Robert A.W. Lowndes’ Startling Mystery Stories No. 2 gets its due in an inclusive review of its stories, with author backgrounds and feature summaries. Read all about it in The Digest Enthusiast No. 15, now is available in four editions:
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Steve Carper returns to the pages of The Digest Enthusiast with a robust report on the rare children’s digest series, Boys’ and Girls’ Fiction, straight out of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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The crime fiction of “lost author” Carl G. Hodges is ripe for revival. Join the ranks of his fans as we recount his career along with a deep dive into 1951’s digest novel: Crime On My Hands in The Digest Enthusiast No. 15, available in four editions:
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Joseph Gollomb, once credited as the premier true crime reporter of his day, proves the conceit in his Crimes of the Year, published by Horace Liveright in 1931. The hardcover was reprinted in large part as the digest, 11 True Crimes by Green Publishing, exact date unknown. Read our in-depth review of the digest and its history in The Digest Enthusiast No. 15, available in four editions:
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Jack Seabrook lauds Avon’s Murder Mystery Monthly No. 31 with William Irish’s “If I Should Die Before I Wake” in a revealing examination of the master’s talent for terror and suspense. One of the many pieces in The Digest Enthusiast No 15, now available in four editions:
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Don’t miss Peter Enfantino’s conclusion to his three-part review of Manhunt 1955 with his pick of the top ten tales of that year. It’s all part of The Digest Enthusiast No 15, now available in four editions:
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The Digest Enthusiast welcomes Anthony Perconti to our pages with issue No. 15. Anthony corresponded with author William Preston for his article about Preston’s Old Man sequence for Asimov’s Science Fiction, that includes a peek into the final episode that is yet to come.
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Before it was a movie, The Seven Year Itch was a play starring Vanessa Brown and Tom Ewell. Tom Brinkmann takes a look inside People Today’s cover story in The Digest Enthusiast No. 15.
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Howard Browne’s vision for the ultimate fantasy and science fiction digest: Fantastic. An in-depth review of Fantastic’s first year, packed with the inside stories behind its fiction in The Digest Enthusiast No. 15.
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The digest paperback that took center stage at the Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials in 1952. Gary Lovisi exposes all the fun and fuss over N.R. de Mexico’s most infamous novel, Marijuana Girl, in The Digest Enthusiast No. 15.
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