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Mystery Weekly Magazine July 2020
Contents Page
Coy Hall “A Hazard of the Job”
Jeffrey Hunt “Sir Oxnard”
Tell James Glenn “Screen Shot”
April Kelly “Setting the Pick”
Vincent H. O’Neil “Tombstone Dodge”
Joe Giordano “Star Witness”
Adam Meyer “Wipeout”
Gordon Linzner “The Corpse at the Foot of My Bed”
Laird Long “Poisoned Relationship” (A You-Solve-It)
Mystery Weekly Magazine No. 59 July 2020
Publisher: Chuck Carter
Editor: Kerry Carter
Cover: Robin Grenville-Evans
7.4” x 9.7” 84 pages
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Fantasy & Science Fiction Jul/Aug 2020
Contents Pages
Charles Coleman Finlay: Editorial
Rati Mehrotra “Knock, Knock Said the Ship”
M. Rickert “Last Night at the Fair”
James Morrow “Bible Stories for Adults No. 37: The Jawbone”
John Kessel “Spirit Level”
Charles de Lint: Books to Look For
Michelle West: Musing on Books
David Erik Nelson “All Hail The Pizza King And Bless His Reign Eternal”
Ana Hurtado “Madre Nuestra, Que Estás en Maracaibo”
Mary Soon Lee “A Quartet of Alphabetic Bubbles” (verse)
Bennett North “A Bridge from Sea to Sky”
Mel Kassel “Crawfather”
Madeleine Robins “’Omunculus”
David J. Skal’s Films: Darkness Visible
Jerry Oltion’s Science: What the Heck Is an Analemma?
Stephanie Feldman “The Staircase”
Brian Trent “The Monsters of Olympus Mons”
Natalia Theodoridou “The Shape of Gifts”
Coming Attractions
F&SF Market Place
Thomas Kaufsek’s Curiosities: The Contaminant by Leonard Reiffel (1978)
Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol. 139 No. 1 and 2, No. 750, Jul/Aug 2020
Publisher: Gordon Van Gelder
Editor: C.C. Finlay
Assistant Publishers: Barbara J. Norton, Keith Kahla
Assistant Editors: Robin O’Connor, Stephen L. Mazur, Lisa Rogers
Contests Editor: Carol Pinchefsky
Cover: Alan M. Clark
Cartoons: Arthur Masear, Danny Shanahan, Kendra Allenby, Nick Downes
258 pages, $8.99 on newsstands until August 31, 2020
Fantasy & Science Fiction website
Digest Magazine Blogs
Alec Nevada-Lee writes about his story “Retention” from Analog Jul/Aug 2020 and in audio from The Outer Reach and Syndromes at The Astounding Analog Companion.
Kevin Mims on lockdown book browsing at EQMM’s Something is Going to Happen.
Will McIntosh explains The Future of Dating and his story “Nic and Viv’s Compulsory Courtship” from Asimov’s Jul/Aug 2020 at From Earth to the Stars.
Digest Magazine Reviews
Robert Lopresti reviews “Setting the Pick” by April Kelly from Mystery Weekly Magazine July 2020 at Little Big Crimes.
James Reasoner reviews Commando: Retribution! at Rough Edges.
Gideon Marcus reviews Galaxy Aug. 1965 at Galactic Journey.
Gabe Dybing reviews the Asimov’s and Analog Jul/Aug 2020 issues at Black Gate.
Storytime
Gary Hoffman’s “Happy Birthday, Baby” at Kings River Life Magazine. (Thanks, Kevin Tipple.)
TDE Contributor’s Corner
Uncle Jack (Seabrook) and Cousin Peter (Enfantino) review Vampirella No. 18, Eerie No. 41, and Creepy No. 47 at bare•bones e-zine.
Readin’ and Writing’
Worked on my review of the Verdict digest this week, and finished reading the third issue of the series. The lead story, “Bay City Blues’ by Raymond Chandler is excellent, but I struggled writing a recap. Chandler’s stories are always packed with characters fading in and out of complex plots. His trademark prose and non-stop action are thrilling. but I find it easy to forget details of what’s what. I went through a second time and made notes so I could write about it intelligently. It is a tightly plotted tale and everything lines up as it should. It’s also a magical reading experience.
Besides Part 3 of Rex Stout’s novel Fer-De-Lance, the other standout story in this issue is Bruno Fischer’s “No Escape.” The story opens with a home invasion and the tension never stops until the end. Masterful storytelling by another crime fiction maestro.
Thanks to Tony Gleeson for his post about The Digest Enthusiast No. 12 on Facebook this week. In addition to the interview with Tony—and one with John Shirley, the issue also features a comprehensive report from Steve Carper about Photoplay Editions the first novelizations of famous films—and even a few plays. TDE12 is available in print from Lulu.com, and on Kindle and Magzter in digital.
The print version of TDE12 is also in stock at Bud’s Art Books and Mike Chomko Books.
Vintage SF and Fantasy Digest
Fantastic January 1974
Contents Page
Ted White: Editorial
Howard L. Meyers “The Earth of Nenkunal” art by Jeff Jones
David R. Bunch “Alien”
Ted White “And Another World Above” art by Michael Nally
Janet Fox “She-Bear” art by Michael Kaluta
J.J. Russ “The Interview”
Barry N. Malzberg “Network” art by Joe Staton
Susan Doenim “Heartburn in Heaven” art by Gray Morrow
According to You (Letters)
Fantastic Vol. 23 No. 2 January 1974
Publisher: Sol Cohen
Assoc. Publisher: Arthur Bernhard
Editor: Ted White
Assoc. Editor: Grant Carrington
Assist. Editors: Moshe Feder, John Berry
Art Director: J. Edwards
Cover: Esteban Maroto
5.25” x 7.75” 130 pages 60¢
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
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Digest Magazine Reviews
Victoria Silverwolf reviews Fantastic May 1965 at Galactic Journey.
James Reasoner reviews Commando: Codename Warlord at Rough Edges.
Gideon Marcus reviews Analog May 1965 at Galactic Journey.
Digest Magazine Blogs
The May/June issue of AHMM is previewed at Trace Evidence.
Robert Lopresti discusses his story “Shanks Saves the World” in AHMM May/Jun 2020 at Trace Evidence.
Gabino Iglesias interviews Wendy Heard at EconoClash Review.
Amanda Hollander on “A Feast of Butterflies” from F&SF Mar/Apr 2020 at Fantasy & Science Fiction.
Jim Weikart on the International Association of Crime Writers at EQMM’s Something is Going to Happen.
Eleanor Arnason on “Tunnels” from Asimov’s May/Jun 2020 at From Earth to the Stars.
Aimee Ogden on her story “To Persist, However Changed” from Analog May/Jun 2020 at The Astounding Analog Companion.
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¢
Read Peter Enfantino’s story-by-story recap of Western Magazine in The Digest Enthusiast No. 8.
Paul Fraser reviews Astounding Science Fiction Vol. 33 No. 3 May 1944 on SF Magazines.
Victoria Silverwolf reviews Fantastic Vol. 14 No. 3 March 1965 on Galactic Journey.
The print version of season one of Guns + Tacos season one arrived last Saturday. Each of its two volumes, created and edited by Michael Bracken and Trey H. Barker include three stories around 40 pages each. Volume One: Gary Phillips, Bracken, and Frank Zafiro. Volume Two: Barker, William Dylan Powell, James A. Hearn, and a bonus story by Bracken, making this the thicker of the two volumes. Season Two has been ordered and will begin later this year from Down & Out Books.
Art Taylor writes about the story order in his new anthology The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74 at Auntie M Writes. (Hat tip Kevin Tipple).
Artist and author Tony Gleeson’s new book, Find the Money, is now available on amazon. The mysterious Vanessa has vanished, and it’s worth a million dollars to a vicious drug lord to get her back. But the ransom disappears, turning up in the hands of a bewildered innocent bystander, while ruthless gangsters and hapless kidnappers alike desperately search for the money. Meanwhile, Detective Marlon Morrison, who only wants to comfortably ride out the final year and a half before his retirement without incident, finds himself involved with a growing succession of murder victims, and a bizarre case growing in complexity by the hour…
Josh Pachter talks to Publisher’s Weekly about his anthologies The Misadventures of Ellery Queen and The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe. (Hat tip Michael Bracken)
Doug Draa announced on Facebook that Weirdbook No. 42 has gone to print!
A.T. Sayre describes his joy and appreciation at having his first story, “Rover,” published in the venerable Analog.
Found all four March/April 2020 Dell digests on shelves this week at my local Barnes & Noble’s. Alfred Hitchcock’s features William Burton McCormick’s cover story “Night Train to Berlin.” Ellery Queen’s cover highlights its “Mystery Strangers” theme. Although not listed on the cover, indie favorite Preston Lang also has a story inside—congrats!
Asimov’s cover features Nancy Kress’ “Semper Augustus” and Analog continues their retro-look celebration of their 90th year. Note F&SF Editor C.C. Finley’s name on the cover, and inside there’s a new story by Edd Vick* and Manny Frishberg. *Vick as interviewed by D. Blake Werts in The Digest Enthusiast No. 6.
Corey Flintoff talks about his “Interlude in Arcadia” (F&SF J/F 2020) on the Fantasy & Science Fiction blog.
Readin’ and Writin’
Finished the audio book version of The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler and loved it. I listened while driving and more than once got so lost in the gorgeous prose I had to try to remember what was happening in the plot. Narrator Ray Porter’s cadence and inflections are a perfect match to Tom Hanks’.
Also on audio, I listened to Break Shot: My First 21 Years by James Taylor. A intimate memoir with Taylor’s recollections of family dysfunction, fighting addiction, and working with Danny (Kootch) Kortchmar, Peter Gordon, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, and Carol King. This guided tour of his early life is interspersed with his gorgeous melodies. Riveting, sad, and unforgettable.
In print, I read Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine June 1957. This issue wraps up the trilogy of the serialized Weep for a Blond Corpse, with more action and excitement than the previous two installments. It also boasts two outstanding novelets by Helen Nielsen and Tedd Thomey, as well as some fine short stories by Fletcher Flora, James Schucker, D.E. Forbes, Murray Wolf, and F. Keston Clarke. A great issue of a great digest magazine! Watch for my reviews in a coming issue of bare•bones.
Jeff Vorzimmer, editor of Stark House Press’ Best of Manhunt, read through the current issue of The Digest Enthusiast and awarded it a 5-Star rating this week on GoodReads. Thanks much, Jeff!
TDE12 Update: Met with my writing group on Thursday and shared my review of Paperback Fanatic No. 43, which will appear in TDE12. Also completed the initial layout of my interview with Tony Gleeson for the issue. Thanks to Tony, it’s loaded with beautiful artwork—mostly from vintage digests.
From the Vault
Ad copy on page 2: “. . . if you enjoy this issue let us enter a subscription for you so that True Crime Detective may be delivered to you on or before publication date without extra cost. You will find each issue a little better than the one before—an anthology of the best detective true crime stories new and old.” Cost? $1.40 for 4 issues. In 2020 dollars that’s $13.53. I have a feeling it would be more, but I’d get it if it were still being published today. Next week: the final issue.
True Crime Detective Vol. 3 No. 3 Summer 1953
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W.T. Brannon “Rendezvous at Rondout”
Joseph Shillips “They Wrote Their Own Convictions”
Homer Croy “Cherokee Bill”
William Roughead “The Merrett Mystery”
Manly Wade Wellman “The General Dies at Dusk”
Miriam Allen deford “The Reluctant Lover”
Frank Mullady “Judgement for a Messiah”
Publisher: Lawrence E. Spivak
Editors: Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas
General Manager: Joseph W. Ferman
Managing Editor: Robert P. Mills
Advisory Editor: Charles Angoff
Art Director: George Salter
Cover: Dirone Photography from “Rendezvous at Rondout”
5.5” x 7.75” 128 pages 35¢
This issue Ted White laments the passing of rising star Thomas Burnett Swann (1928–1976), who succumbed to a second bout with cancer on May 5, 1976. White announced plans to publish Swann’s untitled “prequel” to Day of the Minotaur and The Forest of Forever in a future issue, but it seems a wish never unfulfilled.
Contents Page
Ted White: Editorial
Fred Saberhagen “The White Bull” art by Steve Fabian
Robert Thurston “Parker Frightened on a Tightrope” art by Richard Olsen
Brian Lumley “Tharquest and the Lamia Orbiquita” art by Doug Beekman
Lin Carter “Black Moonlight” (Thongor) art by Tony Gleeson
L. Sprague de Camp: Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: White Wizard in Tweeds (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Dennis More “The Forest of Andred” (Felimid) art by Steve Fabian
Fritz Leiber: Fantasy Books
—Supernatural Cats edited by Claire Necker
—The Personal Eye by Clarence John Laughlin
—Kings of Horror by Arthur Machen & Robert W. Chambers
—The Ancient Mysteries Reader edited by Peter Haining
According to You (Letters)
Classified Advertisements
Fantastic Sword & Sorcery and Fantasy Stories Vol. 25 No. 5 November 1976
Publisher: Sol Cohen
Assoc. Publisher: Arthur Bernhard
Editor: Ted White
Assoc. Editor, Emeritus: Grant Carrington
Assist. Editors: Terry Hughes
Art Director: J. Edwards
Cover: Doug Beekman
5.25” x 7.75” 132 pages $1.00
A sentence from Ted White’s editorial in this issue seems quite relevant to the current situation in Washington on this Friday the 13th:
“”Basically, we each bring our own attitudes to what we read—and we read the same things very differently.”
Contents Page
Ted White: Editorial
Avram Davidson “Bloody Man” art by Steve Fabian
Ova Hamlet “God of the Naked Unicorn” art by Daniel J. Steffan
Grania Davis “New-Way-Groovers Stew” art by Tony Gleeson
L. Sprague de Camp “Algy” art by Joe Staton
Clark Ashton Smith & Lin Carter “The Stairs in the Crypt” art by Richard Olson
Dennis More “The Atheling’s Wife” art by Steve Fabian
Steven Utley “OCean”
Fritz Leiber: Fantasy Books
—Deathbed Stories by Harlan Ellison
—Gods, Men and Ghosts by Lord Dunsany
—Harrigan’s File by August Derleth
—Disclosures in Scarlet by Carl Jacobi
—The Miscast Barbarian by L. Sprague de Camp
According to You (Letters)
Classified Advertisements
Fantastic Sword & Sorcery and Fantasy Stories Vol. 25 No. 4 August 1976
Publisher: Sol Cohen
Assoc. Publisher: Arthur Bernhard
Editor: Ted White
Assoc. Editor, Emeritus: Grant Carrington
Assist. Editors: Lou Stathis, Terry Hughes
Art Director: J. Edwards
Cover: Steve Fabian
5.25” x 7.75” 132 pages $1.00
Among other topics, Ted White discusses two spoken-word record albums in this editorial this issue— Robert E. Howard: From the Hells Beneath the Hells (Alternate World Recordings) and Robert E. Howard’s Conan (Moondance Production). After his comments about the albums themselves he contemplates their future:
“Still, I wonder how great the market is for spoken-word recordings in our field. Such records cannot be used as “background music,” they demand one’s total attention. In this day and age, is anyone ready to give up half and hour or more of his or her time in order to listen to spoken recordings? How many times can one play and enjoy such records before tiring of them?”
The problem was the media. Vinyl isn’t portable. Now that spoken word recording have gone digital, their popularity has soared. A perfect accompaniment to driving or exercise or a slew of other tasks.
Contents Page
Ted White: Editorial
Randall Garrett “The Sixteen Keys” art by Richard Olsen
Best By Mail
Robert Thurston “One Magic Ring, Used” art by Joel Pollack
George R.R. Martin “The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr” art by Steve Fabian
Karl Edward Wagner “Two Suns Setting” art by Jeff Jones
Michael F.X. Milhaus “In a Pig’s Eye” art by Steve Fabian
J.J. Russ “Pinnoke” art by Roy Comiskey
Jack Haldeman & Jack Dann “Limits” art by Tony Gleeson
Kendall Evans “The Day I Lost It”
Fritz Leiber: Fantasy Books
—A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Andersson
—The Not-World by Thomas Burnett Swann
—Xelucha by M.P. Shiel
—From Evil’s Pillow by Basil Copper
—Stories of Darkness and Dread by Joseph Payne Brennan
—Dreams from R’Lyeh by Lin Carter
—Citadels of Mystery by L. Sprague and Catherine C de Camp
—Fantasy Collector’s Annual 1974, 1975, and The Fire-Fiend and the Raven edited by Gerry de la Ree
—The Bradbury Companion by William F. Nolan
According to You (Letters)
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
Classified Advertisements
Fantastic Sword & Sorcery and Fantasy Stories Vol. 25 No. 3 May 1976
Publisher: Sol Cohen
Assoc. Publisher: Arthur Bernhard
Editor: Ted White
Assoc. Editor, Emeritus: Grant Carrington
Assist. Editors: Lou Stathis, Terry Hughes
Art Director: J. Edwards
Cover: Steve Hickman
5.25” x 7.75” 130 pages $1.00
Excerpts from Ted White’s editorial:
“The situation we find ourselves in today is overwhelming to some people.”
“So they turn to something which will give their lives and their universe meaning. They turn to superstition—to fantasy, in its broader sense.”
“Our cover this issue is one of which I am particularly proud. I think it marks a new breakthrough for Steve Fabian, the artist.”
Contents
Ted White: Editorial
Gordon Eklund “The Locust Descending” art by Stephen E. Fabian
Grania Davis “It’s Hard to Get Into College, Nowadays” art by Richard Olsen
Robert Thurston “Groups” art by Joe Staton
Michael F.X. Milhaus “A Personal Demon” art by Dan Steffan
Lin Carter “People of the Dragon” art by Marcus Boas
Marvin Kaye “The Incredible Umbrella” art by Stephen E. Fabian
According to You (Letters)
Best By Mail
Classified Advertisements
Fantastic Sword & Sorcery and Fantasy Stories Vol. 25 No. 2 February 1976
Publisher: Sol Cohen
Assoc. Publisher: Arthur Bernhard
Editor: Ted White
Assoc. Editor, Emeritus: Grant Carrington
Assist. Editors: Lou Stathis, Terry Hughes
Art Director: J. Edwards
Cover: Stephen E. Fabian
5.25” x 7.75” 130 pages $1.00
Excerpts from Ted White’s editorial:
“Last issue, in a last-minute decision after the issue had been completely made up and was ready to print, we raised our cover price from 75¢ to $1.00 a copy. We had hoped to avoid this move, having raised our price from 60¢ only a year and half earlier. However, economic realities made it necessary—I do not think I need to tell you that the rate of inflation in our economy in the last year has been frightening.”
“We could not increase the number of our pages, paper costs being what they are, but we have decreased the size of our type—going from 10-point type for the stories to 9-point, which adds in equivilent wordage an extra two stories to this issue. This is a permanent change, and it means more fiction every issue.”
Contents
Best By Mail (Classifieds)
Ted White: Editorial
Avram Davidson “The Church of Saint Satan and Pandaemons” art by Richard Olsen
Lin Carter “The City in the Jewel” art by Stephen E. Fabian
George Alec Effinger “Lydectes: On the Nature of Sports” art by Joe Staton
Vsevolod Ivanov “Sisyphus, Son of Aeolus” translated by John W. Andrews, art by Tony Gleeson
Barry N. Malzberg “The Thing Down Hallway 9”
James Lincoln Warren “The Purvess Incident” art by Marcus Boas
Colin Saxton “The Flyer” art by Colin Saxton
Richard Stooker “The Pi-a-saw Bird” art by Michael Nally
Felix C. Gotschaulk “Pandora’s Cryogenic Box”
David R. Bunch “The Strange Case of the Birds”
L. Sprague de Camp: Literary Swordsmen & Sorcerers (The Architect of Camelot)
Fritz Leiber: Fantasy Books
According to You (Letters)
Classified Advertisements
Fantastic Sword & Sorcery and Fantasy Stories Vol. 25 No. 1 December 1975
Publisher: Sol Cohen
Assoc. Publisher: Arthur Bernhard
Editor: Ted White
Assoc. Editor, Emeritus: Grant Carrington
Assist. Editors: Lou Stathis, Terry Hughes
Art Director: J. Edwards
5.25” x 7.75” 130 pages $1.00
Contents
Ted White: Editorial
Avram Davidson “The Case of the Mother-In-Law-of-Pearl” art by Richard Olsen
Clark Ashton Smith & Lin Carter “The Scroll of Morloc” art by Michael Nally
Dennis More “Fugitives in Winter” art by Laurence Kamp
W.S. Doxey “From Bondeen to Ramur” art by Tony Gleeson
Addison Steele II “The Wedding of Ova Hamlet” art by Joe Staton
Robert Thurston “The Haunted Writing Manual” art by Marcus Boas
Grania D. Davis “To Whom It May Concern” art by Stephen E. Fabian
Grant Carrington “A Shakespearean Incident”
Fritz Leiber: Fantasy Books
According to You (Letters)
Classified Advertisements
Fantastic Sword & Sorcery and Fantasy Stories Vol. 24 No. 6 October 1975
Publisher: Sol Cohen
Assoc. Publisher: Arthur Bernhard
Editor: Ted White
Assoc. Editor, Emeritus: Grant Carrington
Assist. Editors: Lou Stathis, Terry Hughes
Art Director: J. Edwards
Cover: Marcus Boas
5.25” x 7.75” 130 pages $1.00
