This issue, we have the second of the long-running Dutch series featuring the adventures of Lord Lister (Alias Raffles), as the Robin Hood of England tangles with a jeweler who likes to cheat his customers with fake diamonds and pearls. (This is a new translation and its first appearance in English. We have more coming up.) Plus we have original mysteries by Tom Larsen (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), Joseph S. Walker (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman), and K M Rockwood. Plus, of course, a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.
On the science fiction side of things, we have another great lineup, with tales by Stephen Marlow, Henry Slesar, Edmond Hamilton, Frank Belknap Long, and a writer best known for his mysteries, Donald E. Westlake.
Included are:
Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:
“El Cazador (The Hunter),” by Tom Larsen [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
“New Sheriff in Town,” Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
“Sunrise at the Moonshine Palace,” by Joseph S. Walker [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
“Flippin’ Flapjacks,” by K M Rockwood [short story]
“The Punishment of the Jewel Forger,” by Kurt Matull and Theo Blakensee [novelet, Lord Lister (Alias Raffles) #2]
Science Fiction & Fantasy:
“The Passionate Pitchman,” by Stephen Marlow [short story]
“My Robot,” by Henry Slesar [short story]
“The Life-Masters,” by Edmond Hamilton [short story]
“The Red Fetish,” by Frank Belknap Long [short story]
“Meteor Strike!” by Donald E. Westlake [short story]
