This issue brights quite a selection of mysteries and crime storiesā8, in fact. (Though two are doing double-duty as science fiction.) Michael Bracken has selected a story by our acquiring editor Cynthia Ward for this issueāāRoadsong,ā which (along with Eando Binderās tale) is also science fiction. Barb Goffman has picked a winner by John Shepphird this issue. Plus we have classics by Stephen Wasylyk, James Holding, Dorothy B. Hughes, and Nicholas Carter. And what issue would be complete without a solve-it-yourself mystery by Hal Charles?
On the science fiction side, Cynthia Ward has picked āMemorabilia,ā a post holocaust story, by Holly Wade Matter, plus we have a classic fantasy by Lester del Rey (from Unknown), and a classic science fiction story by Jerry Sohl (from Infinity). Hereās the complete lineup:
Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure
āAlligators Donāt Ask for Payment,ā by Stephen Wasylyk [short story]
āShima Maru,ā by James Holding [short story]
āA Ring of Truth,ā by Hal Charles [solve-it-yourself mystery]
āOf Dogs & Deceit,ā by John Shepphird [short story]
The Bamboo Blonde, by Dorothy B. Hughes [novel]
Following a Chance Clue, by Nicholas Carter [novel]
āThe Sign of the Scarlet Cross,ā by Eando Binder [short story]
āRoadsong,ā by Cynthia Ward [short story]
Science Fiction & Fantasy
āThe Sign of the Scarlet Cross,ā by Eando Binder [short story]
āRoadsong,ā by Cynthia Ward [short story]
āMemorabilia,ā by Holly Wade Matter [short story]
āDeath in Transit,ā by Jerry Sohl [short story]
āAnything,ā by Lester del Rey [short story]