This issue, we have original mysteries by Mark Thielman (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Joslyn Chase, plus a modern classic by Eve Fisher (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman). Our novel is a Golden Age tale by Isabel Ostrander. Of course, there's also a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.


On the more fantastic side of things, we have a dark fantasy from British master Edmund Glasby, plus a classic tale by Allen Kim Lang...who, at age 95, is still with us. (His most recent story appeared in Analog in 2020.) Plus we have a Lancelot Biggs story by Nelson Bond, a classic SF story by Randall Garrett, and a fantasy novel by Manly Wade Wellman. Good stuff!


Here's the complete lineup-


Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:
'Dramatis Personae,' by Mark Thielman [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
'The Black Bandana Kid Rides Again,' by Hal Blythe Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
'Sophistication,' by Eve Fisher [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
'A Killer View,' by Joslyn Chase [short story]
Ashes to Ashes, by Isabel Ostrander [novel]


Science Fiction & Fantasy:
'Something About Spiders,' by Edmund Glasby [short story]
'Lancelot Biggs Cooks a Pirate,' by Nelson S. Bond [short story]
'The Price of Eggs,' by Randall Garrett [short story]
'I, Gardener,' by Allen Kim Lang [short story]
Fearful Rock, by Manly Wade Wellman [novel]