Night Beat (1950-52) aired “The ‘Bug’ Killings” on September 25, 1952 as its 112th episode out of approximately 118 (depending on how one counts). Some 80 episodes are estimated to remain in circulation. This radio noir “detective” show featured film–and later TV–star Frank Lovejoy (1912-1962) as Randy Stone, the nightbeat reporter for the fictional Chicago …
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Read More...On Spec #117, September 2021 “The Next Waltz” by Mike Rimar “Grandpa’s Eye on the Afterlife” by Chris Kuriata “Capricorn Games” by Robert Silverberg (reprint, not reviewed) “Sugar Moths” by Danielle Burnette “Flies in the Fibres” by Roxanne Klimek “Rec and Dec” by Andy W. Taylor “Elesa’s Eyes” by Elizabeth Whitton “Little Wild Girls” by …
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Read More...Diabolical Plots #79, September 2021 “Rebuttal to Reviewers’ Comments On Edits For ‘Demonstration of a Novel Draconification Protocol in a Human Subject’” by Andrea Kriz “A Guide to Snack Foods After the Apocalypse” by Rachael K. Jones
Read More...Future Science Fiction Digest #12, September 2021 “Old People’s Folly” by Nora Schinnerl “The Life Cycle of a Cyber-Bar” by Arthur Liu “When a Sleeping Seed Blooms” by Alexandra Seidel “Nobel Prize Speech Draft of Paul Winterhoeven, with Personal Notes” by Jane Espenson “When the Mujna Begins” by Oleg Divov
Read More...[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, September 13, 2021 “An Exploration of …
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Read More...Beneath Ceaseless Skies #338, September 9, 2021 “The Shape of Wings and Feathers” by Jenny Rae Rappaport “Those Virtues, Those Poisons” by Martin Cahill
Read More...[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, September 6, 2021 “All Us Ghosts” …
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Read More...Inner Sanctum (1941-52) aired “Skeleton Bay” on Tuesday, February 5, 1946 as the 257th of its approximately 527 episodes. Unfortunately, most of the shows are lost, with best guesstimates ranging from 140 to “less than 200” still in circulation. However, among these still existing shows, some are only partial episodes, with the majority being AFRS …
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Read More...Analog, September/October 2021 “Kepler’s Laws, Part I” by Jay Werkheiser (serial, not reviewed) “The Book Keepers” by J.T. Sharrah “Extrasolar Redundancy in the Nova Tortuga Model of Preservation for Dermchochelys coriacea” by Bianca Sayan “Quieter Songs Inland” by Marissa Lingen “Last Dance at the Gunrunners’ Ball” by Joel Richards “When Ada Is” by Holly Schofield …
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Read More...Aurealis #144, September 2021 “Devil-May-Care” by Michael Gardner “Ask Bernard” by Greg Foyster “Pygmalion” by J. D. Moyer
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