Our 85th issue is quite the treatâthree original tales by three top authors, a time-travel story, a fantasy bar story, two novels, and more! I leave it to you to explore this issue and find out whatâs what, which is whose, and whodunit. (Or did they?) Itâs a fun issue and one of our best.
Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman is still on leave (sheâll be back in May), so again Michael Bracken is filling in for her. And we hope to have a new selection from Acquiring Editor Cynthia Ward shortly, too.
Hereâs this issueâs complete lineup:
Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:
âOf Average Intelligenceâ OâNeil De Noux [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
âSteering Clear of Troubleâ is copyright Š 2022 by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
âCottonmouthsâ M.E. Proctor [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
âThe Contagious Killerâ by Bryce Walton [short story]
Nick Carter at the Track, by Nicholas Carter [novel, Nick Carter series]
Science Fiction & Fantasy:
âPanninâ Pete,â by Phyllis Ann Karr [short story, Bart Maverel series]
âMoon of Memory,â by Bryce Walton [short story]
âTurn Backward, O Time!,â by Walter Kubilius [short story]
âThe Perverse Erse,â by Adrien Coblentz [short story]
Second Stage Lensmen, by E. E. âDocâ Smith, Ph.D. [novel, Lensman series]