This issue, we have originals from Albert Tucher (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), Ron Miller (a new Velda story), Richard Dansky, and Mark Fellin. Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman has a great tale by David Dean, and we have a dark fantasy classic by John S. Glasby and a science fiction classic by E.C. Tubb, continuing his ‘Space Hobo’ series. An original solve-it-yourself puzzler by Hal Charles rounds out the shorts this time.
On the novel front, we have another rare Golden Age mystery, this time by Ian Hay. And our science fiction novel is a classic science fiction thriller by Karel Čapek, who coined the term ‘robot’ in his classic play, Rossum’s Universal Robots.
Here’s the complete lineup—
COVER ARTIST
Ron Miller
NOVELS
The Poor Gentleman, by Ian Hay [Golden Age mystery]
A vanished fortune, a hidden past—secrets unravel in a quiet village.
Krakatit, by Karel Čapek [classic science fiction thriller]
A scientist discovers an explosive that could destroy civilization.
SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY
‘Death by Gnome,’ by Hal Charles
Can you solve the mystery before the detective? All the clues are there!
SHORT STORIES
‘The Venus Act,’ by Albert Tucher [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
A lawyer's island encounter reveals a deadly smuggling operation in paradise...
‘The Scourging of Jimmy Blake,''' by David Dean [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
An ex-mobster unleashes his old skills when his granddaughter vanishes.
‘Velda and the Unhappy Customer,’ by Ron Miller [P.I. Velda series]
Can Velda connect a peephole murder to an unexpected culprit?
‘Paws,’ by Richard Dansky
A mysterious predator's ‘gifts’ escalate from mice to murder.
‘Unheard Of,’ by Mark Fellin
A scientist discovers how to hear history in wood—at a devastating cost.
‘Mistake On Mars,’ by E.C. Tubb [Space Hobo #5]
Will a con man's Mars scheme backfire or set him up for life?
‘The Nightmare Road,’ by John S. Glasby
There was a road where no road existed. And Hell lay at the end of it!
Genre: Mystery
On the novel front, we have another rare Golden Age mystery, this time by Ian Hay. And our science fiction novel is a classic science fiction thriller by Karel Čapek, who coined the term ‘robot’ in his classic play, Rossum’s Universal Robots.
Here’s the complete lineup—
COVER ARTIST
Ron Miller
NOVELS
The Poor Gentleman, by Ian Hay [Golden Age mystery]
A vanished fortune, a hidden past—secrets unravel in a quiet village.
Krakatit, by Karel Čapek [classic science fiction thriller]
A scientist discovers an explosive that could destroy civilization.
SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY
‘Death by Gnome,’ by Hal Charles
Can you solve the mystery before the detective? All the clues are there!
SHORT STORIES
‘The Venus Act,’ by Albert Tucher [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
A lawyer's island encounter reveals a deadly smuggling operation in paradise...
‘The Scourging of Jimmy Blake,''' by David Dean [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
An ex-mobster unleashes his old skills when his granddaughter vanishes.
‘Velda and the Unhappy Customer,’ by Ron Miller [P.I. Velda series]
Can Velda connect a peephole murder to an unexpected culprit?
‘Paws,’ by Richard Dansky
A mysterious predator's ‘gifts’ escalate from mice to murder.
‘Unheard Of,’ by Mark Fellin
A scientist discovers how to hear history in wood—at a devastating cost.
‘Mistake On Mars,’ by E.C. Tubb [Space Hobo #5]
Will a con man's Mars scheme backfire or set him up for life?
‘The Nightmare Road,’ by John S. Glasby
There was a road where no road existed. And Hell lay at the end of it!
Genre: Mystery
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