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]

The Phantom Archer