. 12 is available in print from select booksellers and Lulu.com–and in digital versions for Kindle and Magzter.
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb. 1959
Vintage Crime Digest Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb. 1959 Brett Halliday: First Appearances Brett Halliday “Keep Me Out of the Morgue” (Mike Shayne) Lewis Horne “Strangers in Gideon” Art Crockett “Murder Begins at Home” Johnston McCulley “Thubway Tham’s Double Play” Henry Slesar “Something Borrowed” John Jakes “The Crooked Three” Charles Beckman, Jr. “Framed” Dennis Weigand “Child’s Play”
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Vol 4 No. 3 Feb. 1959 Publisher: Leo Margulies Editorial Director: Cylvia Kleinman Production: Walter P. Dallas 5.5” x 7.75” 128 pages Cover Price: 35¢
April Digest Asimov’s Science Fiction May/Jun 2020 Contents Page Cady Coleman with Susan Alzner of Shift7 Guest Editorial: Will NASA’s Next Generation Spacesuit Fit You? Robert Silverberg’s Reflections: The One that Gets You Hooked Jane Yolen “Ode to Cassini” (verse) James Patrick Kelly’s On the Net: Two Dooms Eleanor Arnason “Tunnels” Alice Towey “The River” Sandra Lindow “Darning” (verse) Ian R. Macleod “The Mrs. Innocents” Jenny Blackford “Feeding Time” (verse) Brad Aiken & Rick Wilber “Ithaca” David Gerrold & Ctein “Ronni and Rod” Dominica Phetteplace “Digital Witness” James Gunn “Against the Stars” Ian Watson “Brave New World by Oscar Wilde” Robert Borski “How an Astroarcheologist Celebrates the Fourth of July” (verse) Evan Marcroft “Pax Mongolica” Suzanne Palmer “Hot New Collectible” (verse) Tegan Moore “Perfect Blue” Ruth Berman “The Riches of the Cloud Country” (verse) Bruce McAllister “The Voice” R. Garcia y Robertson “Living in Wartime” Norman Spinrad’s On Books: Modern Chinese Science Fiction—Windows into China • Invisible Planets edited and translated by Ken Liu • Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan, translated by Ken Liu • China Dream by Ma Jian, translated by Flora Drew Next Issue Erwin Strauss: SF Conventional Calendar
Asimov’s Science Fiction Vol. 44 No. 5 & 6, whole No. 532 & 533, May/Jun 2020 Publisher: Peter Kanter Editor: Sheila Williams Managing Editor: Emily Hockaday Editorial Assistants: Deanna McLafferty, Rae Purdom Senior Director of Art & Production: Porter C. McKinnon Senior Art Director: Victoria Green Cover: Anna & Elena Balbusso 208 pages, $7.99 on newsstands until June 16, 2020 Asimov’s website Asimov’s/Analog Value Pack-8 Asimov’s/Analog Value Pack-16
Digest Magazine Reviews Victoria Silverwolf reviews Fantastic May 1965 at Galactic Journey.
James Reasoner reviews Commando: Codename Warlord at Rough Edges.
Nostalgia Digest Back Issue Sale Spring cleaning unearthed a cache of 2013–2017 back issues at Nostalgia Digest HQ. Fill in your collection here (scroll down), while supplies last.
TDE Contributors’ Corner Peter Enfantino & Jack Seabrook review Warren’s Sept/Nov 1971 titles at bare•bones e-zine.
Peter Enfantino reviews Marvel/Atlas Horror Comics from June 1953 at bare•bones e-zine.
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Readin’ and Writin’ Finished reading the latest issue of Nostalgia Digest this week. Those Were the Days will celebrate its 50th Anniversary this year. Due to the pandemic, the special live event that had been scheduled for May 2nd, will be rescheduled. Nonetheless, this issue of Nostalgia Digest provides an interview with Chuck Schaden, who started the weekly radio show in 1970, as well as a enthralling excerpt from his memoir: Chuck Schaden’s Radio Days—Adding Decades to the Golden Age of Radio (Hall Closet Press, 2019).
Other issue highlights include articles on Tina Cole of Hawaiian Eye and My Three Sons,Raymond Burr, and movie star Jean Arthur. Another satisfying edition of Nostalgia Digest. Keep ‘em coming Steve Darnall!
Inspired by the special all-John Shirley issue of Weirdbook, I picked up a copy of the novelization of Constantine, also by Mr. Shirley, and read it this week. It’s terrific. A beautifully written, action-packed, supernatural, adventure story.
Spent a few hours working an my article about Fotocrime for the next issue of The Digest Enthusiast, and worked in edits from Alec Cizak for the next Pulp Modern—both digests scheduled for June release.
Vintage Western Digest Western Magazine February 1958 (final issue)
L.L. Foreman “Showdown at Saber Pass” In a double-crossing, cold-blooded game of cattle empire—a young, beautiful girl was the helpless pawn. And Lobo Turner was king of gunslingers.
Gardner F. Fox “Gunswift” Returning from a self-imposed exile, Con Mallard had need of his notorious gun rep to combat the savage welcome his old neighbors had waiting for him.
Joseph Chadwick “Trail-Town Raiders” The tough town of Rawson prepared its tricks and its heady temptations for the unsuspecting trail-driver Riordan—who had acquired plenty of steam to let off.
Ed Montgomery “Robber’s Reunion” When Cowhide County elected a sheriff, hardcases took over the vote getting.
Western Magazine Vol. 5 No. 1 Feb. 1958 Publisher: Martin Goodman Editor: Harry Widmer Business Manager: Monroe Froehlich, Jr. Art Director: Mel Blum ~5.5” x 7.75” 160 pages 35¢
