The Adventures of Superman — “The Puzzle of the Poison Pomegranate”

The Adventures of Superman (1940-1951) aired “The Puzzle of the Poison Pomegranate” on November 26, 1949 as the 5th episode of its ABC run in the late 1949–early 1950 season (all of which were of the half hour variety as opposed to the many multi-part, 15-minute serials that ran through most of the 1940s). Since …

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Clarkesworld #182, November 2021

Clarkesworld #182, November 2021 “Mom Heart” by Will McIntosh “This Stitch, This Time” by Anna Martino “The Language Birds Speak” by Rebecca Campbell “The Death Haiku of the Azure Five” by L Chan “Dark Waters Still Flow” by Alice Towey “City of Eternity” by Pan Haitian “Between Zero and One There is Infinity” by Shari …

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Strange Horizons, November 1, 2021

[On May 10, 2021 Strange Horizons officially expressed its political support for Palestinian solidarity. The views of Tangent Online reviewers are not necessarily those of Strange Horizons. Fiction critiqued at Tangent Online is, as much as is humanly possible, without prejudice and based solely on artistic merit.] Strange Horizons, November 1, 2021 “What Floats in …

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Apex #127, November/December 2021

Apex #127, November/December 2021 “To Seek Himself Again” by Marie Croke “This Shattered Vessel, Which Holds Only Grief” by Izzy Wasserstein “In Haskins” by Carson Winter “Whose Mortal Taste” by Erin K. Wagner “Hank in the South Dakota Sun” by Stephanie Kraner “I Call Upon the Night as Witness” by Zahra Mukhi “Dogwood Stories” by …

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Pulphouse #14, October/November 2021

Pulphouse #14, October/November 2021 “The Soul Mate Junkie and the Beating Heart” by David H. Hendrickson “Ecstatically Ever After” by Jerry and Kathy Oltion “The Bridge” by Robin Brande “Lower than Black” by O’Neil De Noux (reprint, not reviewed) “One Sun, No Waiting” by Annie Reed (reprint, not reviewed) “Lifetime Value” by B.A. Paul (non-genre, …

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Lightspeed #137, October 2021

Lightspeed #137, October 2021 “Memoranda from the End of the World” by Gene Doucette “Those Who Went” by E. Catherine Tobler “The Ash-Girl and the Salmon Prince” by P. H. Lee and Rachel Swirsky “The Right Dragon” by Coral Alejandra Moore “Every Single Brian” by Yang-Yang Wang

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The Weird Circle — “The Oblong Box”

The Weird Circle (1943-45) aired “The Oblong Box” on February 18th, 1945 as the 64th of its 78 episodes. Weird Circle was produced and transcribed in the New York City studios of RCA with enough scripts for two seasons. According to Golden Age Radio historian Karl Schadow: “There were a total of 78 episodes but …

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